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You can use self-adhesive fiberglass or silk wrap. Just add a drop of glue on top. The glue I use is called BondTite. It is carried by GuitarPlayerNails.
I used to have a constant headache trying to figure out how to save my nails. One night, at a concert, I lost 4 of them. That did it for me. I've now been using GuitarPlayerNails for a decade or so and I never look back.
"Anything you do can be fixed. What you cannot fix is the perfection of a blank page. What you cannot fix is that pristine, unsullied whiteness of a screen or a page with nothing on it—because there’s nothing there to fix."
I've now been using GuitarPlayerNails for a decade
I have thought about getting these, should I break a nail while fixing my bike or whatever.
I use silk and superglue on my nail ends (4-5mm), but the silk often lifts up after a more percussive palo such as bulerias. I usually notice it and pull the remaining wrap off with my teeth mid piece, trying to hold back a bit.
Which grades of GPN do you use Grisha? How long do they last before they come off? Does that happen mid piece?
I am guessing, sine the string is not brushing past the joint between nail and silk as in my methos, they might last longer. The sweat coming through my fingers does seem to cause the superglue to fail also, so they fall off anyway within a day (even with brand new CA glue).
I will try Grisha's suggestion, as the UV cured stuff is not working for me. If put on bare nails, it peels off easily. If put over the glue I have (Brush on Krazy, probably too old), the glue cracks when I play and the whole mess peels off. Same if I use Sally Hansen Diamond Strength treatment under the UV stuff.
I have some self-adhesive silk that came with a nail repair kit a long time ago. As a last ditch effort to find a use for the expensive UV stuff, I'm going to try combining the two, but I suspect it will peel off easily.
With all the attempts I've made to reinforce my nails lately, I've at least gotten in more practicing than I had in a long time.
ORIGINAL: AlVãl For what it's worth I bought a UV lamp on gumtree for $10 Came with a few unused bottles of Gel sealer I get about a month of use using this process
Curious that Ethan didn't get such good results.
I wonder how much variation there is fron one gel product to another.
AlVal, what's the make / product name of the gel sealer you're using?
I first went to a salon and observed how they put the crap on
The nail has to be clean Like really clean Using acetone - not the typical nail polish remover Lightly file before putting anything on with one of those buffer boards Glue the strip Dry File Then the sealer Then lamp for about 40 secs
The brand name is Niko sealant - maybe there is inconsistent manufacturing between brands - can't really say
Figure were all different and results will vary
I play 3 X three hour classes a week and 2 one hour classes At least one gig a week with dancers along with solo or 'latin' group type work
My nails are short by most comparisons
No issue with this process for me - after a month it starts to chip then remove and start again Courses for horses
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Yep The silk in the pic Apologies for not making that clear
Might add My nails are naturally thick My girlfriend thinks there's some horse DNA but that another story .. ( sic ) I used nothing before accomp dancers for decades without issues
Maintence also Antiseptic before applying the crap to stop any health issues Oil on the cuticles while it's on
"Anything you do can be fixed. What you cannot fix is the perfection of a blank page. What you cannot fix is that pristine, unsullied whiteness of a screen or a page with nothing on it—because there’s nothing there to fix."
Well, I bought one of almost everything they had a guitarplayernails.com and was daunted by the procedure for putting on the plastic nails, so I put on a strip of silk fabric and used their brush on nail glue over it and it seemed pretty good, but kind of soft. So I put my UV cured stuff over that, and it lasted for about a day. Then I started getting notches in my middle finger nail (again) and was so disheartened that I took the advice of someone I've been working on duets with and went to the nail salon where he gets his nails done.
I had ripped off the coating on my middle finger but still had stuff on my ring and index. I thought I would get just my middle finger done and maybe my thumb, though I haven't had much need to reinforce that one. I told them that I would come back when the stuff on the ring and index came off, but they said they could easily take it off, and they did. My God, they use power tools! Rotary files in Dremmel-like devices. And she didn't hurt me or my natural nails as I feared she might.
What I had done is called an acrylic nail job. They brush a combination of a powder and a liquid onto your nails and it dries without UV light, though my hand was placed under a small blow dryer for a few minutes. Then the woman expertly filed the coating to shape. She had asked if I wanted my nails any longer, and I said okay, the middle one about a mm longer, and she did that just by extending the powder/liquid beyond my nail. This is very strong stuff and rather hard. Is taking some getting used to. Also clicking a bit when I play, but I think that may be because they are a little too long.
The fee was $15 and I tipped the woman who worked on me $5. I think it was worth it. My duet partner Terence goes back to them regularly when the coatings on his nails need repairing, maybe once a month I think. It seems like this will last and be worth it.
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