this post was submitted on 17 Nov 2025
28 points (100.0% liked)
chat
8555 readers
30 users here now
Chat is a text only community for casual conversation, please keep shitposting to the absolute minimum. This is intended to be a separate space from c/chapotraphouse or the daily megathread. Chat does this by being a long-form community where topics will remain from day to day unlike the megathread, and it is distinct from c/chapotraphouse in that we ask you to engage in this community in a genuine way. Please keep shitposting, bits, and irony to a minimum.
As with all communities posts need to abide by the code of conduct, additionally moderators will remove any posts or comments deemed to be inappropriate.
Thank you and happy chatting!
founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
the best and most effective advice i ever followed for getting absolutely covered in poison oak was to go strip naked on my porch, wipe my body down using a bucket filled with cold water and a little bleach mixed in using a sopping wet rag, and then stand in a cold shower for a while. and wash the clothes separately a few times or toss em.
that was to remove the oil though and minimize skin contact.
once you're got, you're got, and after the oil is out of the equation and its more about managing the reaction, the pain, and not irritating your skin further. so i would do a lot of cool showers and antihistamine type shit. no scratch/no scrub, etc. the pumice is probably not the move to make.
Normally I'll use dish soap in a cold shower for poison oak, which I find most effective. The bleach solution is an interesting idea though, perhaps I'll try it next time. The pumice is to get the encrusted engine grease off of my skin.