How to fix a cracked gel nails at home?

If you’ve spent time and money on your nails, the last thing you want is for them to crack. Not only does this ruin the aesthetic, but it’s also frustrating and can make day-to-day tasks challenging! However, don’t fret because we’ve got you covered. In this article, we’ll show you how to fix cracked gel nails from home using some easy techniques.

What Causes Gel Nails to Crack?

Before delving into the solutions, let’s understand what causes cracks in our gel nails.

  • Incorrect curing: If your nail technician hasn’t cured your nails thoroughly or adequately under UV light or LED lights.
  • Weak Base Coat Application: A weak base coat results in poor adhesion of the polish layers.
  • Exposure to Harsh Chemicals: Using harsh chemicals such as detergents and solvents without gloves can dissolve the topcoat and damage gel layers’ structure.

A combination of any of these factors could cause chips in your precise application that might end up cracking. So we must keep our fingers away from harm while repairing those unsightly broken nails!

Materials Required

Gathering all materials beforehand not only makes things easier but saves time too. Here are some essential tools:

  • 100% acetone solution
  • Nail buffer 240 grit
  • Cotton wool
  • Cuticle pusher
  • Adhesive Glue with brush (available online)
    Tweezers

These things will come in handy throughout various repair procedures mentioned below.

Method 1- Filling The Crack

The easiest way out requires minimal effort. Even better? You won’t have people constantly staring at your awkward-looking set of partially-chipped off polished fingers.

Step-by-step instruction:

1) Using tweezers carefully remove any chipped edges sticking out— no matter how tempting ripping off a whole portion feels…

2) Buff the surface of the cracked nail with a 240 grit file until the top layer looks even.

3) Soothe your anxiety and relax, as we’re almost through. Dip some cotton wool in acetone solution and scrub away any residual dust or debris from buffing activity to ensure that glue can adhere properly.

4) Apply adhesive glue on the crack—the gel-like substance will fill in your gaps while keeping them intact. And you have two options here:

i) Brush over each coat for an ultimate hold

ii)For quick run-outs, apply a small bead of adhesive directly on the split.

5)Leave for approximately one minute—including time taken to solve another Netflix show conflict—then let it air dry until fully set.

Method 2- Using Silk Wrap

Sometimes cracks may extend deeper causing full-blown stress breaks at different points on your nails—heavy (or light, depending on how clumsy you are) items dropped onto it causes traction marks.

Step-by-step instruction:

1) Cut silk wrap into tiny pieces roughly matching widths of your nail bed’s size. This makes patching more comfortable than squeezing one large piece covering every inch when applying pressure.

2)More buffering drops no deadness — avoid hard buffers as they make an already precarious situation worse by increasing surface tension instead of smoothing them. Pick buffer less abrasive; ideally, a 240 gritted sandpaper will do! Sand down all edges around cracking area but do not reach base coat layers if possible!

3)Lay five cut squares atop together without wrinkles(how gorgeous!)and slip undercracks.They might overlap too—to hide those little secrets altogether—place these slides under other tips/edges that need extra reinforcement or strengthening against breakage!

4)Using tweezers gently hold down & press strips till densely packed while pressing out air bubbles trapped within each square using fingernails beneath.

5)Apply one coat of adhesive glue directly atop these new silky babies, and press once more to ensure smooth distribution& setting. P.S-it’s ideal leaving the patch visible(after all it’s a piece of artwork!).

6)Lather up some patience with those already tired fingers & wait for 10-15 mins or until silk looks transparent (you may have formed folds/ bubbling; don’t worry—it adds character!).

7)Once that layer sets in, grab your nail buffer again—albeit lightly this time—and buff over entire nails’ surfaces gently till they’re as even as possible without tugging fibres loose.

Not done yet? Find another show on Netflix!

Method 3- Fibrin Nail Repair

Fibreglass or Fibre glass variation uses the same principle as silk wrap only featuring polymer-based thin strands instead suitable to create strong reinforcement acting like double-sided tapes from within―without you knowing!

Using fibre liquids gives an almost undetectable finish compared to other techniques on this list because:

  • You do not feel any foreign object lying bare against surface
  • It matches closest colour gradient for our natural canvas between damaged areas.

Step-by-step instruction:

1) Buff down chipped edges holding your bonds together around stressed areas but DO NOT go too far deeper than needed(next level painful if exposed).

2) Be gentle, while applying resin gel polymer around the affected area using his dropper tool enclosed(warning-strong odour created so keep space ventilated!).

3) To spread evenly across split lines—with cuticle pusher or brush strokes(we strongly recommend investing in an inexpensive nylon type)—until adequately packed under every crevice.

4)Lay clear strip beneath patches set on base layers & then repeat by adding more drops over and placing newer cells at each point forming invisible slim bands integrated seamlessly within existing material themselves!

5)Create beautiful art. You can apply layers more than once—depending on desired thickness amount.

6)Wait patiently for it to cure approximately half-hour(though avoid oversaturating polymer will get cloudy).

7)Keep building beautiful nail artwork and finish with the current polish coat!

We appreciate you sticking around till the end of our humorous guide! If one thing is apparent, fixing gel nails at home does require some patience—but handling broken nails discomfort becomes worth every second spent making them new.

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