A Pleasant Surprise
 

AFTER buying and using a full length Painter's suit (white) KLEENGUARD
to help protect me while waging war on the copius amounts of POISON IVY here

I've been cutting it all down with a brush cutter blade...

I wrote (e-mailed) to the company to inquire about whether or not they are
Machine washable or not... because no where was there any reference.

I also Noticed on their website } Kimberly-Clark professional }
that there was a Blue type
R95 that is chemical Splash resistant
but mentioned that home depot did not carry them.

they responded with ...they are meant to be
disposable and didn't reccomend trying to wash them. :huh: oooohhh kay

Today i recieved an unexpected package that contained
three new Blue suits that are chemical splash resistant for free. Cool :btu:

so the point is ...it pays to write companies :uhuh:

It's the begining Rave!!!! It's coming round. It's a small start but you will get what's due for all you've been through. Good for you! :jump1:

It's not a case of "the squeaky wheel gets the oil", but a case of a customer (possible returning customer) that they want to impress with their customer service.

I'd say a job well done!

i forgot to mention that they also sent me three pro Dust masks too
as an added Bonus ..........so i cannot complain :grins:

Raven -
after you cut it down are you going to spray something? or else it will grow back? curious because I have been waging the battle against it for many moons.....:wall:

All right, come over and deal with my PI and then we can go fish

to kill poison IVY
 

there's three methods to win the war......

First you have to locate the BIGGEST vines usually growing
up trees and they have very easy to distinguish brown hairy
roots growing (attaching itself) to the BARK
and CUT them clean with a very sharp axe so as not to splatter
sap back at you......requiring one clean chop.

This is because they (the biggest vines) make tiny blue berry clusters that birds eat
and crap everywhere spreading it all over the place.

Second you have to smother it (a patch) to death with black plastic
to prevent any sunlight from getting thru then cover that with
rock , sand, dirt or whatever heavy material you have around to anchor it down with
......so it won't blow away.

Third ...you spray it with round up weed killer on sale at wally world for $15 buckaroonies
in its own pump up and spray bottle.

this is a systemic weed killer that is absorbed through the leaves and goes down
to the roots and kills it. The spring leaves are easier to penetrate with the weed killer
because it is new growth.

Usually you need 4 consecutive days of sunshine afterwards for it to work
GOOD or you'll have to re-apply it again....

On this property there were hundreds of stalk vines standing up
30 inches tall trying to compete with the barb wire like bittersweet vine so i chose to cut them low
to the ground to make smothering out that much easier plus i am spraying any leaves i see.

next, i will dig holes every 30 inches and plant sunflowers
and cor n to shade it out and create a wind break at the same time.

For me: all i have to do is look at poison ivy and flip it the bird
and the next day i have it.... so it's a real WAR :rocketem::skulz:

No fishing for you!!

Nice, my friend. It seems they truly appreciated your inquiry.:)

How much ya got?

I have no clue how much, I ain't going back there to find out. It's not as much as you have. Not anywhere close.

it spreads like CRAZY
 

No other plant has the Audacity to spread
like poison IVY IMHO

it tunnels under everything

via roots....chokes trees to death

and i swear it makes Pollen too...

Euel Gibbons the plant man long ago
was so whacky he'd eat it "Just" In springtime
to create a resistance to it in his own body
and i think it killed him...

dogs walk in it
you pet the dog
and you've got it

Raven,
I have read this entire thread and I can't stop iching! I can't go near poison ivy... Every year we pickup poison ivy killer by the gallon and it comes back every year....
Example, went to the canal last year, dropped back for a cast hit a bush. Take a look at the leaves and step on them just in case. Three days later poison ivy all over me, (on the boots and the lure)????
That's one way to keep me off the canal, cover it in poison ivy!

Mike

well Mike
 

that's why i am so fond of Brewer's yeast
the nutritional yeast left over from making beer

because it sends poison ivy blisters away fast...

don't forget to take extra vitamin C and get pink
with calamine lotion

it pays to wear a long sleeved thin shirt to bed
because otherwise you scratch and spread it in your sleep

great customer service raven good things come to nice informed people,way to go.

In Conclusion
 

remember this....

poison IVY resin/oil
can penetrate bluejeans

it will be viable on those jeans for @2 years

unless washed with a strong soap like say.... doh i worked til 1:00 am so i fergit LOL :smash:

remembering to say...its on the tip of my tongue and i will remember -> then walk away from that mental thought train

but wash your hands endlessly with this soap when ya can find it...
it has to be strong laundry soap to cut poison ivy oil

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...felsnaptha.png

I cut wood for years with a bud of mine. He would always get it. I've never gotten any ill effects in my life from contact.:huh:

I think you can still buy Green Soap which as a kid my father had us faithfully wash with after being in the woods and we never got poison ivy. It came as a liquid soap.

yep...some people have a Natural immunity to it whereas Others are particularly susceptible to it...

Possibly those with Scottish/Or Scandinavian skin /Ancestry it is SAID
are more inclined to suffer the consequences of contact. :huh:

?????????
Green soap? is that a brand name or a description of color?

I can't answer your question Raven. As a kid I remember it being green and having a distinct smell, and my father insisted on using it in the manner of this How-To I found on the internet, although that Green Soap isn't green in color, just green because of the ingredients.
BTW, I'm not advertising the product just commenting on its past use.
http://hubpages.com/hub/How-To-Use-Green-Soap

Interesting JIMBO
 

i guess whatever soap kicks ass is a good idea to try it

here's a pine tar soap from yesteryear

Grandpa Brands Catalog

About the Scots getting PI bad, my father's got Scottish blood. One summer he was working landscaping on the Cape and got it so bad the only thing that eased the pain and discomfort was a cortesone shot and taking an old rocking chair down into Bass River and sitting up to his neck in the cool salt water.

Poison ivy (and bittersweet) are the work of the devil.:devil2:

our lot @ the Cape
 

our lot down the cape had so much poison ivy on it that it was literally
entrenched forever and unstop-able....
so what did we do....?

we built a 3 foot high wall of stone all the way around it and then laid down a type of landscape mat that allowed for drainage and then we back filled the whole place with 3 feet deep worth of fill to win the war.

for here....
with the Yard semi under control i now have just the garden area (HUGE) to contend with so tonight i bought a more specialized for poison ivy type of Round up that was more expensive at $ 22.50 per gallon .

But for living next to saltwater...........
i used to get in the Ocean water over and over and then sit on the beach every twenty five minutes or so until i was completely dry and I did that from sun up until it was dark allowing the SALT to work it's magic
which at the time was the only way to make it go away :doh:

The soaps work much better if you wash with cold water because warm/hot water open up the pores in your skin allowing more absorption.

scrubbed up with lemon JOY soap
 

but i still LOST the BATTLE yelling-> (FUDGE) :fury: you know
->>what word i mean

and i am miserable (on a physical level)
unfortunately
I was clearing an 11' x 22' area that was infested with P.I>

and I got impregnated with P.I. oil (man i hate this plant)
my arms that had JUST finally cleared up are now all itchy as hell

wishing the ocean temperatures were allot warmer right now.:confused:
~
I am going on a pure WHEY protein and carrot juice diet for the next few DAYS to "clean out " and mega dose vitamins too.
plus drink lemonade 80 degrees tomorrow
to clean out the LIVER

Try some ground rhinoceros hoof I hear it does wonders

:hihi:

TECHNU IS YOUR FRIEND.

thanks SCOTT
 

i'll grab some of this extreme stuff today :happy:

as calamine lotion isn't gonna handle it this time

technu works the balls raven. Just keep putting it on every few hours and rub it in real good. It'll be gone in a day or so. Something about wood chips that draws the oil out...

Mebe? i should be Rolling IN freakin Hay
....LAUGHIN my ass off or balls off :rotf2: