Wear gloves and long sleeves and then wash them. Wash your skin with Technu if you’re unsure. I do this all winter and get just a bit on my wrists sometimes. It’ll be okay.
oldsledsandtrees69
I’ve had PI for the last 35 years, just do the job
Washing immediately after wearing clothing protection to do the job. I catch poison ivy from a picture of it.
Affectionate-Rip5654
Go balls to the walls bare handed. Have degreaser and other oil ridding soap easily accessible by the garden hose. Use a crappy old wash cloth and scrub away after handling. Poison Ivy has an oil that gets on your skin. Remove oil within a timely manner and it doesn’t affect you. I’ve been doing this for years and never get it. And yes I have gotten it before learning this trick
Bubbly_Power_6210
never burn, call a pro
streachh
Wash whatever clothes you wear twice separately from anything else. And don’t touch anything before you wash off, the oils can transfer from your hands to other surfaces.
MyceliumHerder
There is a YouTube video about how to wash skin after exposure to poison ivy, it’s like getting motor oil off the skin. As long as you wash thoroughly and use a rag, you can eliminate it from the skin.
Long sleev gloves over a long sleeve shirt and use loppers not a saw. Saw slings it all over toppers just make a cut then you yank it off.
Hot-Equal702
# I use Dawn to wash up and scrub well and use a wash cloth.
You are trying to remove the oils from your skin. Apply any grease to your hands and arms and figure out what gets rid of it the quickest and easiest.
I have used the snake oils with limited success. Dawn has been the best. Dove also works well.
MY ACTION PLAN is:
set up wash area with dawn and wash cloths
Set washing machine for PI clothes. Normal or Heavy cycles I add 1/2 cup purple power/ super clean or similar. Plus regular detergent. We have a Samsung front loader.
Garb up early while it is cool outside.
Take care of the PI. Move it. Let it rot somewhere you do not need to be.
Clean up tools. Solvent cleaner of your choice.
Undress straight into the washing machine. WE have not had any issues with cross contamination with following laundry loads.
Straight to the shower and wash and scrub.
Do not forget to start washing machine.
Be smart work safe.
Hopefully my life lessons will help someone.
I have had PI just short of hospitalization. Steroid shots and 16 days of pills.
SouthernPolish
Honest question: I know everyone says don’t burn it, which I understand. (Though I’ve done it in the past). But seriously what’s the long term plan? What does a “pro” do with it? Incinerate it? Seems to me you put garbage workers at risk if you bag it and put it in the trash. What are supposed to do? Treat it like nuclear waste?
Lunar_BriseSoleil
You have about 30 min after skin contact to wash it off before it actually causes a rash. Dish soap is excellent.
So wear gloves and long clothes and shower after 30 minutes.
arborist_at_large
Don’t burn it!
suspendmeforthis
No matter what you should look up mean green hand cleaning machine. It’s a hand cleaner that functions similarly to zanfell. FelsNaptha is an old standby but that stuff’s murder on your skin but it’s good for clothes. Technu is great but expensive.
If you do work on that, I recommend buying a bunch of coveralls and the moment you’re done working, take them off. Put them in a washing machine and take a shower. Do not take a bath whatever you do.
For cutting it, do not use a chainsaw or a reciprocal saw unless you have something to prevent the oil from spraying. This is total speculation but you might be able to get a foaming soap sprayer to go continuously while you’re cutting it to prevent the oil from spraying in the air.
If you have access to heavy equipment, I would consider getting a small excavator or a skid steer with a hydraulic shear that could be used as a claw.
We had some poison oak that size and a logger using a feller buncher in an air-conditioned cab got poison oak so bad he had to go to the hospital. Be careful.
The other option is just get an excavator. Dig a big hole and bury the whole thing underground.
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Hire someone else to do it.
Pole saw
Don’t burn it.
Hazmat suit?
Wear gloves and long sleeves and then wash them. Wash your skin with Technu if you’re unsure. I do this all winter and get just a bit on my wrists sometimes. It’ll be okay.
I’ve had PI for the last 35 years, just do the job
Watch [this video](https://youtu.be/4oyoDRHpQK0?si=n6go2x3RGFjxji0g). Do what he says.
Washing immediately after wearing clothing protection to do the job. I catch poison ivy from a picture of it.
Go balls to the walls bare handed. Have degreaser and other oil ridding soap easily accessible by the garden hose. Use a crappy old wash cloth and scrub away after handling. Poison Ivy has an oil that gets on your skin. Remove oil within a timely manner and it doesn’t affect you. I’ve been doing this for years and never get it. And yes I have gotten it before learning this trick
never burn, call a pro
Wash whatever clothes you wear twice separately from anything else. And don’t touch anything before you wash off, the oils can transfer from your hands to other surfaces.
There is a YouTube video about how to wash skin after exposure to poison ivy, it’s like getting motor oil off the skin. As long as you wash thoroughly and use a rag, you can eliminate it from the skin.
https://youtu.be/4oyoDRHpQK0?si=dobbg56vE_IsiSkQ
Long sleev gloves over a long sleeve shirt and use loppers not a saw. Saw slings it all over toppers just make a cut then you yank it off.
# I use Dawn to wash up and scrub well and use a wash cloth.
You are trying to remove the oils from your skin. Apply any grease to your hands and arms and figure out what gets rid of it the quickest and easiest.
I have used the snake oils with limited success. Dawn has been the best. Dove also works well.
MY ACTION PLAN is:
set up wash area with dawn and wash cloths
Set washing machine for PI clothes. Normal or Heavy cycles I add 1/2 cup purple power/ super clean or similar. Plus regular detergent. We have a Samsung front loader.
Garb up early while it is cool outside.
Take care of the PI. Move it. Let it rot somewhere you do not need to be.
Clean up tools. Solvent cleaner of your choice.
Undress straight into the washing machine. WE have not had any issues with cross contamination with following laundry loads.
Straight to the shower and wash and scrub.
Do not forget to start washing machine.
Be smart work safe.
Hopefully my life lessons will help someone.
I have had PI just short of hospitalization. Steroid shots and 16 days of pills.
Honest question: I know everyone says don’t burn it, which I understand. (Though I’ve done it in the past). But seriously what’s the long term plan? What does a “pro” do with it? Incinerate it? Seems to me you put garbage workers at risk if you bag it and put it in the trash. What are supposed to do? Treat it like nuclear waste?
You have about 30 min after skin contact to wash it off before it actually causes a rash. Dish soap is excellent.
So wear gloves and long clothes and shower after 30 minutes.
Don’t burn it!
No matter what you should look up mean green hand cleaning machine. It’s a hand cleaner that functions similarly to zanfell. FelsNaptha is an old standby but that stuff’s murder on your skin but it’s good for clothes. Technu is great but expensive.
If you do work on that, I recommend buying a bunch of coveralls and the moment you’re done working, take them off. Put them in a washing machine and take a shower. Do not take a bath whatever you do.
For cutting it, do not use a chainsaw or a reciprocal saw unless you have something to prevent the oil from spraying. This is total speculation but you might be able to get a foaming soap sprayer to go continuously while you’re cutting it to prevent the oil from spraying in the air.
If you have access to heavy equipment, I would consider getting a small excavator or a skid steer with a hydraulic shear that could be used as a claw.
We had some poison oak that size and a logger using a feller buncher in an air-conditioned cab got poison oak so bad he had to go to the hospital. Be careful.
The other option is just get an excavator. Dig a big hole and bury the whole thing underground.
Borrow or rent a tractor with fork or grapple.