thermal palms
I'd be happy to answer your questions. Many of the questions are answered below and I'll just copy here for your reference:
The wraps are actually resuable. After a session, you just throw them into the washer with your sheets and towels. Massage oil does degrade the fabric however, so after about 10 to 15 treatments, they will need to be replaced. So if you purchase a small package of 50 wraps you can make anywhere from 500 to 750 Thermal Palms before they degrade. Considering you need only four for an hour massage, that's a lot of treatments (125 to 180 treatments if my math is correct).
Factoring in the cost of the wrap, it would cost less than 20 cents to make one Thermal Palm wrap. That's nothing really. But you can charge and additional $2 to $5 per wrap used for your treatment because like stone massage, this would be considered a premium service.
They retain their heat for a surprisingly long time. I was a little dismissive when I heard that the heat medium was oatmeal, but when made and used as directed, the Thermal wrap material keeps them hot for the hour. A lot longer than stones.
In a workshop yesterday, there were three practitioners that did hot stone massage and they all said aftewards that they were getting rid of the hot stones and using the Thermal Palms instead becasue they were so easy to make and clean up, kept their heat much longer than stones, and were easier on their hands because of the heat sheilds that are used.
In addition:
Here's a YouTube video from participants of a workshop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGD6AvTK1lQ It shows them in use and there are some comments by the practitioners.
Unfortunately there are no videos of the cleanup, but it only takes a minute. You open up the wrap and dump the contents that are in a paper filter into your compost or garbage and then you just put the wrap in with your regular linen.
Making them only takes minutes and you can pre-prepare them for the day if you want to save even more time. A microwave is the only way to prepare these. The kit comes with an insulated bag that you use to store them in your treatment room during your session. Some people have asked about keeping them warm in a towel cabbie and I suppose that would work, but it's not necessary.
You cannot reuse the same Thermal Palms for multiple clients, but the preparation and clean up of a set is so easy that it's really not a factor.
There's an online webinar here that tells you pretty all you need to know about them:
https://www.facebook.com/thermalpalms?sk=app_180144995374205