Repairing a Nail with Fibreglass

Nailsinlondon1

I hope you will find this useful

It really depends on the size of the split, whether you would stress strip then cover the whole nail or just use a small fibreglass shape...............

Most nails break in the stress area, so it makes sense to take a strip the size of the stress area and re-inforcing it........

For generic Resin systems

With a large split.......
Apply wrap from one side of the nail to the other............
Then one complete wrap...........

Scrubfresh
light buff.......with a 240 grit, once in direction of nail growth
resin, making sure the resin goes in between the split and press it together.....let this air dry.........
Apply one thin coat of resin to whole nail plate........let this air dry, air drying will ensure that the stress strip will absorb the resin fully...I do not want to buff the nail, as it is fragile and might break completly
stress strip
then one complete strip....
resin 2 x both Fibreglass layers at the same time,no need to do this in seperate applications.............
Activate
buff with a 240 grit

Using the DN Fabric# system with a large split
You wont need the stress strip (step 5) just the one complete wrap.....As the Fabric# system is tough and durable.

Prep
Scrubfresh
light buff nail plate....240 grit... once in direction of nail growth
Apply bond ,making sure the resin goes in between the split and press it together......let this air dry........
Apply Bond to area to be wrapped,let this air dry, air drying will ensure that the stress strip will absorb the resin fully...I do not want to buff the nail, as it is fragile and might break completlythen one complete strip....
bond again
build 1x
activate
Buff to tidy up the edges ........240 grit
Boost 2x.............
buff with a 240 grit
Finish

For a small repair:

Scrubfresh...........
light buff over the area to be covered.....240 grit....once in direction of nail growth.
Apply resin, making sure the resin goes inbetween the split, press it together...........let this air dry, air drying will ensure that the stress strip will absorb the resin fully...I do not want to buff the nail, as it is fragile and might break completlyApply resin to area to be covered by the fibreglass
Apply strip.....
resin 2x..
activate
buff with a 240 grit.
finish.........