"Clue me in if I'm wrong, but what other ingredient could another company add to their acetone to make it soak off faster? Inquiring minds want to know!"
Oh oh oh....I add "something" to ours that does make the soak off faster. It's not diluting the Acetone, per say. But it does help "aggravate" the adhesive bond of soak offs. It doesn't work the same for acrylics. I was just smart enough to know (as a tech and in working with the lab) what would help speed up the process. It is part of the magic of staying 5 mins off. If I use straight acetone, it takes longer...and I end up getting white spots or dried up nail plates. Sorry...I WISH I could say more. But our competitors could be listening. "eco Soak Off". Lorraine sells it on manicuresthatlast.com 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 Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Jill in Ky <[email protected]> wrote: > I buy my acetone from Sally's because I've always been under the > impression that acetone is acetone is acetone, ya know? Clue me in if > I'm wrong, but what other ingredient could another company add to > their acetone to make it soak off faster? Inquiring minds want to > know! > > Possibly only do the Gelish base on the free edge....maybe that would > help? I haven't tried that method yet. I also had horrendous problems > soaking Gelish off, until I began using Shellac base and topcoat with > the Gelish colors. > > For 1-2 clients I have to use strictly Gelish from start to finish > because their nails are so weak. But I have learned to apply the > Gelish base so thin as to it almost being non-existant and NOT apply > the topcoat liberally, but very sparingly, too. Then I have less of an > issue soaking all the Gelish off. > > I think Gelish is more like OPI's Axxium in a bottle, which is a SOG > whereas Shellac is more like fingernail polish with the drying > capabilities of gel. That's why Shellac soaks off in a flash and > Gelish does not:) > > Jill Wright > Bowling Green, KY > > On Dec 11, 8:58 am, [email protected] wrote: > > Good Morning Friends, > > > > I just want to share what I am experiencing with Gelish and Shellac. > > > > First, I want to say that I love,love,love the durability of Gelish!!! > Many > > months ago I mentioned that there > > would be 1 client of mine who could never wear a SOG due to her extremely > > > thin nails and also > > because her nails are structurally weak at the stress points. However... > > she is doing very well with the Gelish base (and either Gelish or > Shellac > > color) and Gelish top coat. > > Her nails are continually in water because she is a nurse and there is no > > > natural nail curling or > > dryness. In the beginning we did (2) coats of color and the strength > just > > wasn't enough. Since > > we have gone to (3) they are doing very well. (With only 2 she had > white > > spots where the nails > > must have been getting "play" in them. > > > > I give Gelish a TEN for: application ease & durability. And as I > > mentioned in another post which > > some of you may not have read... I left Gelish on my nails (at the > expense > > of looking like a weirdo. lol) > > for 10-12 weeks. I had done art with Gelish and wanted to see how long > it > > would last. I know they would have lasted until it grew off~! > > *seriously* > > > > **** Now the problem!!!****** > > > > I have tried so many techniques to remove it and yesterday was my > breaking > > point!!!! > > I used my finishing machine to remove all the shine and there was barely > > > any color left. > > Next I set the timer in (5) minute increments to see which amount of time > > > was the best for > > removal since I had read that over (5) minutes could be the issue. > So... > > in short... my experiment > > proved that 5 minutes, 10 minutes, or 20 minutes <sigh> made NO > > difference!!!!!!! That's right.. no > > difference!!!! I still had to file off the color. Total time > invested > > in removal was 1 hour plus!!!! > > I wanted to cry ;-( I don't want to give up on Gelish, but I > don't > > think I can keep experimenting with > > valuable time. I need a miracle!!!!!!!! ( I have tried > > different acetones) > > > > ***Regarding Shellac Wrinkling***** > > > > I have has issues with several of the Shellac colors wrinkling with the > > first color coat. I just continue on with the > > 2nd coat and it usually smooths out okay. I may need to do (3) coats to > > stop the wrinkling. You may want to try it > > and see if it works for you. ( Hope I didn't just jinx myself!!!! lol ) > > > > I would like to take this time to wish you all a most wonderful Holiday > > Season!!!!<3 Also,thank you all so much > > for being there for me~!!!!!!! You all have been there for me > for > > so many years now and I cannot imagine > > not having you in my world <3 Remember that I am ALWAYS here for > > ****YOU***** as well~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you > > have a question that is not getting replies.... please send me a private > > note. > > > > Della > > -- > 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.
