Vinyl-backed terry cloth

Vinyl-backed terry cloth protects the wheelchair or lounge chair from becoming wet after a swim or shower

Description
One side of the fabric is terry cloth and the other is vinyl-coated. The fabric is waterproof and can breathe. The user places the vinyl-backed terry cloth on the wheelchair when he has showered or bathed. He also uses it on the lounge chair when wearing wet swimming trunks.

Available by the meter or as a crib mattress pad in baby supply stores.

Authors comments
It is also a good travel companion for warm-weather vacations or when suffering from an attack of traveler’s diarrhea. Easy to wash and quick-drying.

Purchased from
Fabric store or baby supply stores

Idea
The user’s

Paid for by
User

Tip is dated from 2009

Categories for this tip
recreation, leisure » swimming, self care » washing oneself, Tips and tricks from people with Low tetraplegia with partly function in arms/hands (C7- Th1, ASIA A, B).