Hi all! I posted this thought once before and I never heard if it helped the person asking for help or not. I am no expert and I live in the Northwest where cracking is not often a problem. Anyway, I have a notion that using less water in the mix may be the key. I know that it sounds stupid and that it is counter-intuitive, but I read it somewhere, and have since tried it with different cement based projects that I have done. It really seems to help! I think it has something to do with the volume of the water, and that when it evaporates, it leaves too much space, and thus can cause cracking.

A funny story here. My daughter is a competitive gymnast and a pretty good one I might say :-) In the past she's used lanolin on the rips on her hands she gets from doing bars. I told her that Udder Balm would be a very good cheaper replacement. She looked at me like I was nuts and told me her coach recommended Hand E Balm. My wife did some research and found out some dad years ago didn't like the idea of his little gymnast using a product for cows and took it to a chemist. The chemist identified the non FDA approved ingredients, removed them and they made Hand E Balm. My daughter won't touch my "cow butter" as she calls it, but has no problem using a $3.00 a 2 oz. tube of her gymnast balm. I jut shake my head and laugh it off. I think it's 100% peer pressure. If her teammates found out, it wouldn't be pretty. randy

I've just been poking around looking for something interesting, and Crack Cream caught my eye! If you don't mind another solution..... I have a prescription cream from my dermotologist called LacHydrin.It's not the sweetest smelling stuff, but it keeps my feet from cracking and heals the cracks I get when I've neglected to use it. I have tried many, many other creams and lotions and LacHydrin (or its generic counterpart) is far superior.

Glenda, buy yourself a Ped Egg. I used mine today because tonight I wore stockings for the first time in a couple of years. I went out to dinner and wore a new dress and I had to wear stockings. Funny thing, I met my friend at the restaurant and the parking lot was full so I parked in the lot next door. After dinner it was dark when we left so he walked me to my car. I was parked next to an alley and it was kind of dark. While we were standing there talking, a police car drove through the lot. The officer must have seen us walking in the alley and came through to see if we were doing anything illegal I guess. Maybe he was just checking to see if things were OK.