How To Remove Fake Acrylic Nails

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How to remove fake acrylic nails. Remove any remaining acrylic nails by soaking them in water. How you soak off acrylic nails at home is pretty much the same way it is done at a nail salon. Pour some acetone-free nail polish remover into a bowl making sure to pour enough so your nails can be fully submerged and put your fingers in.

It gradually melts the acrylic to make removal easier. Soak 10 pieces of cotton in pure acetone. Begin at the nail bed and work outwards.

Soak your hands in it for about 30 minutes. If there is any acrylic that does not peel off dip your fingers again into the bowl and let it stay for another 5 minutes. How To Remove Acrylic Nails With Acetone Nail Polish Remover.

Walker suggests soaking the nails in 100 percent acetone nail paint remover for as long as it takes to dissolve the acrylic after it has been filed down as much as possible. Once youve filed away the top layer of polish put your fingers in a shallow bowl of warm pure acetone. With a metal cuticle pusher gently push the polish off your nails pushing from your cuticles downward.

If your acrylic nail set is less than one month old the safest way to remove acrylic nails at home is to soak them off. Make sure your nails are completely submerged and keep them in the bowl for at least 30 minutes. Next run an orange stick or cuticle pusher along the edge to get the nail to start to lift.

Once the acrylic has become more viscous gooey remove your hand and began to carefully scrape away the acrylic with the cuticle pusher. The idea is to make removing the false nails easier not to actually remove them in this step. You will want your Acrylics as short as possible for the next steps but be careful not to cut your skin or go too low.