Rock Tips Liquid Callus Formula for musicians

KWhen I saw this product, I was skeptical, and it seemed like a lot of money for a mere 4 milliliter. However, I’ve now used this more than two dozen times, and it works great. I play guitar and mandolin, and I hadn’t been practicing much. Then I went to Europe for two weeks without an instrument and returned with essentially no callouses at all. Two days later, I left to spend a week studying Gypsy jazz guitar, playing hours a day. Then, a week later, I spent a week playing Brazilian Choro music on guitar. Yesterday I played for hours—until one a.m. This would be very painful or impossible without Rock Tips. After going from no playing to hours a day, I didn’t get a single blister. If my fingers got sore, an application of a Rock Tips solved the problem.Gypsy jazz is played with a pick, so I only used Rock Tips on my left hand. Choro is played with the thumb and fingertips of the right hand (and a thumb pick), so I used Rock Tips on both hands.Using Rock Tips is like using nail polish, but you use it on skin instead of nails. The cap has a little nail polish brush built in. To use it, Imunscrew the bottle, pull out the brush, and in a few seconds paint the fingertips of my left hand. You don’t have to be near. Speed matters. Just paint it on fast. Not the way you would carefully use nail polish. The Imrefill the brush and hold it between two fingers without touching my wet fingernails and quickly paint the pads of my right thumb and three fingers, then close up the bottle. I wave my fingers, blow on them, etc, and in about one minute (even with high humidity), my fingertips are dry and ready to play. If my fingers hurt, the pain disappeared immediately. (Remember, don’t wait until you already have blisters.) I found that the Rock Tips easily lasted for an hour of hard playing (including constant scraping of the guitar strings with the fingertips of my right hand. A couple times my fingertips began to hurt, and I simply added another layer. I often recoated before the next class. I don’t know how many coats are in a bottle, but if you do four fingers with one brush full as I did, at least a couple dozen uses. Maybe much more. Money well spent. This is especially useful for beginners, but it even works for pros who have been playing too hard.I thought this might be superglue (cyanoacrylate), but I don’t think it is. It doesn’t smell like it. For the first minute, the fluid seems a little oily. It’s not as thick as superglue, but it dries fast. It doesn’t feel like superglue. My fingers don’t seem to stick together they way they would with superglue. In any case, if you or your kid has pain from playing strings, get a bottle of this. It’s worth the price.

I play guitar and violin and sometimes my finger tips hurt! This stuff really helps. It dries quickly. I have recommended it to others!

So the entire bottle only has 4 milliliters which is really not that much product. And it's kind of pricey! However, I really like this product a lot and it helps me play guitar for longer hours and I really am satisfied with this efficiency of this product. I had to order some more I would have given this five stars but the liquid callus supply does not last that long. Often times I will put on multiple coatings on a specific finger that's doing a lot of work in order to really get that thick callus effect.People who say that only beginners should use this are wrong. I'm an experienced player and this product helps me out. Beginners should be developing their calluses more "naturally"... But if you are an experienced player or if you still practice a ton after already developing thick calluses that are being broken down from your vigorous playing? Then this product is a great option for you. Keep jamming, guys.

I read a lot of the reviews before I finally decided to order this stuff and I was skeptical at first because of the price and the reviews. I'm SO happy I went with my instincts and ordered because this stuff is amazing! Yes, it's a tiny bottle, but you don't use much at all! And unlike superglue it has a brush you can use to easily brush a smooth controlled layer onto your fingertips without waste. Best of all is it can wash off so that you are not stuck with scratchy flaky product on your fingers for weeks on end. I've been using it for 3 weeks now and I don't think I would have gotten half the practice without this stuff than I did with it! Plus, I'm happy to report that 3 of my 4 fingers have developed callouses without any pain! I would highly recommend it for people starting out with guitar classes, or extra soft ladies hands (like me) as it will really save you from some painful fingertips!

It works okay and makes playing a little more comfortable but has a lot of drawbacks. For one it's quite expensive, but I could overlook that if it worked better. It provides some padding but far from painless still. It also doesn't dry perfectly despite the bottle saying it dries in a couple minutes, it can feel slightly sticky even after 10 minutes. It also strong fumes while you're applying it which I find a little strange considering it's non toxic. It's just a bit irritating to my eyes and makes them water while I'm applying it. I will probably keep using it despite these drawbacks because there aren't many products like this on the market. Overall I would recommend it if you're desperate for more comfortable playing like I am.

I just restrung my guitar. A year ago I gave up on it, and I was dreading the finger pain of getting my callouses back. But I thought maybe someone had come up with something to help. And this stuff really does help! Highly recommended!

I was hoping this would help a little more than it did. I put two coats on to start with and let it dry fully between coats. It wasn’t long before it just kind of started cracking and disintegrating away. I just did a maybe 45 min-1hr practice session and my little fingees are killing me. I’m a beginner player so I didn’t expect miracles out of this product. It just wasn’t worth the money I don’t feel like. I guess I’ll be breaking my fingers in the old fashioned way.