Light Cured Gels

Question 1

The main ingredients used alone or in combination with urethane acrylates to create light cured gel enhancements

Answer 1

Urethane Acrylate and urethane methacrylate

Question 2

Initiates the polymerization reaction

Answer 2

A photoinitiator

Question 3

What does cure mean?

Answer 3

To harden

Question 4

The measurement of the thickness or thinness of a liquid and that affects how the fluid flows

Answer 4

Viscosity

Question 5

Bonding gels

Answer 5

Used the increase adhesion to the natural nail plate, similar to a monomer liquid and polymer powder primer

Question 6

Building Gels

Answer 6

Any thick-viscosity resin that allows the cosmetologist to build an arch and curve in the fingernail
-can be used with self-leveling gels

Question 7

Self leveling gels

Answer 7

Thinner in consistency than building gels, allowing them to settle and level during application
-enhances thickness of the overlay

Question 8

Pigmented gels

Answer 8

Can be building gels or self leveling gels that include color pigment

Question 9

A very thin viscosity gel that is usually pigmented and packaged in a pot or a bottle; an alternative to traditional nail lacquers

Answer 9

Gel polish

Question 10

“Sealing gel” or “finishing gel” or “shine gel”; used over the finished and filed gel application to create a high shine

Answer 10

Glossing gel

Question 11

Inhibition layer

Answer 11

A tacky surface left on the nail after a UV or LED gel has cured

Question 12

LED lamps

Answer 12

Cure gel about 4x faster than UV lamps

Question 13

Lamp wattage

Answer 13

The measure of how much electricity the bulb consumes

Question 14

How many times per year should UV bulbs be changed?

Answer 14

2-3 times per year

Question 15

Hard UV and LED gels

Answer 15

“Traditional gels,” cannot be removed with a solvent such as acetone

Question 16

Soft UV and LED Gels

Answer 16

“Soakable gels,” including gel polishes, are removed by soaking in acetone for approximately 5-15 mins, then scrape off with wooden stick

Question 17

A short chain of monomer liquids that is often thick, sticky, and gel-like and that is not long enough to be considered a polymer (between a solid and a liquid)

Answer 17

An oligomer

Question 18

Wrap resins are called

Answer 18

Cyanoacrylates

Question 19

Which gel is used to enhance thickness of the overlay while providing a smoother surface?

Answer 19

UV self leveling gel

Question 20

The amount of colored pigment concentration in a gel

Answer 20

Opacity

Question 21

Brushes that are used to hold and spread the UV gel are:

Answer 21

Synthetic

Question 22

UV lamp wattage used to cure UV gels

Answer 22

4, 6, 7, 8, and 9 watt

Question 23

What year did UV gel polish evolve?

Answer 23

2000

Question 24

After the filing procedure, remove dust and filings with a clean and disinfected:

Answer 24

Nylon brush