EDSS Impression Material 1.5 lb

    To use Sole Support Impression Material, you mix an equal part of each color (base & catalyst) together and it is fully blended.  The mixed material is then pressed into the bottom of the horse’s foot and we usually tape a hard plastic pad over the top of it to allow it to set up.  When the horse puts pressure on the foot, the impression material is spread throughout the entire sole surface of the foot, and especially into the frog commissures.  This allows for LOAD SHARING and distributing the weight over the entire ground surface of the foot, which takes pressure off of isolated areas that may be sore.  When the hard plastic pad (Impression Pad) is removed after the material sets up, a more flexible pad (preferable one with a molded, ground level frog insert like the Natural Balance Pad) and shoe is applied. In some instances, the final pad and shoe can be nailed on right away (without using an impression pad, before the material sets up), however; you need to make sure the foot is placed on the ground the horse bears weight before it sets up to insure full distribution of the material.

     The purpose of the impression material is distribute support and share the load.  When the horse walks or runs, contact between the ground and the frog insert distributes support evenly throughout the entire sole surface of the foot.  Support is transferred to the frog, the digital cushion and lateral cartilage within the foot.   This will allow the Natural Biomechanics of support and circulation to occur.