[AT] OT war on poison ivy

[Stephen Offiler]

You just reminded me of a remedy farmer.  A friend once suggested I expose
the rash area to the hottest water I could stand (OBVIOUSLY not boiling).
It's not comfortable while you're doing it, but it proved highly effective
in calming the itch.  I am not saying it removes urushiol from skin.  Just
alleviates the itch, for quite a while.

SO

On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 11:59 AM Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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