Chap 11 and 12

____ are used to make contact lenses, cements for mending broken bones, plexiglas windows, and even makeup and other cosmetics

• Acrylics

• Monomer liquids

• Monomer powders

• Polymer powders

Acrylic nails are nail enhancements that are based on mixing together:

• Monomer liquids and water

• Monomer liquids and polymer powders

• Monomer powders and polymer liquids

• Polymer powders and peroxide

Nail technicians should have a thorough understanding of liquid and powder enhancements for all of the following reasons EXCEPT what?

• Liquid and powder nail enhancements are popular services

• Liquid and powder nail enhancements are lucrative services

• Knowing how to work with nail enhancement material allows you to perform the service safely

• Liquid and powder services are the simplest nail enhancement to create

What is the best way to apply liquid and powder nail enhancements?

• Synthetic hair brush

• Natural hair brush

• The wrap method

• There is not one best way to apply an nail enhancement products

____ is/are added to the monomer liquid and used to control the set or curing time

• Many units

• One unit

• Initiator

• Catalyst

In general, odorless products must be used with a ____ ratio.

• 25-75 wet and dry mix

• 75/25 wet and dry mix

• Medium mix

• Dry mix

The tacky layer on top of the nail is called the ___ layer

• Keratin

• Inhibition

• Primer

• Grit

The top , tacky layer on the nail can be rolled off or filed away with what type of abrasive?

• Coarse grit

• Medium grit

• Fine grit

• Buffer

Monomer liquid can be used in four basic ways, which of the following is NOT one of them?

• On the natural nail, as a protective overlay

• Over the sidewalk as a reinforcement

• On a form to create a sculpture nail extension

• To create small works of art on top of or inside a nail enhancement

There are three versions of monomer used in the nail industry, which is the industry standard?

• Acrylic monomer

• Cyanoacrylate

• Ethyl methacrylate

• Methyl methacrylate