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Elizabeth Walker said about Cool Cast:

> Ingredients:
> Calamine, zinc oxide, gelatin, glycerin, menthol, water,
> ?cab-o-sil, methylparaben and propylparaben.
> I know what calamine (lotion) is - at least as regards
> ?poison ivy :).?
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Calamine is a combination of zinc oxide and iron oxide.
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> I think zinc oxide is a drying agent (anybody?).
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It is also the major ingredient in Desitin (probably for its drawing 
properties) and in Nose-Kote (for its reflective properties?)
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> ??Gelatin - ok, glycerin - ok, that seems to be the "emollient".?
> ?Not sure what some of the others do.
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Menthol is a topical anaesthetic, a vasodilator, and it also stimulates the 
"cold receptors" in the skin so it feels cold on application despite the fact 
that it doesn't actually lower temperature.? Probably what gives a Cool Cast 
its "cool" properties.
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Cab-o-sil is a silica (sand) compound 
http://tb.smodev.com/tb/uploads/Cab-o-sil.pdf?it may be what gives Cool Cast 
its "cast" properties.
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Methylparaben and propylparaben are preservatives.
?
kat
Orange County, Calif.

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