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Laura asked me to restock our Tecnu (i.e. Poison Ivy "Soap").

Decided to Google Fu if there are generic or alternative options. Tecnu WORKS, but at $15 on 12 ounce... a bit pricey?



https://www.woodcentral.com/woodworking/forum/archives_handtools.pl/bid/3001/md/read/id/457638

Makes sense kinda... I have used WD-40, paint thinner, diesel (or whatever was handy) with success in the past.

She prefers not to smell like diesel... silly girl.

Dawn dish washing soap.

Prednisone if it breaks out.

When we got creosote burns we used 99 .9% pure alcohol. Water removed. Might work for that too. Worse thing to do is run to the truck and douse with ice water. It closes the pores locking the oil in.

Copy that... same after the WD-40 or whatnot.

https://www.zanfel.com/help

This stuff works

Dawn dish soap and alot of rinsing works great for me. However if Im in the field without access to water to rinse the dawn off, Technu rubbed vigorously and then wiped off with paper towels has always worked well.

I've always been sensitive to poison ivy, so I'm on the lookout for it when in the bushes. I used to use Tide powdered laundry detergent to wash when I got in it. The granules added a scrubbing action, and the Tide seemed to work. I suppose any other powdered laundry detergent would work as well. I haven't used Dawn, but it would probably work as well because it's the same principle of oil removal.

I'm so glad the Poison Ivy doesn't affect me.

Homemade lye soap or Ivy Dry.

http://ivydry.com/products/ivy-dry-soap/

Well then, you should tell her how sexy it is when she smells like your truck......


I've used gasoline in a pinch.

Horse manure poultice

The itch gets up and gallops away

Poison ivy has torn me up bad a few times. I really thought I would have scars for life from it .

I have gotten good at preventions. I saw a GREAT video on different techniques and learned the best thing you can do was use of course clean up well with Dawn dish soap (any degreasing soap) and but what made a noticeable difference was simply using a wash cloth while cleaning. The cloth grabs the surfacted oils and left skin better off than just soapy- water and hands.

If I get near that crap now I wash vigorously and take an antihistamine asap. Helps a heck of a lot.

If I am going to be near it I might spray on something as a barrier against urushiol.

If you've got it, fels naphtha soap in the laundry aisle will help dry it out.

Check out jewelweed.

Regular old soap. The oils will remain on clothes too….socks, shoes, shoe laces, lower pants legs.

Alcohol wipes. The big ones, not the tiny 'prep' pads. Alcohol will take the oil right off. I always have a couple big pads in my pack when I'm out running around.

Here's 1 example. There are many brands. Just get some that are big enough to really wet your skin down. ALCOHOL WIPES

A bottle of rubbing alcohol works fine, too, but you need to use it before the oil has time to start burning.

If you know you got it on you rub vegetable oil on the skin. Wash the oil off with soap
& water.

Never had a poison ivy rash in my life. Must be immune.

Why screw with vegetable oil AFTER getting urushiol on your skin? I can see it as a possible barrier beforehand but why not just hot water, soap and like I mentioned- wash cloth after coming in contact? VO is an oil like urushiol. Just more oil for the soap to remove.....seems to me.

I read advice once to treat it like axle grease.

WD40 works well to help clean up axle greade, vegetable oil may as well. Then finish with soap.