Can you use any regular polish with these plates, or do you need to buy a specific type?
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Yes, you can use most any regular polish. Usually one coat products are best like Sally Hansen Insta-Dri or something similar from other brands like Sinful Colors or Pure Ice, just to name a few. You can buy special stamping polishes but they are not necessary. There is some trial and error involved to see what polish works for you and what look you want.
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Yes you can, but the polish must be quite thick and pigmented. So any brand of polish can work once it follows some rules of thumb I learned from bloggers: A regular nail polish that's good for stamping should 1. Go on opaque in one coat when you paint your nails with it 2. Be so thick you can't see the brush bristles when you first pull it out of the bottle. Hope this helps!
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Only opaque polish will work. You just have to experiment. I have found Sh insta dri will work. There are also special stamping polishes. The thicker and more opaque the polish is, the better!
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Some polishes work better than others. The more pigmented and thick the polish, the better the stamping results will be. Here's a good test to see if your polish will work. Dip the bush into the polish, wipe the excess off on using the opening of the bottle, then look for the black bristles of the brush through the polish. If after wiping the excess polish off you can only see the color of the polish and not the bristles then you have a winner. :)
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Any opaque polish that is highly pigmented should work. If you have thicker older polish it can be great for stamping. Also metallic or chrome colored polishes work great! Hope this helps!
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You will want to use the felt wheels and a polishing compound like 3m glass polish. Go slow and take your time especially if the glass is thin.
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Dear Azar, You can use what ever you have used in the past. No thing special or no specific brand needed. The set is surgical stainless steel and you dont have to worry about anything. The set will stay shiny for a lifetime just dont use steel wool since steel wool contains too much IRON and will scratch the mirror polish. Thank you
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Any brand of nail polish works fine for me, you don't need to buy the special stamping polish. Nail polish remover doesn't ruin the plate.
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Yes you may use any kind of nail polish, I recommend using a light nail color for a backround, because dark colors for a nail stamp design work best.
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You can use almost any other brand, I bought a bunch of polishes at Walmart to complete my palette, as long as it's gel nail polish
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Hi Jean - we used old China from a local thrift store!! You need a special drill bit and we had a lot of different plates break - once we got in the rhythm they came out great!!
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Hi, You sure can! I did a little research and found most posts were in favor of using Judikins Diamond Glaze, which I sell separately. Sincere thanks, Lani 650-355-8964
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Hi Meghan. When you buy this kit, you only buy the plates. 25 plates. You will need three more items to do you nails: a stamper, a scraper and a special nail polish.In this item, you can see all you need: http://www.maquillajerossa.com/imagenes/2009/07/nail_stamp_art_set_g.jpgThis product of Bundle monster, include only the plates. And I can tell you that the designs are fantastic!!!!
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You can use any kind of nail polish. I personally use Sally hensen brand as it's none expensive. I do get to use other brands like opi and wet and wild and NYC. Believe me a I am a nail stamping addict and have a variety of nail stamping plates from different brands and they work also with any polish. I do think that if they don't work it's not the nail polish, it's the plate that might be defective.
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not sure what u wanted but I got nail art plates from 2 places, 1 from walmart and a bunch online at bundlemonster.com, no special name. the best polish, if you can believe it, was from 5below and cvs. at 5below I got "art club nail art lacquer" for 3 for $5. works great; from cvs I got "wet and wild's Wild shine" colors black, purple and pink. I was told to get some polish with "chromeiness" not sure what that was but I went with a opal type of sheen to polish. You do have to be fairly quick. polish nails and LET DRY!!!! Then decorate. set your self up with everything u need and cover surface!! it will get messy. once u put polish on plate get moving, scrape w/ a little force, roll over to ink stamp and roll on nail. After three or four tries you will get it. btw some mistakes look better than perfect nails. Mom loved her single flower oops better than the perfect arch on her thumb. Then top coat, top coat, top coat. not that u need 3 coats but must not forget it. Mine lasted 8 days when I kept renewing top coat every 2 days. Oh last tip DO NOT use any polish w/ glitter for stamp. It wont work. save that for base color if u want.
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This polisher comes with a 6 inch backing plate. A 6.5 inch buffing pad will work fine. Just make sure the backing plate is 1/2 inch smaller then the buffing pad otherwise you will destroy your pads.
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The plates I received were not etched deep enought to accept any form of polish including konad special polish. Other reviews had no problem whatsoever with their plates. Buy them and find out for yourself. They didn't work for me.
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I have these plates. They designs are well etched in the plate. I have used them and no problem with stamping. I used regular polish. The polishes that are on thin side will not work that well. I used regular polish and there was no problem with the plates no stamping.
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You can use your regular faceplates. I installed a bunch of these and the screwless faceplates are in a bag in the garage. I never used any of the new faceplates.
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all that's in this kit is the image plates. You'll still need thick polish, stamper, and a scraper (I use an old credit card) You can get a pretty good starter kit at Walmart.
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Hi Melanie. Yes. All plates are made in stainless steel. Once you swipe them with nail enamel to transfer the image from plate to stamp, you simply clean the plate with acetone.This will remove any leftover nail polish from the plate and the grooves in the plate. You can also clean the plate with non-acetone, but I find with the non acetone it's cleaned of any polish residue but leaves a cloudy film on the plate itself. The acetone gives a back to new look. Hope this helps!