trouble with soak off

[Beau-T]

Hi

I'm very new to the biz, recently qualified in the application of gel extensions. Being new and lacking confidence, i use a soft gel.

I completed a full set on Friday (a friend), and she broke 2 quite quickly, she came to me tonight so that i could soak them off and re-apply a new extension.

I tried soaking the nails in acetone to no avail, then scored the surface and wrapped in acetone with foil.... still no change, i had to buff the gel off in the end.

I thought the whole point of a soft gel was that you could soak them off!

Am i missing something??

 

[oey]

Hi

I'm very new to the biz, recently qualified in the application of gel extensions. Being new and lacking confidence, i use a soft gel.

I completed a full set on Friday (a friend), and she broke 2 quite quickly, she came to me tonight so that i could soak them off and re-apply a new extension.

I tried soaking the nails in acetone to no avail, then scored the surface and wrapped in acetone with foil.... still no change, i had to buff the gel off in the end.

I thought the whole point of a soft gel was that you could soak them off!

Am i missing something??

Which gel did you use?

 

[Noodle]

Which system are you using?

 

[Beau-T]

It's a wholesale gel system 'Alan Roy'. not sure how common it is?

 

[ellewopter]

i tried that once and had a total nightmare with soaking it off, i found i could only buff it off, sorry i cant be of any more help!!

 

[Noodle]

It's a wholesale gel system 'Alan Roy'. not sure how common it is?

It's not a system I'm familiar with, but I would have thought the acetone and foil method would have worked. Did you break the seal of the gel first, by buffing it gently before applying the acetone?

 

[Beau-T]

Thank you for your replies

just makes me think .... what's the point? i might as well change to a hard gel, that will better enable me to create an apex. As with the soft gel, it can be quite difficult to get a beautiful shape (In my experience).

Don't get me wrong my nails aren't flat, just not as curved as i'd like, and i think this might help with the strength too.

 

[Beau-T]

Hi karen, yep i buffed the shine surface off and everything.

I've used the wrap method previously with little problem, it was just really frustrating tonight. I don't mind buffing the gel off, it's just that it's supposed to be soakable!! haha

ooooh nevermind, thank you all x