[CAUT] Winter- TAPE!!

[Keith Roberts]

Duct tape is a cure for planters warts. My brother has had one for 40 years.
He kept it covered for months and it shrunk and completely disappeared.
Keith Roberts

On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Jim Busby <jim_busby at byu.edu> wrote:

> New Skin has only covered the problem but not solved it for me. Cracks
> always came back too soon. Being a professional guitarist for nearly 30
> years I've used bottles of the stuff. Tried everything under the sun. CA
> glue worked better than new skin. Lotions and creams work if used
> constantly, but have other properties I hate.
>
> So far, after wearing masking tape on my bleeding cracks for nearly 24
> hours I can say YES! I took it off about 2 hours ago and the cracks are not
> bleeding, skin is soft, supple. It immediately stopped the bleeding and
> pain, and although I looked a little silly, it worked! Bandaids worked quite
> well in the past, but always seem to want to fall off, and washing my hands
> made them retain moisture. Masking tape didn't. Even in the shower the tape
> didn't come off, and it dried quickly!
>
> This is why I have a special folder for anything Ron writes. Hey Ron, got a
> cure for cancer, hemorrhoids, acne, or anything else?
>
> I'm putting some tape back on for the rest of the day.
>
> Jim Busby
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Paul
> Kupelian
> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 1:23 PM
> To: caut at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Winter
>
> New Skin has been used for years by bowlers for various finger maladies.
> You can buy it at any local pro shop in your nearest bowling center.
> Paul
> Paul Kupelian, RPT
> New York State Bowling Hall of Fame
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Susan Kline" <skline at peak.org>
> To: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>; <caut at ptg.org>
> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 2:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Winter
>
>
> > At 09:56 AM 12/13/2008, David wrote:
> >>I'm going to try that...if I can find it...
> >
> >
> > New-Skin, look in a big box drugstore near the bandaids. I think I found
> > mine at BiMart.
> >
> > It seems to have indefinite shelf life, at least unopened. I'd had a
> > bottle for years when I noticed that our visiting 16-year-old girl from
> > China playing Saint-Saens 2 had adhesive tape on both her little fingers
> > at the second rehearsal. Both kids played way too much during the week
> > they were in Corvallis. I demonstrated the stuff on my own fingers, told
> > her I knew several pianists who used it for split calluses, and gave her
> > the bottle which luckily still had the cardboard wrapper and the
> > instruction leaflet with it. It may be in China as we speak ...
> >
> > Thanks, Marcel, I didn't know it was collodion. I wonder if one could
> make
> > wet plate photographs with it? Little ones. <grin>
> >
> > Susan
> >
> >
> >
> >
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