Katherine, my nail tech in high school always had us sit for 10 minutes in the lamp and of course not knowing better I thought it was drying my nails - but after I did nail school I knew it wasn't actually drying it and asked her WHY in the world I was sent to do that every time and she said thats exactly why she did it!
As for polish not curing in a lamp - uv gels have photo-initiators, polish does not. Thats why gets the curing going. Its the difference between "drying" and "curing" - or at least thats the way I explain it to clients. -Jess On Sep 16, 11:19 am, Katherine Fahrig <[email protected]> wrote: > Anything that makes a client sit still and not screw up her nails is good. > Regular nail polish drys when the solvents evaporate out of the polish. Some > people say that a heat lamp speeds the evaporation, some say cold air, like > the cars air conditioner speeds drying, some say a fan with heated air speeds > drying. I say any "nail polish drying machine" makes the client sit still and > not answer her cell or "carefully" get something out of her purse for 10 > minutes is worth the investment. So, if your clients will sit still under > your tunnel lamp, tell them that is speeds the drying time, what it actually > does is get them to sit still and give the polish solvents a chance to > evaporate so that they are less likely to screw up their nails. > > Katherine > St. Louis, MO > Sent from my iPad > > On Sep 16, 2010, at 1:04 PM, Debi Longo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ladies - My husband has a tendancy to hang out with my customers (mostly > friends) when they are getting their nails done. He brought up a good > question last night, one which I do not know the answer. > > I have an older tunnel lamp (I guess it would be a 4 or 6 watt), that I use > for clear gel over p&w acrylics. He wanted to know why it would not cure > regular polish, even if to an extent that the client could walk out the door > without smudging. Does anyone know the reason why this would or would not > work? has anyone tried? I used to have my clients dry under a 75w light bulb > with Seche Vite or Out The Door (or back in the day, Thermoshield) but have > since installed the OTT bulb to my nail lamp. Since it doesn't throw off any > heat, it would not have the same effect. > > I would love to hear your feedback! > > ~Debi Longo~ > Love Simply. Love Generously. Care Deeply. Speak Kindly. > > 631.678.7126 > > [email protected] > ToTheEnd4Me > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NailTech" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en.
