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[Jstpssng]

As a teenager I hung out with s bunch of crazies

Say it isn't so!!! I NEVER would have guessed it, based on some of your previous posts!

 

[walhondingMF]

I remember getting p.o badly in the Santa Cruz mountains in the 70s; my great-aunt had fels naptha soap... unfortunately, it doesn't really work unless you get it before you the rash starts. By the time the rash starts, your skin has absorbed the oil and not much is getting it out except for time. Not saying not to clean up then but, the horse has left the barn.

Lava soap or any exfoliation is likely unnecessary and possibly counterproductive. Irritating other skin that's not already inflamed by the oil can cause the body to attack that region like it's got the irritant too; the rash can "spread" without oil being spread in such a way.

The main thing is to wash the oil away quickly before it's absorbed. When I've gone rolling in p.o (not really, but doing a major pull) I do wash up; lukewarm water, I don't even get my whole body wet at first - watch the hands with dawn, rinse, wash the forearms & hands (again), rinse, upper arms & forearms & hands (again), rinse; then maybe legs (usually I don't bother since I do wear pants when pulling it, but I've occasionally gotten a stick poking through the pants); I'll lean into the shower and get my hair & face wet but try not to have the water run down the rest of my body, then wash - yes with dawn on my hair and beard and face, it's great for the skin!NOT.

Basic idea is when you know you've got it, try to wash it away without getting what you're washing off onto other parts.

Even if you wash well, expect a nice spot of rash if you got scratched by sticks; just try to avoid scratching anywhere else so you don't provoke a histamine reaction elsewhere as your body is primed for the stuff...

You are describing exactly what happens to me. Any other irritant to my skin makes my body think there is PI there also.

 

[walhondingMF]

PI is the only thing I use a pesticide on. I buy the round-up special for PI and will walk areas close to the house to spot spray it. I have started to get it knocked back and I really try to encourage other vining plants like virginia creeper to hopefully out compete it. The dogs going through it are my worst source of exposure.

 

[WinterDeere]

Surprised that works for you. Glyphosphate is often not very effective against PI. Triclopyr, the consumer-grade variant available as Ortho Brush-B-Gone, is usually much more effective against PI.

 

[Catalyst]

we have PI everywhere - essentially the entire woodline around the house, 1/4 mile driveway, etc. we've tried attacking it with sprays, and mechanical removal, but it always comes back. my wife used to get it really bad, but the longer we've lived here the less it impacts any of my family members. i've never been allergic to it - go figure.

we're also taking a similar approach with trying to encourage other plants to out compete it.

 

[John_Mc]

Surprised that works for you. Glyphosphate is often not very effective against PI. Triclopyr, the consumer-grade variant available as Ortho Brush-B-Gone, is usually much more effective against PI.

The RoundUp Poison Ivy Formulation does contain Triclopyr.

 

[WinterDeere]

we have PI everywhere - essentially the entire woodline around the house, 1/4 mile driveway, etc. we've tried attacking it with sprays, and mechanical removal, but it always comes back. my wife used to get it really bad, but the longer we've lived here the less it impacts any of my family members. i've never been allergic to it - go figure.

we're also taking a similar approach with trying to encourage other plants to out compete it.

This place was like that, when I bought it. The first winter, I spent a few weekends in January/February walking around the perimeter woods with an axe, cutting big sections out of every vine I found growing up any tree. Then I painted the remaining vine stumps with a little Triclopyr at full strength using a throw-away chip brush. By year 2, I'd say I had erradicated probably 90% of it.

That was followed by spraying the little'uns that came up the following summer, and then repeating the vine chopping on anything I had missed the following winter. Now we're at probably 99% elimination.

 

[walhondingMF]

The RoundUp Poison Ivy Formulation does contain Triclopyr.

Correct and its a bit harder for me to find. My local hardware store carries it in spray bottle so I get it from them. I have used the ortho also and it worked well.

 

[Catalyst]

This place was like that, when I bought it. The first winter, I spent a few weekends in January/February walking around the perimeter woods with an axe, cutting big sections out of every vine I found growing up any tree. Then I painted the remaining vine stumps with a little Triclopyr at full strength using a throw-away chip brush. By year 2, I'd say I had erradicated probably 90% of it.

That was followed by spraying the little'uns that came up the following summer, and then repeating the vine chopping on anything I had missed the following winter. Now we're at probably 99% elimination.

this is outstanding. i guess this gives us something to aim for.

 

[WinterDeere]

Best to wait for dormancy January, at this point. You can do some spraying from the perimeter this summer, but January is the easiest time to get in there and cut the big vines, at least around here. The amount of oil in the vines really drops off in winter, making them much less dangerous, and they're both defoliated and more exposed, at that point.

The keys are getting a section cut out of each vine, since they can regrow across just a single narrow saw kerf, and painting the triclopr onto the remaining stumps to ensure the root is killed dead. Axe beats saw here, since the saw chips and dust are your enemy.