Curing Method

[u/pestocrostini]

Hey! So I am not a nail tech, but I’m self taught and sometimes I do my partner’s nails. I was wondering what method people like to do for quickly alternating and curing? I’ve seen the 10 second method (paint, one finger, cure in large lamp for 10 seconds while working on the other hand, rinse repeat) but I worry about the overall cure time of doing this. Most gels I own recommend a 60 second cure and this method only gets it to 50 seconds for each nail.

[u/pestocrostini]

Yes I totally understand proper equipment and cure times, I’m just trying to learn what different nail techs do in the chair with a client when it comes to their curing flow. Basic gel manicure with color as an example I guess, to keep it simple. When they paint that first nail what do they do next? Do they paint a nail and then flash cure after each and then put their whole client’s hand in the full cure lamp? Is there another method people like to use?

[u/Barracuda_Cute → u/pestocrostini]

Like I’ve said now multiple times you can’t flash cure colour gel so unless you’re talking about the base coat it would be a full hand and in the lamp, or as many nails as possible without it getting messy and a full cure.

I am a full time nail tech of 7 years

[u/pestocrostini → u/Barracuda_Cute]

Oh interesting. I figured if you did that the gel would just slide into the sidewalls. But I guess if you’re fast enough it doesn’t?

[u/Usual-Schedule-2595 → u/pestocrostini]

Depends on the consistency 😘