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How to Remove Acrylic Nails

Posted on June 21st, 2009 by Paul
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Acrylic nails come as the quickest solution to having a long and elegant set of nails. Once they are attached, you can style and display them as if they’re real fingrnails. However, at some point, you will need to remove them, especially if they’re starting to look dirty or your nails are starting to grow. Acrylic nails are closely connected to your nails, so yanking them off is not an option. You have to dissolve the adhesive before peeling them off your hands.

Materials Used:

  • nail polish remover with acetone
  • petroleum jelly
  • nail clippers
  • nail buffers
  • 2 bowls, one larger than the other
  • roll of plastic
  • stacks of used paper/newspaper

Procedure:

  1. Acetone is quite abrasive, so cover your work area with layers of paper and a sheet of plastic.

    2. acrylic nails

  2. Trim the nails until they’re short with your nail clippers. Remember, long acrylic nails are harder to remove.
  3. Fill the larger bowl with boiling water.
  4. For the smaller bowl, pour some nail polish remover with acetone.
  5. Put the smaller bowl on top or inside the larger bowl. The heat and the polish remover will make the acrylic nail adhesive dissolve quickly.
  6. Put some petroleum jelly on the skin surrounding your fingernails. Avoid placing petroleum jelly on your nails, since it will block the effects of heat and the nail polish remover.
  7. Soak your nails in the nail polish remover (smaller bowl) for about 20 minutes.
  8. Try peeling off the acrylic layers. If they don’t come off easily, just re-soak your hands until the adhesive is dissolved. Peel off the acrylic nails.
  9. Once the acrylic nails have been removed, wash your hands, particularly your fingers.
  10. Lightly rub your nails with a nail buffer to remove traces of acrylic nail adhesive.
  11. If your fingers feel dry from the nail polish remover, apply hand lotion to bring back the softness and moisture.

When having your acrylic nails professionally removed, ask the tech to follow a procedure similar to this one. Some nail techs simply trim then yank off the acrylic sheets, which is quite painful. If he or she does not agree, go to a different nail salon or do the task yourself. Why pay for a service if you’ll get hurt in the process anyway?

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