Scrubbing with Comet or Ajax will do the same thing. Of course, you would be
better off if you just put the goat in the cemetery and came back later. I
guess the DNR would have something to say about that, though. Hey, did Jack
Briles go out and never come back, or what?
Rich Kimball
From: "Russ Hapke" <rhapke(a)adsnet.com>
Reply-To: INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com
To: INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [INPCRP] Saw the posting on poison ivy
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 11:56:22 -0700
Hi all,
Been reading the posts concerning the poison ivy and poison oak causes and
cures...thought I might add one more cure in there.
We noticed, after being in the field, that when we worked in areas with
high concentrations of poison ivy and poison 'what-ever-else' that
obviously we would catch it. Everyone would scrub up and the stuff would
clear up after a week or so. We also found that several people would
continue catching poison ivy weeks after we were out of areas that
contained any of the plants and found that the oils in the ivy will stay on
tools, especially wood, weeks to months after using them in the original
areas with poison ivy.
For us, the best cure was using Fels-naptha, a type of soap heavy in lye
and used in olden days for clothing (I believe socks and stains mostly). It
dries out the skin, but it sure clears up the area quickly; and, you just
have to make sure to use some kind of skin moisturizer on the second day or
you skin will itch a lot more. We also made sure that our equipment was
washed with the same type of soap, or with the bleach water like some
mentioned in previous e-mails, to help clear up any future outbreaks.
Russ in LaPorte
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