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Adi Smith
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Started On : 14-Oct-2009 at 09:32:55 AM, #Views : 5851
Topic Subject : Re: Belly casting with plaster bandage |
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I was wondering how long this would take to reach this forum.
The incident in question arose (from what i can gather from the media) because the student wasnt told of the dangers of the exothermic reaction that takes place when gypsum is re-hydrated, and she thought that a short cut to casting her hand was be to submerge her hands into the bucket of plaster the teacher had just mixed !! whilst their was inadequate supervision from the teacher, and no guidelines to tell her NOT to do it.
The results where tragic to say the least, hands encased in a material that heated up to over 100 Deg = Very badly burnt fingers & hands, leading to total amputation of 8 fingers !
As CJ has said plaster does get warm when curing, but when applied in thin or tiny amounts should not cause a huge build up of heat IT WILL GET WARM (enough to burn you).
HAS ANY of the UK life casters out their had any reprocussions to their business due to this news story breaking ?
I personally have had 3 clients calling me up asking how i intend to cast their childs hands / feet ? (my website explains my methoods, but i guess they just need re-assuring) I dont cast directly in plaster, i use Alginate like most of you guys i guess.
All of this on top of another VILE UK media story of 'some' nursery workers that sexually abused the children in their care (sick!)
This has lead to people asking me and my partner to show our valid CRB Enhanced (Criminal records Bureau) certificates (this is NO problem at all this is exactly what we have them for) but it just shows how OTHER people can affect your business.
At the moment being in the Childrens crafts / Life casting business is getting tougher & tougher .
Happy Casting
Adi
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