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Ricardo
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RE: Nail shape for different guitar ... (in reply to Filip)
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So far I've been following the advice regarding not scrapping all layer off if there are wear offs, but I've been wondering also why is that important :) So would anyone care to give some details, I would really appreciate it. I am also curious about few more things. If you look at the image below you'll see that the glue is in terrible state, especially the long cracks along the nail. I suspect that this is happening mainly because it is very cold outside these days (around 0 Celsius), or because it is very dry in my apartment (~30%), or both. Does this ever happen to you? I also noted that these long cracks sometimes appear between applying glue and playing since I don't plat right after applyin, so these are not the result of playing. You'll also see well on the index that the surface is quite ruff, is this normal? As skin cells die, the stuff flakes off. At points where the skin cells are in good shape, the glue is attached. If you scrape off any that is not loose, you run the risk of pulling off good skin cells, just like when pot holes form on the icy road after rain, or when the snowplow truck scrapes the ice off. Chunks of nail come off like chunks of road. You do this a lot and you end up with very thin nails that take a very long time to regrow. People that experiment with glue often end up in this situation and blame the GLUE for weakening the nails, rather than themselves for scraping good nail material off. As the stuff naturally flakes off, you simply fill the pot holes in the glue, protecting the good nail underneath. In your image this happens to my nails if they are flexed at some point, from some activity that does not involve playing. This can cause chunks to flake of prematurely, which is fine, again just apply another coat. Also the bumps occur from single coats that disappear if you apply a second coat on top. You can apply as many coats as you want, so long as whatever was underneath was dry. For me one thick coat is usually enough. Imperative to store in ziplock airtight…don’t leave bottle exposed, it goes bad like food.
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Date Jan. 21 2024 19:58:14
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Ricardo
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RE: Nail shape for different guitar ... (in reply to Filip)
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Yes, this stuff is like food, and they don’t put on the born on date unfortunately. I have a similar issue with painkiller over the counter that I have to get the youngest available bottle or I find it does not kill the pain as well. So with the CA glue it is a problem. We never know until tried. As I said, if the first coat is not working I throw it out. When I find a fresh bottle it dries proper and really works well. I keep it in a plastic zip bag for freshness and it will last for MONTHS. When it does not, last that long, then I know that whatever I had purchased was not fresh in the first place. (Dealing with one bottle now that I got only a month ago and needs to be discarded). Perhaps we can do a deep dive to discover a brand that actually puts a bottled date on the box. Perhaps write to that address in UK and ask WHERE the freshest bottles are going so you can order from that source. Other products not for nails such as KRAZY glue (there is a version with brush which is perfect), will work and perhaps are more fresh. I found some in Spain simply called “Pegamento” and it was in a similar bottle etc, and seemed to work. So you might have to look around in Europe for products with a BRUSH that are called Cyanoacrelate as the main ingredient and if it turns out only drip type bottle is known to be fresh, then you will have to give up on the nice brush applicator for the sake of FRESH glue products. The hole in the back always concerned me because IF the bottle had been opened ONCE, it will not survive that exposure. It should, in theory not be affected by a bottle never opened, but I am not sure. Perhaps a proper sealed fresh bottle would last until the last drop used for a year or something, and even my best experience were from old bottles that thanks to the ziplock preserved what life they had unnaturally. I don’t really know, and only experiment will inform us. Good luck man!
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Date Mar. 16 2024 16:15:00
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Manitas de Lata
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RE: Nail shape for different guitar ... (in reply to Filip)
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temperatures rised , still , crazy , 26º since 3 days ago , tomorroy will drop 10º .... since the temperature rised the nail protector varnish got thicker and dry very faster , and it sucks..... , just realize this some days ago... So i found a solution , a girls solution , i recall some girlfriends put the nail varnish in the fridge and never asked why , now i know.... put it today and its normal again So the advice is , when temperature rise and lower humidity (or normal) put the varnish and or Glue at the fridge!
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Date Mar. 24 2024 14:13:51
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Ricardo
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RE: Nail shape for different guitar ... (in reply to Manitas de Lata)
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ORIGINAL: Manitas de Lata temperatures rised , still , crazy , 26º since 3 days ago , tomorroy will drop 10º .... since the temperature rised the nail protector varnish got thicker and dry very faster , and it sucks..... , just realize this some days ago... So i found a solution , a girls solution , i recall some girlfriends put the nail varnish in the fridge and never asked why , now i know.... put it today and its normal again So the advice is , when temperature rise and lower humidity (or normal) put the varnish and or Glue at the fridge! No jeez that won’t help. As I said, secure it in plastic air tight zip bag or other type sealed container at ROOM TEMPERATURE. Or regret it, I don’t care anymore.
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Date Mar. 24 2024 14:53:33
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