I have to side with the slower folks. I LOVE the speed of the LED, but was wondering the same thing the other day. I rarely wait on the light...perhaps with the topcoat and/or base. But never with color coats,.
Debbie in VA On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 11:48 AM, ela...@starnail.com < elainefromma...@gmail.com> wrote: > I like to think of this emailing list as a little fish bowl of > information. Even when I'm not replying, I'm reading all of your emails and > responses. It frequently helps me with my research. I'm currently working > on my next project. I can't say too much just yet, but I do have a question > for each of you. > > LED vs UV > > Tony and I were getting heavily involved in LED to the point where I've > designed a very special lamp. But while in London I made a startling > discovery while demonstrating Soak Off UV Gel. > > On average, color app takes me about 15 minutes. 20 minutes tops. That > isn't counting prep. I count that in the manicure service. I mean actual > color app. I'm about the same as Polish. My longest cure is 2:00 (color > coats). I was never waiting on the lamp. My 2 min timer would shut the > lamp off just as I was finishing my last nail. So I would immediately put > the hand I was working on in the lamp and take the other hand out without > missing a beat. > > This got me thinking. If I continue on this LED thing....why does 10 > seconds cure time matter? If her coat is cured, but I still take 2 minutes > to apply my next layer, what good is it to be done curing in 10 seconds? It > was really funny that a show attendee that I was demo'ing on was the one > that enlightened me to this. I'm so busy with work stuff here, that I > didn't think like a tech and observe this all on my own. > > I need arguments for both sides. I just am not so sure I want to continue > my LED project unless it is really going to be something beneficial to all > of you. > > Thanks to you all, in advance. > > Kind Regards, > Elaine T. Watson > Star Nail International > Vice President of Marketing and Sales > Global Education Director > 800.782.7624 extension 321 > fax 661.257.5856 > ela...@starnail.com > Blog: itsnotarealjob.blogspot.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NailTech" group. > To post to this group, send email to nailt...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nailtech+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<nailtech%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to nailt...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nailtech+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en.