tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29798185.post9107820994841187523..comments2024-02-28T08:18:10.886-08:00Comments on vitum medicinus ::: a life of medicine: Casting - learn by doing (and making mistakes)Vitum Medicinushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09994320714669547787noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29798185.post-5636978870978716802008-09-03T02:24:00.000-08:002008-09-03T02:24:00.000-08:00OUCH. that's a good story i'll remember when i sta...OUCH. that's a good story i'll remember when i start my ortho internship! :D hope you're feeling better now thoughditzydoctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03008315483151243641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29798185.post-23536795341014602872008-08-27T21:21:00.000-08:002008-08-27T21:21:00.000-08:00Best casting tip ever: When you are done, squirt a...Best casting tip ever: When you are done, squirt a dollop of vaseline or lube gel onto your gloves and smear it around on the cast. Gives the fiberglass a polished shine and smooths out all the edges. (Note: this one does NOT work on traditional plaster!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29798185.post-84874193769904547392008-08-27T19:41:00.000-08:002008-08-27T19:41:00.000-08:00I used to work in a drawing office many years ago,...I used to work in a drawing office many years ago, and the company whose drawing pens we used brought out a new eraser (up until then we had used razor or scalpel blades to remove the ink from the tracing paper) which was called a fibreraser and comprised hundreds of fibreglass strands which projected from the end of the holder and magically removed the ink without any likelihood of tearing the tracing paper (a common occurrence when using a blade). We all thought they were wonderful until after a couple of days when we had all used them, and wiped the residue off the tracing paper with our hands as we had done when using blades, we ended up with hundreds of miniscule shards of the fibreglass in our hands which dug in every time the affected part of the hand rested on something solid. Needless to say we gave up using them pretty quickly.madsadgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406362172304786268noreply@blogger.com