Technique

Can you use any primer with any acrylic?

July 01, 1998 | Bookmark +

Can you use any primer with any acrylic?

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Sunil Sirdesai: I would not recommend using one brand of acrylic with another brand of primer. Clinical tests on acrylic are performed with a particular primer. The acrylic formulations are modified accordingly to yield optimum performance. This custom-made formulation may not give the same performance if used with another primer than the one recommended by the manufacturer.

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How can I prevent lifting when my client's hands are constantly in water?

I have a client who is in the medical field so her hands are constantly in water. She has me keep the length of her acrylic nails short. No matter what I do, she always has at least one nail that comes off, and she always has lifting and gets water under the acrylic. I prep the nails correctly, I have a cuticle bit to clean the cuticle area, and I wipe the nail with alcohol, dehydrate the nail, and prime the nail. What should I do?

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