Ravel-Free Orthopaedic Fiberglass Casting Tapes (4)
Although fiberglass casting tapes have found extensive use in orthopaedic fiberglass casting tapes, one of the problems with fiberglass casting tapes is the tendency of the knitted fiberglass cast substrates to unravel on at least one end of the casting tape. As the tape is applied to the patient, there is one end of the tape which has a tendency to unravel and the unraveling causes the ends of the fiberglass substrate to become free and extend away from fabric substrate. As these free ends are coated with a prepolymer composition, they become stiff as the prepolymer cures and are like wire in their consistency.
