[AT] OT war on poison ivy

[Indiana Robinson]

My maternal grandmother used tea kettles of boiling water... To kill the
plants, not to pour on the rash.  ☺

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On Sat, Nov 23, 2019, 10:31 AM Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sure, you *want* to.  But what is the reality?  Speaking for myself, and
> suspecting I'm pretty typical, the first hint that you were exposed is the
> rash.
>
> SO
>
> On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 8:13 AM James Peck <jamesgpeck at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> You want to scrub the urushiol oil off your skin before you develop the
>> poison ivy rash. Chuck is not talking about using mineral spirits to treat
>> the rash.
>>
>> Steve Offiler AT List member Mechanical Engineer <soffiler at gmail.com>;
>> Like Chuck Saunders, I too have realized the active ingredient in Tecnu is
>> mineral spirits.  And I have tried using mineral spirits from the workshop
>> on poison ivy.  I learned the hard way that Tecnu has some other
>> ingredients that make it easier on the skin.  My experiment with straight
>> mineral spirits caused additional inflammation and made the PI discomfort
>> worse.  I might just have sensitive skin... while I use mineral spirits
>> routinely at home and work for cleaning/degreasing, I always wear nitrile
>> gloves.
>>
>> James AT List Member and advocate of upgradeable tractor vocational
>> training <jamesgpeck at hotmail.com>; Do you use a spray bottle to squirt
>> the mineral spirits on the area you want to clean, then scrub? Is there any
>> additional info I would need to buy the mineral spirits?
>>
>> Chuck Saunders AT List Member <mailto:gooberdog at gmail.com>; My son is
>> very reactive to poison ivy. He demanded we buy some lye soap when the
>> woman running the pioneer soap booth claimed its ability to clean up after
>> poison ivy. We had Tecnu wash in stock in the house at all times. One time
>> I brought in the gallon jug of mineral spirits and told him to use it as it
>> was the same thing. His look that said "Dad, you are the stupidest human on
>> earth, that is not the same thing". True I wouldn't pay the $300/gal for
>> mineral spirits that Tecnu would cost. But they both work at cutting the
>> oil. <snip>
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