Absorbent Alternatives to Diapers: Ideas for Summer Project

[duhuhu]

Hey guys! For a project that I am doing this summer, I need to have something that has a lot of absorbancy (much like a diaper) but it can't be a diaper because the project will be filmed and distributed about my university and I don't want it to be coated in diapers. Do you guys have any ideas on what I could use? I was thinking something along the lines of puppy pads but I have no idea how absorbent they are.

 

[Vanadium 50]

Paper towels?

 

[phion]

Surgical pads?

 

[Evo]

Hey guys! For a project that I am doing this summer, I need to have something that has a lot of absorbancy (much like a diaper) but it can't be a diaper because the project will be filmed and distributed about my university and I don't want it to be coated in diapers. Do you guys have any ideas on what I could use? I was thinking something along the lines of puppy pads but I have no idea how absorbent they are.

Can you explain how these will be used and what their visibility would be?

 

[duhuhu]

Paper towels?

It is a good idea, but I need it to be super absorbent.

Surgical pads?

That is also a good idea, I will have to look into the volume of water they can absorb...

The problem I am having is that I have about 2 liters of water that if it leaks will need to be absorbed completely across a surface area of about 8 square feet with a maximum thickness of about a quarter inch.

 

[duhuhu]

Can you explain how these will be used and what their visibility would be?

They will be lining a box that the project and camera is in. The box will experience both high and zero G loads so we expect the water to possibly go everywhere. The camera will be a fisheye camera so it will see everything. The project itself is mostly a bunch of tubes and pumps, so the walls will be pretty clearly visible

 

[Evo]

They will be lining a box that the project and camera is in. The box will experience both high and zero G loads so we expect the water to possibly go everywhere. The camera will be a fisheye camera so it will see everything. The project itself is mostly a bunch of tubes and pumps, so the walls will be pretty clearly visible

I would suggest maybe the pads that have that dry gel that absorbs and holds so much moisture, it also wicks the moisture away from the top of the pad, could you cut the pads to disguise them? But I don't know if cutting the pads would compromise their water holding ability. I use puppy pads for when my dog won't go outside, he has an insane fear of the sound of rain and cannot go outside when it rains, so he has papers in the hall bathroom which has a tile floor, they work great. I can pick them up and nothing runs off.

 

[phion]

Maybe that material they put in motionless waterbeds?

 

[duhuhu]

I can pick them up and nothing runs off.

So basically they just have a lot of surface area to capture the water and hold it in there rather than absorb it like a diaper?

 

[Evo]

So basically they just have a lot of surface area to capture the water and hold it in there rather than absorb it like a diaper?

Yes, oh, no. Haartz is the brand I use. "Won't spread, won't leak" Flash dry technology. Instantly turns urine into gel.

Here are the different types they make.

http://www.hartz.com/Hartz_Products/Dog_Products/Dog_Pads.aspx

 

[duhuhu]

Yes.

mkay, well I appreciate the info!

 

[Evo]

mkay, well I appreciate the info!

I posted a link above.

 

[duhuhu]

I posted a link above.

Most excelent! Thank you!

 

[Evo]

Most excelent! Thank you!

You're very welcome, I hope they work out. Good luck on your project!

 

[collinsmark]

Wow. I had no idea about dog pads.

 

[Hepth]

They also use those dog pads for wine transportation from travelers : https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00308FONW/?tag=pfamazon01-20

Those I listed are really expensive though, I think I paid 1-2 euro each even Eatly for the cheap ones.

 

[dlgoff]

When working for a USDA animal blood testing lab, we used something similar to these http://tritechforensics.com/store/product/liquid-absorbing-sheets/ .