I had similar issues in the past. Gooey eggs on your hands on a 33 degree day isn't terribly fun. I do what Silver Hilton does with one variation......I also cure them on the wet side but roll them in borax immediately, put them in a food saver vacuum bag, freeze them overnight and THEN vacuum seal them the next morning so as not to crush the eggs.

Gooey hands are a thing of the past, no prep time when you thaw them and they fish well for months. I've thawed eggs 10 months later and the eggs looked like they were cured a week ago.

Thank god for food savers! What a great invention.

I also use Siberian egg cure if that matters at all.