Poison oak & poison ivy

[terrifictimbersllc]

I sawed some ash logs which were covered with poison ivy.  Customer got it from head to toe, his wife was telling me about it, too much information. 

[florida]

Poison oak and ivy are among the easiest vines to kill. I usually use Brush Killer mixed with water. In a week the leaves are gone at which point I cut the vines with a machete then leave them alone. In a year they rot and fall out of the trees.

The rash is caused by the sap which is called urushiol.  Urushiol is actually used in Japan as a wood finish.  It does not come off with water or bleach anymore than pine sap does. It does come off with turpentine, mineral spirits or if you're in a hard spot use gasoline. Tecnu is nothing more than creamy mineral spirits.

I am as allergic as anyone and encounter poison ivy frequently. I don't go out of my way to let it touch me but wipe my arms with mineral spirits at lunch and the end of the day.

[Sixacresand]

I've ate it but it makes my butt itch.  :D :D :D

Goat

You probably said that as a joke. 

[Rhodemont]

Used to get it all the time.  Now I use Technu whenever I am even near the ivy and have pretty much stopped getting it.  Also, each winter on one of those real cold days I get bundled up and go out with a machete for couple hours to chop anything I find at the base of trees.  Used to have the big hairy vines in many areas and now only new trying to get started. Wash the machete with bleach before hang up for next year.  During the summer I take a walk around the perimeter of the yard, fields and paddocks to spray anything I see with round up.

[Brad_bb]

DONT TOUCH NUTTIN HAIRY!

Jeff is coming within a hair of the woodshed! :D

I have all kinds of poison ivy on my property.  Regular weed killer from garden sprayer will kill it.  We're not on a quest to wipe it out, just from areas we frequent- edges of the woods, trails etc.  I assumed I wasn't allergic to it, but 3 years ago while doing firewood with ivy under my feet, reaching down and picking up chunks to go in the splitter, I got it.  On my forearms that itched like the dickens.  It spread a bit.  So I got Prednisone prescribed by the dermatologist.  When i get logs with poison ivy vines on them, which are dead at that point but still probably have oil, I use my gloves to remove the vines from the logs.  Put them somewhere out of the way to decompose or landfill.  I got a few itchy bumps last summer, but not sure if it was a little ivy or not.  Wasn't bad, so I just let it run it's course whatever it was.  Since i got it the first time I keep a bottle of that poison ivy liquid soap in my truck and if I think I've touched some, I use that stuff.

[jmouton]

you guy s talking about poisen ivy ,,i think i  just got it,,,  i can look at it and catch it ,,i hate it

[ely]

I never got it as a kid. Since I was 23 it tries to cover me up...we get an oral solution from a pharmacy in Shawnee ok la. That is made from the oil I think. It really helps me to not get it these days. I used to drink a tea made from green sycamore bark that helped to dry up the rash.