I use soak off gel polish and this works faster than regular acetone. I soak a cotton pad and wrap each nail and then have rubber nail covers. In approximately 5-8 minutes I will remove one at a time and I am able to scrape off the polish usually in one or two big scrapes and it comes off clean. Occasionally a small area is left and I just repeat steps and then I am able to quickly remove the polish. I don't feel like it is as drying as acetone polish, and works faster from my experience.