Eye patch templates???

[bikermutt07]

Hey guys, I'm needing a working pattern for an everyday use eye patch.

A kid at work put out his eye pulling a nail. He's going to need something that he can use day in and day out.

Thanks.

[Mattsbagger]

No help for you but that just plain sucks! Good luck to him and you. 

[Dwight]

I got a bad case of the pink eye in the Navy, . . . ol chief corpsman gave me a "pink" eye patch.  It was plastic, . . . had a elastic band to keep it on my head.

If you make your friend one, . . . first form the center of it over some oval shaped something probably near 1 1/4 inches in diameter.  Otherwise his eyelashes will bounce off a flat one, . . . really aggravating.  

Once you got the center all dry and popped out for him, . . . dampen it, . . . let him lay down, . . . and mold it directly to his face & head.  Then trim it so it fits and looks good.  I'd probably use something like 3/4 oz.

I had to "customize" the one ol doc gave me . . . hope I never have to wear another one.

May God bless,

Dwight

[bikermutt07]

Dwight, you think a table spoon would serve as a mold template?

[Mattsbagger]

2 minutes ago, bikermutt07 said:

Dwight, you think a table spoon would serve as a mold template?

Stick one on your eye and see. Seem to small to me just tried it. Eyelashes hit it. A baseball might work as a form.

[Northmount]

Try a medical supply house for a plastic eye cover.  Then wet form a leather patch using it as a form.  Had to wear one of the plastic ones for a few days a couple years ago.

Tom

[Mattsbagger]

3 minutes ago, northmount said:

Try a medical supply house for a plastic eye cover.  Then wet form a leather patch using it as a form.  Had to wear one of the plastic ones for a few days a couple years ago.

Tom

They probably have them at Walgreens. 

[bikermutt07]

Thanks guys.

[Dwight]

Good luck, . . . my buds kinda gave me the raspberries about my "pink" eye patch (I was in the Navy, . . . was going ashore at Hong Kong).

I took a black permanent marker, . . . and when I got done, . . . I had a black eye patch that even Cap'n Hook would have been proud of.

I still laugh about it, . . . one of them goody goody memories.

May God bless,

Dwight