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QuietDragon -> RE: mummification tape (12/19/2005 1:52:02 PM)
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I agree with sweetpettjenny - I am pretty sure the product you are referring to is VetWrap (made by 3M). It is available in a multitude of colours (off the top of my head... blue, black, green, bright pink, dark purple, natural/tan/beige, red, white and yellow). Reason it is called VetWrap is that it is used by vetenarians for wrapping of animals' injuries and holding poultices in place, particularly on larger pets, equines and zoo animals.
It is fairly cheap - around £2-£3 ($3-$5) per roll, depending on where you buy it and how many you buy at a time. It is also reuseable if you don't stretch it too much when applying it or taking it off.
This stuff smells... a distinct clinical odour which isn't to everybody's taste, but it is cohesive - sticking only to itself - rather than to the surface it is applied to. It does leave its signature scent on the skin though.
You can get around this to a certain degree by making use of other medical products which are similarly cheap. Buy some continuous tubular support bandage ("elasticated surgical tubular stockinette") - the kind used to support a sprained wrist or ankle, or used by the elderly to keep joints warmer - and apply that around the limbs you want to immobilise, and it keeps the taint off the skin.
There are some other manufacturers of similar vetinary products which work out considerably cheaper per roll, for instance www.vetbandage.co.uk if you are in the UK, but I can't speak for the smell (or otherwise) of the alternative manufacturers' products.
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