Cooling Techniques

Techni-ice or Other Polymer Refrigerants

Polymer refrigerants are highly recommended by the National Home Funeral Alliance for their long life, reusability, absence of off-gassing or condensation, size versatility, and relative ease of activating and using for family members. Once activated, the sheets stay effective up to 3-4 hours when used beneath and on top of a cooling body. As the body cools, the time of effectiveness lengthens until, in many cases, it is no longer required. Each sheet can be cut to fit the dimensions needed for the individual, beneath and on top of the torso, and switched out as necessary with little disturbance. Some prefer to encase the activated sheets in a pillowcase or ornamental cloth, or add the changing of the ice to the ritual process.