In order for something to "cure" in a UV lamp, you have to add photo initiators that react to the UV waves that come from the bulbs. The funny thing about polish, is the solvents do evaporate rather quickly and warming the polish does help to some degree by speeding up the evaporation process.
Some rapid dry topcoats are actually made using acrylic polymers rather than nitrocellulose. They're great for speed dry but the nitrocellulose is much better in basecoats as it sticks to the surface of the nail better. The "air dry, heat dry, and Uv dry" are actually just all using "heat" to dry. The UV dry fools you by using the heat radiating from the lamp. How can I prove this? Well, if it were TRULY UV dry, it would have to be in a solid bottle or daylight would harden it in the bottle. :) Kind Regards, Elaine T. Watson Star Nail International Vice President of Marketing and Sales Global Education Director 800.782.7624 extension 321 fax 661.257.5856 [email protected] Blog: itsnotarealjob.blogspot.com On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:04 AM, 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]<nailtech%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://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.
