It takes up to a couple minutes per coat to harden the gel.
Cure nail polish with uv lamp.
Unlike regular nail polish gel polish is made with a polymer formula.
No regular nail polish requires air drying whereas gel polish contains a polymer that must be cured by a uv or led lamp for it to become hard.
Purchase a non uv gel polish for an easy at home option.
Uv lamps emit broad uv wavelengths so it takes longer to cure but works on all gel.
Place your hand in an led or uv nail curing lamp to dry the gel.
Cure the first coat by putting your nails under the uv lamp for at least 3 minutes.
Most manicures you perform will allow you to use one or the other or perhaps just natural light to cure the nails.
Brush on a second coat of gel the same way that you applied the first coat.
Spray just painted nails with canola.
Apply a quick drying nail polish spray to freshly painted nails.
To help you transition from regular nail polish to gel polish we re sharing this buying guide on nail polish curing lamps.
Gel nail polish under an led drying lamp the base coat will take 10 seconds then the gel polish and top coat will take a further 1 minute.
Typically you want to disinfect with roughly 260 nm uvc leds.
We ll go over some of the best uv light lamp options available for curing resins effectively.
However if you want to optimize time i highly recommend you get a nail lamp specific for your curing needs.
Can you use uv light to dry regular nail polish.
This can only be done with a nail polish curing lamp that has an led or uv light that activates the polish to begin the process.
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There are tons of uv and led lamp that you can use to cure your nails.
Place your nails under the uv lamp again for at least 2 minutes.
Led technology uses more narrow uv wavelengths that targets specific photoinitiators in the gel polish so the gel cures faster.
Leave your nails under the lamp for the recommended amount of time.
Look at the label on your topcoat to determine the correct curing time.
Repeat this step another time if you want a third or even a fourth layer of gel.
Easy home methods 1.
Huretek nail polish curing lamp is a cutting edge nail drying lamp with a full complement of 36w 12 led light beads enabling it to quickly cure all types of led gel nail polish for easy salon quality home manicures that look amazing.
Lay one of your hands out on a flat surface covered.
There are several nail polish brands nowadays that make.
First nail gel leds are at 365 nm and 405 nm.
For this reason most types of gel nail polish require curing to dry set and harden.
Secondly uv disinfection is kind of an uphill battle.
For example uv absorbing viruses or bacteria on top shield those in lower layers.
The best answer for curing resin based nail polish coating fast is using high voltage uv lamps that emit an intense spectrum of light in the uv region and generate a cross linked network of polymers through photo chemical reactions.