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Tracestar

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UV light
« on: January 03, 2011, 07:16:31 PM »
Do you need a UV light to dry this?

I'm curious if it is the same as a gel nail acrylic?  Does anyone know what it is made of?

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Re: UV light
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2011, 08:32:24 PM »
I'm pretty sure it's just specially formulated epoxy and will cure just fine without UV light.
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Re: UV light
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2011, 08:34:37 PM »
Got some but I still haven't played with it yet. I'll try hitting it with UV when I do to see what happens.
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Re: UV light
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2011, 10:33:39 PM »
There are different types. There are 2 part epoxy resins that cure after mixing together and there are 1 part UV cure resins. Where I ordered sample from there are 2 different UV cure types. One will cure with low output blacklights like you can buy at novelty stores the other requires a higher powered UV light.

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Re: UV light
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2011, 06:20:04 AM »
Well I'm a licensed nail tech and I have a couple of UV lights that you use for peoples hands so I wondered if they could be used for this also?

I ordered a sample from epoxies.com  I'm not sure exactly what I'll get and hopefully the instructions will be with it :)

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Re: UV light
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2011, 01:56:04 PM »
Sample I got didnt need UV light to cure
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Re: UV light
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2011, 02:51:07 PM »
I requests samples of both just to see the diffeence. I think the UV cure would be easier as you would have more time to play with it to get it how you want. The two part epoxy has a limited working time once mixed together.
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Re: UV light
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2011, 04:02:27 PM »
I see there is a pricey UltraDome MiniMax on ebay that uses a UV light. It has limitations such as not being able to use ink jet image unless laminated, also, foot print seems small if you want to do say 100 pieces. interesting kit though.
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