Gel may become thick in low temperatures. Warm the bottle in warm water for a minute to thin it out.

Roper nail prep is essential. Ensure nails are clean and dry, and seal edges with top coat.

When your gel polish is curing under the lamp, it releases heat. Some people with thinner nail plates can be more sensitive to this heat. Also, the thicker you apply your polish, the more heat it can generate.
As Builder Gel is a thicker product, many do feel more heat spikes when applying this thickly.
If it is getting too hot for you, simply remove your hands from the lamp for a few seconds to cool, then slowly pop your hand back in.

This may occur due to thick application, inadequate nail prep, or old UV lamps.

Ensure your lamp is suitable and cure for a minimum of 60 seconds with LED or 2 minutes with UV.

Step 1: Lightly buff off the shine from the top of the nails using a nail buffer.
Step 2: Soak a cotton ball or pad with nail gel remover and place it on top of each nail.
Step 3: Wrap the nail with aluminum foil or any nail wrap to secure and allow the remover to soak.
Step 4: Soak for a minimum of 15 minutes.
Step 5: Remove cotton and foils one at a time and gently push off gel using a removal wand. The gel should come off easily without much effort. If necessary, re-saturate cotton and rewrap fingers and soak for 5 more minutes.
Step 6: Lightly buff nails again and apply cuticle oil to hydrate and strengthen.

Method 1: Acetone-Free
Items that you need to prepare: Nail cutter ×1, E-nail file or a file with small grit ( from 120 to 150) ×1, 180 grit nail file ×1, Buffing cubes ×2 (one for smoothing out the nail surface, the other for polishing it) or Professional buffing cube (featuring two sides: one for smoothing and the other for polishing) ×1
Cuticle oil (If you have)
- Step 1: Cut any extra nail length with a nail cutter. To make it easier to work with your nails later on, you'd better remove any extra length. If you wish to keep the length of your natural nails, then only trim out the poly nail gel extensions.
- Step 2: Gently rub the poly nail gel layer away. Use the e-file or the 120 grit nail file to remove most of the poly nail gel from your nails, moving from the cuticle to the tip of the nails. When using the e-nail file, you need to be careful not to take off the top layers of natural nails. Remember to set the e-file at low speed. It is fine to leave some poly nail gel on your nails. We will take care of it in the next step.
- Step 3: Remove the remaining poly nail gel. Once you have finished with the e-nail file/120 grit file, use the 180 grit file to gently buff off the remaining layers of poly nail gel. Keep in mind that at this step, you need to be very patient and careful, don’t rub too hard, otherwise, your natural nails will get damaged.
- Step 4: Smooth out and polish the nail surface with buffing cubes. Filing off the poly nail gel outlay will inevitably cause some scratches and imperfections in the nail surfaces. Use a soft buffing cube to smooth out all the scratches and imperfections.
- Step 5: Hydrate the cuticles. Applying some cuticle oil to your nails to add some moisture back to your natural nails. Gently buff the nails.
Method 2: Wrapping
Items that you need to prepare: Cuticle pusher ×1, Nail file ×1, Cotton balls, Aluminum foil sheets cut into pieces, Acetone
Step 1: Cut any extra nail length with a nail cutter.
Step 2: Buff the top layers of poly nail gel outlay. First, you need to break the seal at the tip of your fingers. If you have cut off the poly nail gel extension, then you already did that. Use the buffing cube to make the poly nail gel buffy and cloudy, so it will get removed more easily when reacting with acetone.
Step 3: Divide cotton balls into pieces that are big enough to cover your nails. Saturating them with acetone
Step 4: Foil wrapping. Cover the surface of your nails with cotton pieces soaked with acetone. Use aluminum foil pieces to wrap the top of the finger. The less air you let inside, the quicker the poly nail gel gets loosened. (*Wait for the acetone to do its job for 10-12 minutes.)
Step 5: Peel off the poly nail gel. After 10 minutes, unfold the aluminum foil pieces. At this time, the poly nail gel kind of peeled off itself. Use the cuticle pusher to gently scrape off the remaining poly nail gel, moving from the cuticle part to the tip.
Step 6: Smooth and polish the nail by buffing.

Prolonged use of gel can dehydrate nails. Cuticle oil can help.