Transfer patterns

Transfer patterns

Skewes, Ed

10/19/2001

Thank you all for your responses to the transfer pattern. Our experience
with colored plastics is that they seem to be more flexible than the white
polypro. I imagine the color adds impurities and changes the properties of
the plastic. I did appreciate the comments and I will share them with others
on the list serve. Have a great weekend.
                Sincerely ,
                     Ed Skewes
Ed you can just buy flesh tone copoy there is no need for transfer paper for
that! order from friddle or most other plastic supplyers. just ask for flesh
color.
 chris
Hello Ed from down de bayou. I have been using l/8 flesh color polypro/
with 1/8 copolymer for my Arrowhead prosthesis. I also use l/8 flesh
or negroid pigmented polypro/ with 3/16 and sometimes l/4 copolymer.
Advantages are a stronger less fatigue resistence plastic with a very
nice finish. I simply lay the pigmented polypro. on the bottom and
place
the natural copoly. on top. Advantages + when the copolymer is clear you
know the polypro. is ready also. No more guessing if their is a cool spot
on the pigmented plastic. Also if any relief areas are to be ground

on when you start to see the pigmented plastic you are really close to
the outer surface. I have used these combonations on many AFO s and
some KAFO s with great success for durability . The copolymer tends to
cold flow after 2 to 3 years of use so I tried adding a skin ( l/8)
polypro. for strength. I am presenting this info. a the AOPA meeting
at the end of this month. I hope this helps and that it will be successful
for you also. On the transtibial prosthesis the laminated plastic has
made a stronger pylon near the ankle section and also made both medial
and lateral sides of the socket more rigid. Jerome V. C.P. @ DAS
MARS @ AOL
I am not sure if you are aware or not but flesh tone copolymer and flesh
tone polypro are already readily available. We have used it in thesesame
situations as well as geriatric ladies.
Hope this helps. Chris
Dear Ed,
I would
Wendy Beattie
I agree with you. A lot of my older kids would prefer the fleshtones.

John Wall PT, CPO, FAAOP
Dear Ed,
    That is a wonderful idea. Several colors would be very helpful. Teri
Powers-Watts, CPO,CPed
Caucasian or Other??? why not used colored polypro or copoly?
Hi Ed
I am sure I recently saw some flesh coloured transfer paper in the Otto
Boch, Materials catalogue
Regards
Ben
Perhaps I'm missing something but how about flesh toned polyprop?

Martin Faulkner, Orthotist, UK
I buy flesh-tone polypro which is easier than transfer paper. Bill
Arrowood, CP
Hi Ed

I wouldn't use the flesh tone paper at all. I find personally that there is
no such thing as flesh tone as there are so, so many different tones of
actual skin colour. It will never be the same as the client. Talk to any
prosthetist and they'll tell you how difficult it is to match exactly the
skin colour. The other thing is with putting a solid colour onto a sheet of
plastic I've found with the weight of the paper the transfer ink is on that
a minute wrinkle causes lines in the transfer process. For that reason I
tend to stay away from solid background transfer papers unless it is on a
relatively small device. Have you looked into coloured plastic? My supplier
has flesh tone copoly although I never use it due to my explanation above.

Anyway, fwiw, my 2 cents.

Cameron
Agree with your ideas and would utilize flesh tone in our practice.