Well, yes and no. As a matter of functionality, no. In other words after the prescribed cure time the nail is essentially done. It is cured and should function as intended.
But yes, it really does continue to cure. Not in any significant way though. Sort of like adding a drop of water to a pool. It is not going to get any stronger. We are talking about a fraction of a percent of the volume of gel. Some gel will continue to crosslink for days and sometimes weeks after applied. This is why the longer you leave a soak-off gel on a nail the harder it will be to soak off. This is one of those blow it out of proportion things. I have to go and make my tin foil hat now. If you want one, send a check for $32 to the address below. They are fashionable and will protect you against zombie mind rays. Erick Westcott, CEO Gelousy Gel Nail Systems 1745 W Deer Valley RD STE 124 Phoenix AZ 85027 602-493-9043 Fax: 602-493-2544 er...@gelousy.com www.gelousy.com From: nailtech@googlegroups.com [mailto:nailtech@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of salo...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 8:17 PM To: Erick Westcott; nailtech@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: NailTech:: Overcuring gel questions Erick, So is the story we heard about the sun continuing to cure the gel correct? Lynnette Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide ----- Reply message ----- From: "Erick Westcott" <er...@gelousy.com> Date: Tue, Jan 24, 2012 2:43 pm Subject: NailTech:: Overcuring gel questions To: <nailtech@googlegroups.com> Well, It isn't really sticky layer either, but sticky layer is a quick easy way to explain it. Why complicate things, when sticky layer says exactly what it is. If you really want to be correct, dispersion layer would indicate that something was being dispersed or being distributed. I imagine that you could make the stretch to say that the sticky layer was covering the entire nail therefore it was dispersed over the entire nail. But to disperse would assume that something or someone needed to disperse it in the first place. You do disperse the product over the nail, but the curing process does not disperse the sticky layer, it does not put it there. It was there from the beginning. If anything the correct term would be inhibition layer. The oxygen molecules in the air inhibit the very top layer of gel from curing. Given enough time and exposure to UV, that sticky layer starts to cure, then you get a gummy really sticky layer that when wiped looks dull. Given even more time and exposure to UV, some gel will yellow and become brittle, like when you kick a piece of plastic that has been out in the sun for years and it just falls apart. But nails becoming brittle due to over exposure of UV is rare, it takes a lot of photo aging to make that happen. I don't think that was too personally bias. I think the "change" came about because the chemists were in the closet so to speak. So there were people just running around making things up like, "you can't over cure gel", "Polycrylic", "dispersion layer", "acrylics will be gone in 10 years", "gel cures cancer and tastes like strawberries". But now that some have come out, there is a constant battle between what was said and what is correct. Even today there are people that say things that simply aren't correct, or they blow things so out of proportion that it is just silly. Seven things you MUST do in the next 10 minutes or you will die a horrible death in the coming zombie apocalypse. More after the break. And that is why I stick to sticky layer. Erick Westcott, CEO Gelousy Gel Nail Systems 1745 W Deer Valley RD STE 124 Phoenix AZ 85027 602-493-9043 Fax: 602-493-2544 er...@gelousy.com www.gelousy.com From: nailtech@googlegroups.com [mailto:nailtech@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Manicures That Last Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 12:48 PM To: nailtech@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: NailTech:: Overcuring gel questions Thank you Erick, apparently you have earned the title Chem-Geek for a good reason ! I know I use the term dispersion layer ALL the time. I will absolutely stop that and use the correct Sticky Reside term! Lorraine At 09:15 PM 1/18/2012, you wrote: Oh I forgot... How over curing happens. The sticky residue (and it is NOT called a dispersion layer) starts to cure causing dullness when the nail is wiped. With no residue gels, over curing causes brittleness. -Erick Gelousy Chemist and general bad ass. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: NailTech:: Overcuring gel questions From: Maggie in Visalia <onykoph...@yahoo.com> Date: Wed, January 18, 2012 6:50 pm To: 1Nail Tech list < nailtech@googlegroups.com <mailto:nailtech@googlegroups.com> > Ok, I need a chem-geek. I'm sure it comes as no surprise to anyone who's known me (or known of me) for any length of time, but I'm skeptical of pretty much any information that comes down the pike these days on the subject of product chemistry. A. I have to take into consideration that the experts on the subject also all represent companies and products that they depend on for their livelihood, not to mention are personall invested in-- I'm sure Doug Schoon thinks of Shellac as his personal baby, for example. So I can't think of any source of info on these matters that doesn't come with personal bias. B. Everything they used to tell us has changed in the last 20 years that I've been listening! Seriously, I remember being told that you could NOT overcure gel! That once all the polymer chains were formed, they were done. So continued exposure to UV light wasn't going to do anything else. It's not that I can't understand that technology changes. That maybe the gel technology that's primarily used in the industry today isn't the same as it used to be. I'm totally cool with that-- I just want someone to acknowledge that it changed. When did anyone say, "Well, it used to be like this, see? But now we use this instead and so we have these issues now...?" Ok. So anyway.... The current word is that gel CAN be over-cured. If anyone would care to explain to me HOW over-curing takes place, I am ALL ABOUT learning! Just a day or two ago, I came across a post from Manicures That Last about over-curing and the example was given that you don't really need to worry about over-curing until you get into 5 minute+ range. Ummmmm..... so, what happens if a nail chips? or breaks? or peels off? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to nailtech@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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to nailtech@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.
