vollychief Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Members, Esteemed Colleagues and the Pools of Knowledge: I was helping with a ground search and rescue for a missing person recently and I'm sure I walked through poison ivy. I don't know how susceptible I am to poison ivy or any other poison type plant. I had it once and really don't want to have a repeat event. I took precautions when I got home to "wash" the oils off of me and I will be washing my clothes separately followed by an empty rinse load in the washing machine. For the items that I can't put in the washing machine such as my boots, belt, pack, etc., would APC be a good product to remove any poison ivy oils? Thanks for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc2hill Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 It should help. It is a mainly a degreaser, but you may want to dilute 1:1 with distilled water, or even down to 1:4 for use on the fabrics. I wonder if steam would be better? A real steamer, or even an iron? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 https://www.amazon.com/Dial-Corp-04303-Fels-Naptha-Laundry/dp/B00A7ZD9RE/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1532464818&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=fels-naptha%2Bsoap&smid=A3ICRSKZQECIMA&th=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirahnah3 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 It not that ^^^ than look up Technu https://www.amazon.com/Tecnu-Oak-n-Ivy-Cleanser-oz-Bottle/dp/B01E5YF8JY/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1532480734&sr=8-6&keywords=tecnu works wonders. APC might do it as well not sure, never tried....not planning to either sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrmccabe Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 10 hours ago, pirahnah3 said: It not that ^^^ than look up Technu https://www.amazon.com/Tecnu-Oak-n-Ivy-Cleanser-oz-Bottle/dp/B01E5YF8JY/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1532480734&sr=8-6&keywords=tecnu works wonders. Absolutely. Technu and Zanfel are the two things to have around. I am immune to it so far, but my wife is not. When we bought our acreage we had poison ivy 40' into the trees and vines 1 1/2" in diameter. I pulled them out with a chain and tractor. So we are no stranger to it and Cindy has found that Technu and Zanfel are must haves. If you get it, wash hard with a wash cloth. Scrubbing the skin is key. As far as clothes, regular laundry detergent works fine as long as you wash on hot. pirahnah3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vollychief Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 Thanks for all of the help and suggestions! I washed with Technu when I got home. So far, so good. pirahnah3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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