Ping Pong Ball Nail Repair Guide
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NAVIGAT E 2 GUEST POSTS , LESSONS & TIPS BY BRADFORD ON OCTOBER 9, 2013 The Ping-Pong Ball Fingernail Repair Guide by Samuel Laroche-Pagé Tweet Tweet 3 7 Samuel Laroche-Pagé posted these excellent photos and guides to repairing your nails using the famous ping-pong ball method for classical guitar. He kindly agreed to let me share the photos and text here. Extra bonus is that it’s in French and English. Before I do, however, please check out Samuel’s other great online content: Website: samuellarochepage.com Subscribe to him on YouTube: youtube.com/user/samuellarochepage All photos and text by Samuel Laroche-Pagé. 46 Like Like
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GUEST POSTS, LESSONS & TIPSBY BRADFORD ON OCTOBER 9, 2013
The Ping-Pong Ball Fingernail Repair Guide bySamuel Laroche-Pagé
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Samuel Laroche-Pagé posted these excellent photos and guides to repairing your nails using the famous
ping-pong ball method for classical guitar. He kindly agreed to let me share the photos and text here. Extra
bonus is that it’s in French and English. Before I do, however, please check out Samuel’s other great online
content:
Website: samuellarochepage.com
Subscribe to him on YouTube: youtube.com/user/samuellarochepage
All photos and text by Samuel Laroche-Pag é.
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Avant-tout:
Pour faire ceci, vous devez au préalable avoir un ongle… Ce renforcement est uniquement possible en
collant la balle de Ping-Pong en dessous de l’ongle.. De cette façon vous n’endommager pas votre
cuticule.
To know before: You need to have a nail to do this operation. This reinforcement will only work if you have a
nail. It make it stronger and prevent any damage to your cuticle.
Étape 1: Couper une pièce de la balle de Ping-Pong avec un ciseau de la forme de votre ongle. Bien tailler
la courbe pour qu’elle épouse bien votre ongle.
Step 1: Cut a piece of the Ping-Pong ball the shape of your nail and esh. Be sure it t’s perfectly.
Étape 2: Le morceau doit être confortable et être précisément de la forme de votre doigt.
Step 2: The Ping-Pong ball need to t comfortably and r precisely your nger.
Étape 3: Limer le morceau a n qu’il soit lisse et sans imperfections.
Step 3: Bu the piece so it will be thiner and smooth under your nail.
Étape 4: Coller le morceau avec de la Crazy Glue ou de la colle à ongle de pharmacie.
Step 4: Glue the piece with Crazy Glue or Nail glue.
Étape 5: Soyez certain que le morceau est collé bien parfaitement. Ajoutez de la colle a n de boucher tout
les trous d’air.
Step 5: Be sure the piece is well glued under your nail. And glue in any “air spots”.
Étape 6: ATTENDRE 10-15 MINUTES ! Ensuite, couper le surplus avec un coupe-ongle.
Step 6: WAIT 10-15 MINUTES ! Next, cut the rest with a nail cutter.
Étape 7: Limer le surplus restant avec une lime à ongle. Assurez-vous que la surface est lisse et que la
“shape” soit à votre gout.
Step 7: Bu the rest o the Ping-Pong pieces. Do the shape that you need.
Terminé!
Finished!
La balle de ping-pong va rester en place une semaine environ. Vous pouvez ajouter de la colle dans les
coins de temps en temps.
The piece will stay in place for a week or so. You can add some glue on the corners sometimes.
Thank You Samuel!
Big thanks again to Samuel Laroche-Pagé for letting me share the photos and text here. Don’t forget to
check him out online!
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super job!
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Merci Bien!
A great tip, physically and metaphorically! I imagine you can even use it in advance of any damage to your
nail, a sort of pre-emptive re-inforcement.
PT
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