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I find the powder easier to deal with in the long run. When the glue fails (and it doesn't last very long, maybe 8-10 days), it easier to "tease off" the broken piece, and repair just that. Or remove the entire bit, if it comes off. With the silk, the whole thing MUST come off. The silk is probably stronger, I haven't used it in a very long time so I can't speak from much experience. BTW, I was in conversation with Jason Vieaux, a fabulous Classical Guitar player. He uses ONLY the glue. Builds up many layers. Says that multiple layers works best for him.

Hey! TY, it's nice to have a listen and I really appreciate the compliment! It's a six-string guitar, recorded twice. (1967 Guild D50). Home recorded; back story, I spent four weeks working on the previous recording. WAY too long. So I did this one--the original writing, arranging, and recording--in three days! Yay!

I don't think it would be practical do build a fake nail. Jason Vieaux uses a small piece of ping-pong ball attached (somehow) to his thumb. That might be a method to create a fake nail. Maybe you could get in touch with him.

@@pubmgr Cheers Tom thank you for the reply

Nice to hear that it's helpful! TY!

Sorry, there might be an error somewhere along the line. But this does not work for some players. For me, depending on things like yard work or home-improvement projects, it lasts 5-10 days. Perhaps trying rubbing alcohol on the nail surface as pretreatment? Let that dry for 3-4 minutes. Then the glue. What brand glue are you using?

Thank you!

Thank you for listening, and especially for enjoying it!

Hi. The video is old. I should take it down. Sorry for the confusion. -Tom

Hi! Thank you for watching! I'm still at it with this technique. It can be a minor PITA, but it does produce great results for my own playing. My main problem is when part of the repair loosens up: it can be VERY hard to get the whole thing off without damaging the nail. I finally realized, after many years, that it's often best to pry/break off the lose part while KEEPING the still firmly-adhered part alone. It's easy to do half a section, although it can result in a bump in the middle. That bump is easy enough to flatten with a bit of careful filing.

Thank you for your thoughtful reply. Though I am not as accomplished at guitar as you are, I have the same sentiment about playing along, breaking a nail, and then not being able to play for while. I like the glue part of this, and maybe the powder. Is there a membrane that you can glue on the top of your nail? I am not sure how the powder helps to bind. Thank you!

@@luckydog-287 The powder and glue from an almost instant layer that's quite rigid. Three layers and it starts to seem like real nail. These routinely "pop off" and look a lot like a nail, which can freak out my wife. haha. There are silk wrap products (membrane as you put it) that people use routinely. It's like a fiber tape that sticks on the nail, and over which one applies a layer of glue. I have used that method, but it's kind of a disaster if part of it starts to release, because the whole thing has to be pried off, and a layer of nail typically would come off with it. As I recall, James Taylor uses the technique and has a video. Found it: ruclips.net/video/7BqISqpMRo8/видео.html (I've actually used the glue and powder to build up the bottom of an uneven guitar saddle. It's VERY stiff and you can work it with a file. It's seemed as stiff as the plastic saddle itself.)

Thank you! It's one of our favorites.

Thank you! A lovely tune, TY Mr. Brahms! :) (We still play it each year, during the holiday season. I forgot about this version with two flutes.)

Not one to mince words. ;) (We might wonder what you mean?)

@@pubmgr all that sort of dirt and glues and smelly and sticky and sometimes even toxic, artificial chemicals, and for what. most healthy people have good nails. for once, to prove this... DROP NAILS FILES. for now. let your nails grow, pick a piece of sandpaper, place it on the strings (fold over 6th) leave the guitar on the right foot (like it was designed to fit, initially) and start playing. bending the middle finger joints. and play 'on the nail'. that way, the shape will be optimal. a dude named thomas viloteau did this somewhat. but his playing position is wrong, that is why he gets crazy nail shapes. anyway, the tone is best, and it can be proven with physics. paco de lucia shaped his fingernails like that, too. if you shape the fingernails incorrectly, they will produce bad sound, they will feel heavy, they will catch like hell and they will split/crack etc. this is why these 'products' were invented. because people dont know hoe to use their own nails. i have discussed and observed this many times. it always comes down to incirrect ways of dealing with nail filing. p.s. if you really smack those steel strings... i suggest moving away from that style of 'music' or using fingerpicks (the modern inventions, not the average, cheap, metal wound rings on the fingers)

@@kanker5256 Hi. Thanks for the expansion. I wish I had tough nails. They're not bad, but some are thicker and some are thinner. And that creates a very uneven tone. The product sets up very quickly, so I'm not too worried about toxic fumes to any degree. Anyway, best wishes, and thanks for an informative response!

@@pubmgr by the look of the nails, they are perfectly normal. most men have mostly the same nail constitution. good luck life is far more complex and difficult than a nail discussion

Excellent! Very nice to hear. I'd be lost without it. Tricky business to work with partial, as it's sometimes difficult to remove the part that won't come lose. But just keeping that section on is usually a reasonable compromise. TY, so much, for the feedback!

TX! My most recent discovery; I get better results when I coat just the end third of the nail. The sound is just as good, and it seems to last longer.

Good luck! It's somewhat of an art. I made a recent adjustment where I coat only the 3/8 inch tip of each nail. It seems to last longer than when I do most of the nail, oddly enough.

Hi Nicholas, I'm sorry that the method isn't working out very well. I've never had a problem with spots of any kind. But, occasionally, when the coating comes off, it does pull off a "layer" of nail, but it only happens with my thumb nail. It can get thin. The coating only lasts about 10 days, so I renew it quite often, but I rarely have this problem with pulling off a layer. Maybe one out of eight times? BTW, most recently, I've taken to coating only 3/8 of an inch, where before I was coating about 1/2 to 5/8 of an inch. I think this change has reduced the tendency of the coating to "pop" off. You might try just a 1/4 of an inch, and put less of the nail at risk? But, overall, it sounds like this method is not good for you. I know some people personally who have tried it and not been successful. So it doesn't work for all players. The spots would worry me!!

Thank you! Great song from way back when.

I never tried acrylic nails. On harshness of sound; for me, it's caused by roughness in the nail edge. That's why I use the fine sandpaper (400 or 600) to keep the edge smooth. On picks, thinner picks don't get "stuck" in the strings, which is helpful. But thinner picks have a thinner sound. So I use Dunlop green (.88 mm); for me a good compromise between tone and flexibility. Re: thin nails--I think my nails have gotten thinner with age. BTW, I touch up new picks with the sandpaper; they tend to have a slight edge, at least the Dunlops do. It's a 20 second fix. Good luck!

Hi! Sorry for the fail. Mine chips off eventually, but it's usually more like a week or two. It doesn't last very long. If you want to experiment, try using a little rubbing alcohol to clean the nail surface before the application. Then apply the glue and powder. Repeat the glue and powder once or twice. Keep me posted. TX!

Krazy Glue Home and Office Brush-On Glue which I get from Amazon.

No, not white glue. It's a Cyanoacrylate type of glue. You can probably search for it and find brand names. I refer to it as Crazy Glue which is the brand name that's common in the USA

@@pubmgr thank you so much. I will definitely try it.

Tried this and STOMACH ACHED seriously bad. I only took half of my wife's prenatal vitamin too!

Hi, Glad it worked! I'm still using the method routinely. I began tracking how long the treatment would last. I really varies from nail to nail, and depends also on activities like yard work that might be rough on a nail. I'm guessing that the average time is about 7 days. Not very long, but the glue and powder is so quick, it doesn't seem bad. Again, thanks for your feedback!

Crazy glue. Aka cyanoacrylate.

Nice! Let me know how it works. I'm still using it with good effect. It doesn't seem to hold up as well as it used to, maybe 7-10 days? But it's easy enough to reapply. I wonder if the glue varies over time; some minor change in formulation? I might just be putting thinner coats on. I use Crazy Glue now, that comes with a brush. The glue does get a lot thicker over time (several months). So with a new bottle, two layers will be thinner than an old bottle.

I just added video to an existing recording. It was a borrowed guitar, at the time, looking at it, as mine was in the shop.

Lots of guitar working, and vocals here: www.reverbnation.com/tomhanlon

There is a certain art to the application. And it doesn't work for everybody. But I am very enthusiastic about it for my own playing. How did it go for you?

First time it was ugly but functional and it got me through the 3 long days! I've applied it 3 times since then with good results.

Glad it was helpful!

Hi! Do I know you from studying with Robert Paul Sullivan, back in the day? ;)

Too bad about the glue allergy. I'd be sunk without the reinforcement. For me, 400 gets very smooth after it's used for a minute or two. I was using 600 but it was slow. Note that with each change to a finer grit, you need to polish the surface and remove the coarseness left by the previous grit. So, you wouldn't want to go directly from, say, a 100 emery board to a 1000 grit paper--you'd be polishing the "bumps" for a long time before you removed all the traces of the 100 grit. Practically speaking, 400 seems to create a nicely polished surface, removing the previous traces of coarser grit, in the least amount of time. For me, beyond a certain point, additional smoothness seems undetectable.

Hi, We use it with two books, standard size pages. With both open, we fit the four pages.

thank you!

+fartwrangler www.sallybeauty.com/secrets-acrylic-powder/SBS-164432,default,pd.html

+Tom Hanlon Thanks!

The generic name for the glue is Cyanoacrylate.