Tanning Beds Tips

When it comes to Tanning Beds, we've been there, done that, now serving 316 tips in 21 categories ranging from Commercial Tanning Beds to Wolff Tanning Beds.

How do I use a tanning bed?

Using a Tanning Bed

Here are some tanning bed tips and information about how to use a tanning bed:

  • Call your local salon and find out what kinds of tanning beds are best to meet your needs.
  • Ask about tanning packages to save money.
  • Find out about tanning products to help achieve your look and keep your skin healthy. You can usually purchase these at the salon or from an online tanning supply company.
  • Take a bag with a towel, tanning goggles, tanning products, and a ponytail holder or headband.
  • When you get to the salon and enter the tanning room, be sure you have your tanning goggles. Always wear them when tanning.
  • You can tan nude, wear underwear, or a swimsuit.
  • Apply tanning lotion to your body. Use special lotion made just for your face.
  • Put your hair back in a headband and/or pull your hair into a ponytail.
  • If the tanning bed is horizontal, open the lid and lay down. Your salon may provide a pillow and fan (if there's not one built into the bed). Turn the fan on high.
  • If you are using a stand up tanning bed, you may move around freely and raise your arms for an even tan.
  • Be sure to put on your tanning goggles. Press the start button to begin.
  • Relax and enjoy the rays. The light will turn off when you are finished.
  • Wipe off with your towel and get dressed.
  • Avoid bathing right away to preserve your tan.
  • Always observe safety recommendations provided by your spa and tanning bed manufacturer. Do not exceed recommended tanning time.

   
How does the tanning process work?

Tips for the Tanning Process

If you want to know how tanning works in a salon or home tanning bed, here are some tanning tips:

  • The tanning process works by Ultraviolet light acting as a catalyst to stimulate the production of melanin in the skin. The skin's outer layer, or epidermis, determines how much melanin your body will produce, depending on you skin type. When the skin is exposed to UV light, the melanin oxidizes (darkens), which is your body's way of protecting itself from UV overexposure.
  • Problems with tanning occur when the skin is overexposed to UV rays and the body cannot produce enough melanin to protect the skin.
  • To avoid overexposure, body tanning should be done gradually, with help from professionals in the tanning industry who know just how to help you get a safe tan.
  • Your tanning salon or retailer can provide a tanning 'plan' designed for your skin type.
  • There are products on the market, like tan accelerator, that can help you get a darker tan.
  • Exfoliate your skin before tanning to get rid of any dead or rough skin.
  • Always follow advice from your product manufacturer and do not exceed recommended tanning times.

   
Why should I use the Wolff Super Crystal sunlamp?

Wolff Super Crystal Sunlamp

The Wolff Super Crystal sunlamp is the newest, most innovative product in Wolff brand lamps. The 400 watt high pressure sunlamp employs a new quartz glass that allows maximum total UV outlet.

Lasting 800 hours, the lamp is designed to exceed user expectations with extra attention paid to assure transmission of the UVB component most effectively. Wolff's Super Crystal Lamp is a hot new product sure to be a hit in all compatible tanning beds.

   
What are some tanning bed facts?

Tanning Bed Facts

Here are some tanning bed facts:

  • Tanning beds use many florescent bulbs to expose the skin to ultraviolet rays, which are similar to sunlight.
  • Tanning beds can help people with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and provide a healthy glow year-round.
  • You can find tanning beds for sale for your personal use.
  • Finding quality discount tanning beds can help boost your salon business. They are durable, cost-effective, and easy to maintain and clean. Tanning beds for sale from a reputable dealer should come with the option of a warranty.

  • Friedrich Wolff was the first person in the history of tanning beds to reproduce UV light indoors to study how exposure to sunlight affects athletes.

  • The history of the tanning bed is marked by government legislation to ensure safety in the tanning process.
  • The earliest indoor tanning beds were made with harmful high intensity UVB bulbs.
  • Federal law now mandates that tanning bed manufacturers and salons know how to use tanning beds safely and follow skin cancer prevention guidelines.

   
What is Wolff's Rejuvasun 332 Spa tanning bed?

Rejuvasun 332 Spa Tanning Bed

The Wolff Rejuvasun 332 Spa tanning bed allows salons to offer tanning and beauty treatments all in one. The bed offers a 20 minute optional tanning session, as well as a 20 minute spa session.

After tanning under the Rejuvasun's canopy, users have the option of staying under the Rejuvasun panel for special spa treatments. The bed has an advanced cooling system for during and after the tanning session and the bed's bench is slightly curved for an ergonomic design.

Because the Wolff Rejuvasun 332 Spa tanning bed offers two services in one, if opens a great new channel of revenue for your salon.

   

Buying Home Tanning Beds at a Discount

If you're interested in buying a residential tanning bed but are worried that even a tanning canopy won't fit in your home, consider purchasing a face tanner. These little portable machines are much cheaper than residential tanning beds and can easily be stored anywhere. Any time you need a little sunlight, place the residential face tanner on the table and sit in front of you. You'll achieve a deep golden tan on your face without all the bulk of owning a residential tanning bed.

   
What are the best lamps for my tanning bed?

Wolff Velocity Sunlamps

Wolff Velocity Sunlamps are among the most popular choices for original equipment, lamp replacements for other Wolff lamps, and replacements for lamps from other makers. The 80 & 100W non-reflector sunlamps use advanced phosphor technology so that tanners can get strong color over and over again.

Velocity sunlamps by Wolff are expected to work for 1,000 hours making them an extremely good value. They also have advanced UVB for shorter sessions.

Velocity sunlamps are available in standard F59/Bi-Pin, F71/Bi-pin and F73/RDC configurations, and VS-R 160W VHO reflector in FR71/Bi-pin. Before using Wolff Velocity sunlamps with your existing tanning bed of a different make, be sure that they are compatible with your equipment.

   

Setting a Timer

If you own a salon and are purchasing a commercial tanning bed, try your best to buy one with the best automatic timer system possible. There are many innovative commercial tanning beds that have accurate and guaranteed timer systems. Also, as an employee at a tanning salon, make your best effort to pay attention to who is in each booth and at what time they entered.

   
Why should I use the Wolff Sunquest 16RS tanning bed?

Wolff Sunquest 16RS Tanning Bed

The Sunquest 16RS tanning bed by Wolf is one of the best possible tanning beds that you can have in your home. This bed is lightweight and all you need to do is plug it into your regular 120-volt household outlet. It doesn't get any easier than that.

The aluminum and steel mainframe bed is attractive looking and delivered to you already 95% pre-assembled so it won't be long at all until you can start using your new Wolff Sunquest tanning bed.

The Sunquest 16RS tanning bed has an exclusive control key lock to ensure the safety of your tanning bed. Your 20 minute tanning sessions are monitored by the bed's digital timer. Why go to a salon when you can tan from the comfort of your own home?

The Wolff Sunquest 16RS tanning bed is 75.75"L x 35" W x 48" H and is recommended for use in 8'x 6' rooms.

   
Why should I tan in Wolff's SunDome tanning booth?

Wolff SunDome Tanning Booth

Love tanning in tanning booths but can never seem to get comfortable? Then you should consider the Wolff SunDome Tanning booth. This booth not only gives you the ultimate tan, but it was designed for comfort.

A lot of people claim that they'd rather tan in booths because they feel as though they get a more all-around tan, but that they hate standing in the middle of an uncomfortable booth and therefore choose beds so they can lie down. The SunDome tanning booth by Wolff was designed so that you can tan in a booth and be comfortable. The booth features an ergonomically designed bench that actually provides support to your back, neck, and shoulders.

Not only does the SunDome booth have a relaxing booth to sit on, but it also has a special cooling system allowing you to tan to the ultimate perfection without overheating. The booth has a variable speed Vortex body fan that the tanner controls the tanning environment.

Apart from being comfortable while tanning, the SunDome tanning booth uses the most innovative technology available to tan you as best as possible. The booth contains three advanced SolarMax IFT face tanners that shower you with bronzing UV for a golden facial tan. The booth also has facial cassettes that utilize special filters to increase the amount of UV for added facial tanning power and the high gloss shoulder reflector allows the UV rays to focus more on tanning your shoulders and neck. Lastly, for increased tanning power, the specially designed acrylic sheets in Wolff's SunDome tanning booth allow the maximum amount of UV penetration.

   
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