Responses: Latex Sheeting
John Brinkmann
Description
Collection
Title:
Responses: Latex Sheeting
Creator:
John Brinkmann
Date:
7/2/2009
Text:
In response to my question about sources for latex sheeting for a FO vacuum forming frame:
Traditional OP Sources: SPS, Aetrex, Friddles, PEL, Fillauer (silicone material), Treadeasy, UCO, Atlas Intl, National Shoe Specialties in Canada
Local Retailers: Pond supply store (material for lining fish ponds), Lowes/Home Depot (although there was talk of this being too thin), truck tire store, use an inner tube or black neoprene sheeting (more durable.)
Rubber roofing material from Lowes/Home Depot, etc.
Other:
Mid West Rubber
McMaster-Carr (www.mcmaster.com)
42 wide and sold by the lin. ft. #86085K21. The .050 thickness is just a bit thinner, and doesn't compress foams you may be forming quite so much.
Voted Best Response:
“Just type in rubber sheet into Google and marvel at the # of sources... Which I did. And, indeed, I marvelled:
<URL Redacted>
Thanks to all who responded.
John Brinkmann, CPO
Traditional OP Sources: SPS, Aetrex, Friddles, PEL, Fillauer (silicone material), Treadeasy, UCO, Atlas Intl, National Shoe Specialties in Canada
Local Retailers: Pond supply store (material for lining fish ponds), Lowes/Home Depot (although there was talk of this being too thin), truck tire store, use an inner tube or black neoprene sheeting (more durable.)
Rubber roofing material from Lowes/Home Depot, etc.
Other:
Mid West Rubber
McMaster-Carr (www.mcmaster.com)
42 wide and sold by the lin. ft. #86085K21. The .050 thickness is just a bit thinner, and doesn't compress foams you may be forming quite so much.
Voted Best Response:
“Just type in rubber sheet into Google and marvel at the # of sources... Which I did. And, indeed, I marvelled:
<URL Redacted>
Thanks to all who responded.
John Brinkmann, CPO
Citation
John Brinkmann, “Responses: Latex Sheeting,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 5, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/230563.
