12 Things Nail Techs Have MacGyvered Using Nail Products

Nail products aren’t just for nails. Here are just some of the things techs have repaired using their ingenuity and their nail supplies.

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October 9, 2017

12 Things Nail Techs Have MacGyvered Using Nail Products — Nail tech Shiri Keinan and veterinarian Ziv Dikman restored the shell of a turtle that had been hit by a car.

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1. A kiddie pool

Linda Champion-Orsuto repairs damaged antiques using acrylic or gel.

2. Chipped and cracked antiques

3. A garden gnome

Jana Warnke used NSI’s Balance Gel to repair a broken beak on one of her backyard chickens.

4. An injured chicken’s beak

Heidi Placanico successfully repaired hatching eggs that cracked during shipment.

5. Hatching eggs

6. A waterbed

7. A freezer door

Nail tech Shiri Keinan and veterinarian Ziv Dikman restored the shell of a turtle that had been hit by a car.

8. The crushed shell of an injured turtle

9. Broken eyeglasses

Holley Dowell Delorme repaired the paint on a dirt bike helmet.

10. A dirt bike helmet

11. Cat toys

DeAnna Sanders made a temporary fix to own tooth.

12. A tooth!

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