Vocabulary
The tacky surface left on the nail after a light cured gel has cured.
Inhibition Layer
What type of nail enhancement product hardens when exposed to UV light and is also know as UV and LED gel?
Light Cured Gels
Special bulb that emits UV light.
UV Bulb
Light cured gel enhancements should be maintained ___________.
Every two weeks.
A method whereby two colors of resin are used to overlay the nail.
Two-Color Method
Gels used to increase adhesion to the natural nail plate.
Bonding Gels.
What is the composition of Oligomers?
A) Solid
B) Liquid
C) Between liquid and gas
D) Between solid and Liquid
D) Between Solid and Liquid
A building or self leveling gel that includes color pigment.
Pigmented Gels
Light cured gel polish is a relatively new system introduced in what year?
2000
The amount of colored pigment concentration in a gel. Making it more or less see through.
Opacity
A chemical that initiates the polymerization reaction.
Photoinitiator
Which term describes wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation that occur beyond the visible spectrum of light?
UV Light
Any thick viscosity adhesive resin that is used to build an arch and curve the fingernail.
Building Gels.
Depending on the usage, a typical UV light bulb should be changed how often?
Gels that are thinner in consistency than building gels, allowing them to settle and level during application
Self Leveling Gels
The measure of the thickness or thinness of a liquid and how the fluid flows.
Viscosity
Wrap Resins are called ______________.
A) Gelatins
B) Cyanoacrylates
C) Methacrylates
D) Monomers
B) Cyanoacrylates
Also known as soakable gels; these gels are removed by soaking in acetone.
Soft UV and LED gels.
Caution should be used when filing gel nails because they are _______.
Soft
Also know as traditional UV and LED gels; gels that cannot be removed with solvent and must be filled off the natural nail.
Hard UV and LED Gels.
A main ingredient used to create light cured gel nail enhancements.
Urethane acrylate
Traditionally, light cured gels relied on urethane acrylate; newer gel systems use _______.
A) Urethane Resins
B) Wrap Resins
C) Urethane Methacrylates
D)Acrylate Wraps
C) Urethane Methacrylates
A main ingredient used alone or in combination with Urethan Acrylates to create light cured gel nail enhancements.
Urethane Methacrylate
For natural nail preparation, select an abrasive file with a ___ to ____ grit.
180-240
Short chain of monomer liquids that is often thick, sticky, and gel-like and that is not long enough to be considered a polymer.
Oligomer