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Similarly, what can you use instead of monomer?
Monomer is acrylic, and it is necessary to combine with the acrylic powder for the acrylic to cure/harden. Water will not work.
Also question is, can you do acrylic nails without liquid?
So If you talk about traditional acrylic nails, you need a liquid monomer. There is another option if you want to get acrylic nails without the monomer - by using Acrylic Dip Powders. Dipping powders are Odorless and bonded with a glue called cyanoacrylate.
Traditional Acrylic cannot be used with Resin or our YN SlickPour Gel because it will result in something chunky and unmanageable. It could be used with monomer/liquid to sculpt a traditional set or as a dipping powder to provide a gel polish-like service.