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"Cheryl" wrote in message
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Can you treat heavy duty welders gloves to kill poison ivy residue or
should you just throw them out when the work to clear it is finished?
Welders gloves might be overkill but I just want to know if I can reuse
them. Thank you.

Cheryl


Go to WebMD, look up poison ivy, they mention two chemical used to
clean/dissolve the toxic oil.
If I have a chance, I'll look.

But, as an oil, it should be soluble in detergent as well, which should
help.
Or, shmearings with vegetable oil, followed by detergent.

Vegetable oil will remove some shop grease that even detergents have a
problem with.
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