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Any tips? I think I might have gotten some on my PC.

Naptha

Fels Naptha Soap

Cheer and luke warm water.

You can wash it by hand using a non scented phosphate free detergent. Then just hang it to dry away from any UV light, including florescent lights.

Thanks guys!

tecnu is the best stuff out there and you can usually find it at most stores

Pee of a gypsy woman - it also works for getting rid of STDs....

Naptha and a match. Absolutely guaranteed to get rid of any poison oak. Also works for any stains, odors etc.

I assume you also know that gypsy tears will protect you from AIDs?

it's not permanent, it goes away by it self abut 2-3 weeks, I landed in big patch of poison ivy my canopy on top of it all, week later I pack it and I can smell it little bit but second week nothing, no washing or anything.

I'm pretty sure poison oak oil will not just go away on it's own. If it was my gear I would consider burning it, or giving it to someone I didn't like.

Silly adamlanesbackinthedays, you cant burn poison oak. It gives off fumes that are toxic to inhale.

Oh yea, good point. That would suck!

Scrap it!

Fuck that, Im poor. Id rather just keep using it as is and get poison oak on my hands each time than do that.

You can wipe it off pretty easy from a pilot chute. I've landed my ground launch canopy in a field of waist deep Poison Oak. I waded through it for close to 20 minutes getting out.

It wasn't in full season but it it still worked as Poison Oak was intended. I did nothing with the canopy and it was fine when I used it again a few weeks later.

If it was full season, I would have washed it. It's just a pilot chute so wiping it down with Cheer and warm should work just fine.

As far as my body was concerned. I know an allergy doc so aggressive meds kept me fairly sane.

pay a packer to test it!

Ive been miserable for going on 3 weeks now. It still hasnt gone away yet. 3 hot showers a day, followed by burning the shit out of it with a hair dryer, then acne pads on it, then gold bond cream followed by gold bond powder.

Wearing long sleeved shirts to work in 80 degree weather sucks.

Back before the turn of the century, we used NPS Rangers to absorb it.
Take care,
space

if you're miserable pour gas on it. it's not good for you, but it dries it out fast.

also, hot showers usually just aggravate it... i would turn the temp down!

I always rub straight bleach on it for a quick dry-out.

yup... and if you know you've been exposed to it (or if it happens again) rub yourself down with Tecnu like Shane was talking about. that stuff really does work wonders. i'm very allergic to that stuff and Tecnu pretty much neutralizes it before it gets into your pores if you act fast!

Tecnu wouldve totally helped if I knew I had it sooner. I didnt find out it was poison oak until 8 days later.

And you want to take the chance of this pilot chute giving it to you again? Not me!

jon

Nigga Im poor!

for fuck's sake!! You're acting like it's the black plague!
Essentially, poison ivy and oak, etc are oils. Put some gloves on, fill your sink with hot water, and scrub with dawn dish soap. Rinse. Repeat. Let it dry and never give it another thought.

Would you really throw away a perfectly good pilot chute because it touched Poison Oak?

Let me get this straight, so from now on when the rocks are comeing and you're burning through pull time, every time you start to reach back to throw you're going to think about all the pain you're going through now. Will you hesitate? Maybe if you only grab it losely, maybe with just your thumb and one finger, maybe you wont have to go through this again. The walls comeing out at you but you don't want to touch it...

Lee

I finally realized that this topic might be better suited in the Technical forum. It really is a gear issue.

Its my 48" so it wont even be stowed. Will i hesitate in letting go of it? FUCK NO

Yep.

I want to have all of my attention on the jump with no consideration whatsoever on the possibility that I might even get a little tiny bit of poison oak. I can't stand poison oak. At all!

It ain't about money. It's about attention.

jon

If you ever contact poison oak with any of your gear, please send it to me and it will have a great home

I've had run ins with poison oak and I'm very susceptible but I will gladly use it if you're not going to!

ROFL!!! PuSsIeS BiG!!!!!

Flame away Sweat Pea. I'm not gonna suffer like you. Not no way. Not no how.

hey dude, i jizzed on my PC on accident, its a bit sticky, should i throw it away as well? is jizz acidic? will it burn a hole in my PC? i had gonorrhea about 6 months ago, will that affect it?

you seem to know a lot about gear maintenance. i appreciate your knowledge on the issue, thank you.

PuSsIeS bIg!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I always jizz on my PC when I am going stowed below 400 feet. This ensures my hand will not slip off the pilot chute, which would be disastrous. However I am not sure about Gonorrhea jizz. It probably will burn a hole in it.

As always,
pUsSieS bIg

you seem to know a lot about gear maintenance. i appreciate your knowledge on the issue, thank you.

PuSsIeS bIg!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not sure where you got the impression that I know much about gear. All I know is I don't wanna get poison oak from anything. I guess I'm just a PuSsY!!!

I hate poison oak too, Ive come to find out. Its almost been 3 weeks and Im still a tiny bit itchy.

That jump was SOOOooooo worth it though!

Hot showers will just spread it if there is any oil still on your skin. I take a cold shower straight away, with technu soap, and repeat that several times. As soon as you get all the oils off, you can go to hot, but if you use hot water too soon it will just open up all your pores, and spread. Also, poison oak and ivy are very different. Oak oils can stay on your clothing (or pilot chute) for more than a year if they aren't washed properly. I would just sell it online to some unsuspecting jumper who you don't like, and claim that you don't like the color or something. If you are still miserable after a week or two, you might want to think about a steroid shot (cortisone works well). That should clear it up in a few days. And wash everything you own that could have touched it, then wash it again.
Miserable stuff, though.

flic your Bic