Solar Nails not sticking.

[carlystinelli]

I have been having trouble with solar nails.... I havent had any complaints with my regular acrylics but all of my pink and white customers are lifting after 3 days... I am using the same prep as i do with my regulars and they stick just fine... any ideas on what could be the problem?

 

[louiser]

Is it due to this 'new' primer you've been using?

 

[min11]

Is Bondex the primer for Solar nails? I never heard of it but according to Google results its an OPI primer. When you do P&W's are you using a different colour powder for zone 2 and 3 compared to when you do your 'regular' nails?

 

[geeg]

I have been having trouble with solar nails.... I havent had any complaints with my regular acrylics but all of my pink and white customers are lifting after 3 days... I am using the same prep as i do with my regulars and they stick just fine... any ideas on what could be the problem?

Are we talking the 'original' Solarnail liquid from CND (cREATIVE)??? Crikey Carly that was the original non-yellowing liquid made in the early 80's!! Using it with OPI's bondex is crazy (mixing products)... why not have salon come into the 21st century and use a liquid far more advanced - Radical or Retention is WAYYYYYYYYYYY better.

 

[geeg]

Are we talking the 'original' Solarnail liquid from CND (cREATIVE)??? Crikey Carly that was the original non-yellowing liquid made in the early 80's!! Using it with OPI's bondex is crazy (mixing products)... why not have salon come into the 21st century and use a liquid far more advanced - Radical or Retention is WAYYYYYYYYYYY better. We haven't sold SolarNail for years... in fact I am surprised they still even make it!! :hug:

sorry btw this is MRS GEEK posting... I didn't realise I was under Geeg's log-in!!!

 

[carlystinelli]

The powder is solar nails by creative and it is not that old.... We just baught it a few months ago...... Anyways yes the pink and white acrylic is different than my regular acrylic ... I just dont get it........ I will try switching primers i guess.....

 

[Mrs Geek]

The powder is solar nails by creative and it is not that old.... We just baught it a few months ago...... Anyways yes the pink and white acrylic is different than my regular acrylic ... I just dont get it........ I will try switching primers i guess.....

Carly tell me what the liquid is? CND still do Solarnail powders although they are being repackaged and re-named... the powders are fine to work with any CND liquid but I guess the question is, what monomer liquid are you using the pwders with? My point being that if you are using Solarnail powders, OPI primer and X liquid... you WILL get problems... it's just a completely unprofessional situation but sounds like 'not your fault'... so what liquid??

 

[geeg]

The powder is solar nails by creative and it is not that old.... We just baught it a few months ago...... Anyways yes the pink and white acrylic is different than my regular acrylic ... I just dont get it........ I will try switching primers i guess.....

You are NOT having trouble with Solar Nail (as you original title implies). You are having problems because you are using one liquid from wherever ... powder from somewhere else and a primer that is from yet another company!!! How can you 'not get it'?? This is going against all the basic rules of chemistry. You should not mix systems and I'm sure you must know that.

You can hardly be surprised at the bad results you are getting. This is not the way to do nails.

 

[carlystinelli]

Carly tell me what the liquid is? CND still do Solarnail powders although they are being repackaged and re-named... the powders are fine to work with any CND liquid but I guess the question is, what monomer liquid are you using the pwders with? My point being that if you are using Solarnail powders, OPI primer and X liquid... you WILL get problems... it's just a completely unprofessional situation but sounds like 'not your fault'... so what liquid??

Thank you for the reply with out the attitude....lol... anyways it is creative monomer that sais solar nails .... It is the monomer you buy with the solar nail. Now this is what is labeled and what I am told to use by my boss..... Maybe the labels are wrong then but i was using an opi primer....

 

[Mrs Geek]

Thank you for the reply with out the attitude....lol... anyways it is creative monomer that sais solar nails .... It is the monomer you buy with the solar nail. Now this is what is labeled and what I am told to use by my boss..... Maybe the labels are wrong then but i was using an opi primer....

hmmm OK, well if your using Solarnail Powders with Solarnail liquid than you should be fine so here's what I would do... check your PREP... and get some CND primer. Almost 98% of the time teks get lifting, is because of improper PREP! i THINK once I post this message, PREP will be underlined and if you click on it, it willtake you to an area that describes thorough prep... let me know how you get on! :!:

 

[Bagpuss]

here you go...http://www.salongeek.com/nail-application/3007-perfect-preparation.html?highlight=perfect+prep