Hi guys

Just wondered with you guys that do spray tanning how long do you leave your clients to dry after you have sprayed them before they get dressed.

I trainined with St Tropez and cant recal a time factor being mentioned. In the first salon where I worked they always said to leave the client for 10 minutes to dry.

I am now using Tantrick and because I was trained previously didnt need to do their training. Have fallen into the habit of leaving the client for 10 minutes as that was what I was used to but is it necessary?

Hi Theresa

I think it very much depends on the solution, but in general, I leave the face until last, and by then time I've done that the rest of the body is dry, and I just give a quick spray of clean air over the face to speed up drying there.

Occasionally a client says it feels slightly tacky, but after a couple more minutes there's no problem.

If you have a good HVLP system then there is no need to wait for the client to dry, it sprays on dry if you have the nozzle set at the right level!

I do spray tanning mobile and basically advise client to leave clothes off for at least 10 minutes but I tell them if they can wander around in the buff for as long as possible then thats all the better to prevent any rubbing etc.

Most seem to find it liberating that they have a legitimate reason for being stark naked around the house !!

I have a high quality HPLV machine and my clients don't need to wait at all before getting dressed.....whichever solution I put through it, they are good to go!

I used to use an airbrush and compressor and then my clients had to wait around for ages to get dressed as no matter what psi I set the machine to, it always went on wet.

Which machine are you using? If it's either the mini mist or the TC3 your clients should be good to go as soon as you have finished provided you are not spraying too wet, a light mist is all that is required, half a turn-ish with the minimist and a 1/4 turn with the TC3.

using minimist and apart from the occasional area of slight overspray the client does feel dry after I have finished but habit is a hard thing to break.

I use the minimist with Tantrick solution, I spray the face last, and by that time the rest of the body is dry and ready to go, providing the nozzle is set correctly. xx

As some of the others have said, with some tanning systems you don't need to wait for it to dry off. We use tantrick and i just give literally 2-3 mins before getting dressed, with tantrick you don't really need to do this but i just like to make sure!!

Think you have to loose your old security blanket and break that habit.....just think, you could do more tans per hour without the 10 minute drying time

Thanks Cathie

That was what lead to this question!