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Works for me😃. Seems oil in ivy is oil soluble. Vegetable oil combines to dilute then all is washed away with a good soap; Dawn being a good one.
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Mean Green soap from 1970s is same thing as tecnu, except costs alot less.
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Yessir. Costs a small fortune but it really works if you have it in a bad way. A small tube does last a long time. I get it from my dogs a few times each summer. Oil gets on their coats then it transfers to me. Zanfel gives immediate relief after you develop a rash.
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Never had a poison ivy rash in my life. Must be immune. Lots of people are immune to a point. Then they get careless and one day it'll nail them. It's a natural immunity but sometimes it disappears and you're susceptible for life. Be glad you have it but still avoid the stuff.
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I never had any problems as a kid but sometime around 40 or so it started nailing me.
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Alcohol based hand sanitizer and paper towels or cloth rag
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I’ve used everything including unleaded gas. Technu is the best stuff I’ve found. YMMV I have a cousin and neighbor who can eat it right off the tree and not get it
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Never had a poison ivy rash in my life. Must be immune. Lots of people are immune to a point. Then they get careless and one day it'll nail them. It's a natural immunity but sometimes it disappears and you're susceptible for life. Be glad you have it but still avoid the stuff. Plus 1. The level of reaction to poison ivy is different for everyone but with enough exposure nearly everyone will have an allergic reaction. I have a lot of allergies and break out in nasty welts from poison ivy. The best thing to do for poison ivy if you have it and a bad reaction to it is to go get a steroid for it. Within a few hours you start feeling better and are significantly better within a day or two.
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I am just glad that poison ivy and poison oak have never given me any trouble.
That said i do wash off with dawn soap and water that i make sure is in the truck if i am around it.
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If you've got it, fels naphtha soap in the laundry aisle will help dry it out. As per the OP, any detergent thats good with oils. Kerosene, WD-40....do the same, acting as solvents. If you don't know Jewelweed, it's Touch-Me-Nots. They started growing around our deck, I let them go. Kinda like 'em. Plus, it's nice to have a poison Ivy treatment that's there all season, handy, natural, and free.
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The Poison Ivy Soap Company bar soap from Amazon has worked good for me. I’ll use it in the shower soon after being exposed and it seems to work. Been using it for years and each bar lasts a long time.
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I carry Costco kirkland baby wipes in my trucks, and when I'm hunting. If I brush against any I just wipe it off. Some people overthink this.
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I can't believe you country PhU KS cant figure out how to get rid of poison ivy / oak. Tecnu from wal mart and rubbing alcohol. scrub your aZZ with tecnu then pour rubbing alcohol all over. JFHC if you don't use that method then you deserve what you get. I'm in azzmunch Alabama trust me.
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Obey lawful commands. Video interactions. Hold bad cops accountable. Problem solved.
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Oh man, been there done that..
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I have never gotten the rash and have worked in and around the stuff since I was a kid. Jewelweed grows abundant around here and I would use it in a heartbeat , though I do not have any firsthand experience using the stuff. The deer sure like eating it , though!
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If you've got it, fels naphtha soap in the laundry aisle will help dry it out. This is what a doctor recommended to me in the mid eighties.
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I can't believe you country PhU KS cant figure out how to get rid of poison ivy / oak. Tecnu from wal mart and rubbing alcohol. scrub your aZZ with tecnu then pour rubbing alcohol all over. JFHC if you don't use that method then you deserve what you get. I'm in azzmunch Alabama trust me. Oh my... Golly gee...
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I can't believe you country PhU KS cant figure out how to get rid of poison ivy / oak. Tecnu from wal mart and rubbing alcohol. scrub your aZZ with tecnu then pour rubbing alcohol all over. JFHC if you don't use that method then you deserve what you get. I'm in azzmunch Alabama trust me. Country folks don't have to buy fancy "Poison Ivy Soap". We do just fine with homemade lye soap or Fels Map the. Just like we did long before your fancy crap was around. Your skin would mummify if you bathed in alcohol daily.
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