General is correct. If it wouldnt be for super glue and electrical tape alot of us construction workers would be side lined. Give it a try you will be impressed at how well it works.

MJA:

A buddy of mine is an ornamental plasterer. He has his hands in plaster pretty much all day long. Because of it, his hands get dried out and crack like you would not believe. He buys super glue in bulk. It is the only thing that keeps his hands together. Literally.

I'll have to do the super glue next week.. I ripped my thumb up more tonight, even with about 8 layers of nu-skin type stuff on and tape over that.

I'm using drywall compound at work most days, which has some of the same chemicals/ingredients as plaster and have mildly drierd out hands. For me its nothing using lotion on a regular basis won't cure, I couldn't imagine what my hands would be like doing plaster. I've heard some of the old time plasterers would urinate on their hands while taking a shower to help counteract the lime.

On a similar note, I dodged the figurative bullet today. I took a huge chunk of my thumbnail off today on the side that would rub exiting the hole today. Luckily it was my non-bowling hand. ::Wipes sweat off of forehead.::