Ricardo -> RE: Plastic nails vs silk and glue? (Feb. 2 2014 18:00:25)
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cyanoacralate glue w brush....and only that. Sure. I'd be very happy to be able to do just that. Would save me a lot of trouble and aggravation. Unfortunately, doesn't work well for my nails. They develop bad hooks when painted with krazy glue. If I could find a glue that didn't create that problem I'd use it. this topic comes up so often on the foro and in the real world. Here is the deal. Yes the glue dries and hardens the nail in addition to protecting it. When it dries the nail curves a bit too. This turns out to be desirable if you then learn the proper way to file the nails. THis is a VERY tricky topic (filing) as it requires 3D and difficult to convey with verbal descriptions only. THe basic idea is after the glue dries and the nails are curved, you file side to side in ONE direction only...not around corners and such. THe straight edge you create by filing flat slices through beaks and hooks and such so you have sort of ramp and increased surface area so the string glides smoothly across the nails and creates a rounder fuller crisp tone. Natural nails bend a bit over the string and many players prefer that as they get used to it, and the nail shape becomes less significant if the nails are bending or giving over the string. Still issues can arise so learning to file correctly is always gonna help in the long run. Depending how much you play or perform one could get away with natural nails. Diet will do very little to help a player that is doing A LOT of hard rasgueado. There is not much point to argue this fact. Especially thanks to the metal wound bass strings, it is equivalent to taking a small metal file to the back of your nails. If you are doing some hard rasgueado everyday, you are not going to get away with natural nails all the time. some very busy players that play hard all the time complain they wear the glue off right away. I have to say there can be a bit of over playing involved in this scenario, but I don't want to take that away from a player if it is their personal style. But some care can be put into glue treatment. Dont EVER try to remove it (that is what makes nails brittle not the cyano itself), if holes develop simply fill it in when ever possible. Keep the stuff handy at all times so you can always have some layer of protection. Before and after a 3hour show or even in the intermission will eliminate needs for acrylics and fakes IMO, no matter how aggressive you play. In addition to keep it handy, keep it in a plastic bag, keep it fresh like food and drink. It goes bad and then flakes off easy when it goes bad. Don't be afraid to discard it for this reason long before you finish using the tiny bottle. Lastly Krazy glue and brush on nail glue products are NOT the same as "superglue"....there are some different ingrediants. Cyanoacrylate is non toxic, you can eat it or cover open wounds with it (orginally developed for surgery and used instead of stitches even today)...but certain other chemicals in superglue etc, probably not so healthy. Ricardo
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