A Pleasant Surprise

[BigBo]

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.

[Jimbo]

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.

[Raven]

Originally Posted by BigBo

I've never gotten any ill effects in my life from contact.

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.

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

[Jimbo]

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

[Raven]

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

here's a pine tar soap from yesteryear

Grandpa Brands Catalog

[Jimbo]

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.

[chrisjoe13]

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

[Raven]

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