Fiberglass Insulation Skin Irritation?
 

On Friday, August 18, 2000 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, Garrett Terlaak wrote:
I posted a while back on how to most effectively and affordably cool my new
house. The consensus was a wholehouse fan or ventilator. After discovering
that most of my neighbors use these I went for it, and did the installation
last night. Thanks to all who posted feedback. Now the real problem...

Stupidly I wore a short sleeve shirt and the fiberglass insulation caused
some skin irritation on my arms. Any remedies for this?

Thanks again.

--
Garrett Terlaak
O'Connor Construction Management, Inc.
Telephone: 949.476.2094
Facsimile: 949.476.8294
Web Site: http://www.ocmi.com

someone mentioned duct tape. That gave me an idea to use the adhesive tape type lint roller normally used to remove pet hair form one's clothing. I tried this several times and it worked pretty good. It seems to remove many of the fiberglass fibers after rolling four or five times in the affected area.

Good luck.

(signed) Itch no more

Fiberglass Insulation Skin Irritation?
 

wrote:
On Friday, August 18, 2000 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, Garrett Terlaak wrote:
I posted a while back on how to most effectively and affordably cool my new
house. The consensus was a wholehouse fan or ventilator. After discovering
that most of my neighbors use these I went for it, and did the installation
last night. Thanks to all who posted feedback. Now the real problem...

Stupidly I wore a short sleeve shirt and the fiberglass insulation caused
some skin irritation on my arms. Any remedies for this?

Thanks again.

--
Garrett Terlaak
O'Connor Construction Management, Inc.
Telephone: 949.476.2094
Facsimile: 949.476.8294
Web Site: http://www.ocmi.com

someone mentioned duct tape. That gave me an idea to use the adhesive
tape type lint roller normally used to remove pet hair form one's
clothing. I tried this several times and it worked pretty good. It seems
to remove many of the fiberglass fibers after rolling four or five times
in the affected area.

Good luck.

(signed) Itch no more

13 years later and the guy finally gets a solution to his itchy arm
problem. I'm sure that' same relief!

Fiberglass Insulation Skin Irritation?
 

On 10/12/2013 9:04 AM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
wrote:
On Friday, August 18, 2000 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, Garrett Terlaak wrote:

someone mentioned duct tape. That gave me an idea to use the adhesive
tape type lint roller normally used to remove pet hair form one's
clothing. I tried this several times and it worked pretty good. It seems
to remove many of the fiberglass fibers after rolling four or five times
in the affected area.

Good luck.

(signed) Itch no more

13 years later and the guy finally gets a solution to his itchy arm
problem. I'm sure that' same relief!

In the meantime, he's been through about 4,506 pounds
of skin cream, and two marriages.


..
Christopher A. Young
Learn about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

Fiberglass Insulation Skin Irritation?
 

On Saturday, October 12, 2013 9:12:37 AM UTC-4, Stormin Mormon wrote:



It's odd that in the last few weeks there has been this
big increase in the number of old threads that get re-started
via HomeMoaners. IT's always happened that old threads
showed up maybe once every month or two, but now it's
like a daily thing.

Fiberglass Insulation Skin Irritation?
 

On 10/12/2013 9:24 AM, wrote:

On Saturday, October 12, 2013 9:12:37 AM UTC-4, Stormin Mormon wrote:



It's odd that in the last few weeks there has been this
big increase in the number of old threads that get re-started
via HomeMoaners. IT's always happened that old threads
showed up maybe once every month or two, but now it's
like a daily thing.


Really? I don't remember writing that.

..
Christopher A. Young
Learn about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

Fiberglass Insulation Skin Irritation?
 

On Sat, 12 Oct 2013 06:24:11 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

On Saturday, October 12, 2013 9:12:37 AM UTC-4, Stormin Mormon wrote:



It's odd that in the last few weeks there has been this
big increase in the number of old threads that get re-started
via HomeMoaners. IT's always happened that old threads
showed up maybe once every month or two, but now it's
like a daily thing.

You're right. I wonder why.

Fiberglass Insulation Skin Irritation?
 

On Sat, 12 Oct 2013 06:24:11 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

It's odd that in the last few weeks there has been this
big increase in the number of old threads that get re-started
via HomeMoaners. IT's always happened that old threads
showed up maybe once every month or two, but now it's
like a daily thing.

They are just itching to get into the conversation?

As a young boy, after school, I made money unloading freight cars
loaded with hundreds of rolls on fiberglass insulation.

Best practice: NEVER scratch the "itching skin"! The pores of the
skin open when sweating, so the glass fibers get into the skin.

Important is to take a _COLD_ shower as soon as possible, just rinsing
off without scrubbing the fiber deeper into the skin.

My two cents :)

Fiberglass Insulation Skin Irritation?
 

"Oren" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 12 Oct 2013 06:24:11 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

It's odd that in the last few weeks there has been this
big increase in the number of old threads that get re-started
via HomeMoaners. IT's always happened that old threads
showed up maybe once every month or two, but now it's
like a daily thing.

They are just itching to get into the conversation?

As a young boy, after school, I made money unloading freight cars
loaded with hundreds of rolls on fiberglass insulation.

Best practice: NEVER scratch the "itching skin"! The pores of the
skin open when sweating, so the glass fibers get into the skin.

Important is to take a _COLD_ shower as soon as possible, just rinsing
off without scrubbing the fiber deeper into the skin.

My two cents :)

Tow cents are great but one should take first hot shower long one then cold
before you get out you will new person.

Fiberglass Insulation Skin Irritation?
 

On Sat, 12 Oct 2013 15:23:27 -0700, "Tony944" wrote:


"Oren" wrote in message
.. .
On Sat, 12 Oct 2013 06:24:11 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

It's odd that in the last few weeks there has been this
big increase in the number of old threads that get re-started
via HomeMoaners. IT's always happened that old threads
showed up maybe once every month or two, but now it's
like a daily thing.

They are just itching to get into the conversation?

As a young boy, after school, I made money unloading freight cars
loaded with hundreds of rolls on fiberglass insulation.

Best practice: NEVER scratch the "itching skin"! The pores of the
skin open when sweating, so the glass fibers get into the skin.

Important is to take a _COLD_ shower as soon as possible, just rinsing
off without scrubbing the fiber deeper into the skin.

My two cents :)

Tow cents are great but one should take first hot shower long one then cold
before you get out you will new person.


YMMV

I spoke from experience. Avoid scratching the itchy skin - just wash
the glass fibers off first with a cold shower. I'll except your
notion of a hot shower after the fact. Then more cold water :)

Fiberglass Insulation Skin Irritation?
 

On Sat, 12 Oct 2013 15:36:11 -0700, Oren wrote:

On Sat, 12 Oct 2013 15:23:27 -0700, "Tony944" wrote:


"Oren" wrote in message
. ..
On Sat, 12 Oct 2013 06:24:11 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

It's odd that in the last few weeks there has been this
big increase in the number of old threads that get re-started
via HomeMoaners. IT's always happened that old threads
showed up maybe once every month or two, but now it's
like a daily thing.

They are just itching to get into the conversation?

As a young boy, after school, I made money unloading freight cars
loaded with hundreds of rolls on fiberglass insulation.

Best practice: NEVER scratch the "itching skin"! The pores of the
skin open when sweating, so the glass fibers get into the skin.

Important is to take a _COLD_ shower as soon as possible, just rinsing
off without scrubbing the fiber deeper into the skin.

My two cents :)

Tow cents are great but one should take first hot shower long one then cold
before you get out you will new person.


YMMV

I spoke from experience. Avoid scratching the itchy skin - just wash
the glass fibers off first with a cold shower. I'll except your
notion of a hot shower after the fact. Then more cold water :)

IME, cold water is the answer. It doesn't need to be shockingly cold
but just less than "warm". The idea isn't to freeze to death, just to
not have the skin react to the warmth. Judging from my pool
experience, low 70s is good, 40s isn't necessary.

Fiberglass Insulation Skin Irritation?
 

On Saturday, October 12, 2013 at 9:04:59 AM UTC-4, DerbyDad03 wrote:
wrote:
On Friday, August 18, 2000 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, Garrett Terlaak wrote:
I posted a while back on how to most effectively and affordably cool my new
house. The consensus was a wholehouse fan or ventilator. After discovering
that most of my neighbors use these I went for it, and did the installation
last night. Thanks to all who posted feedback. Now the real problem...

Stupidly I wore a short sleeve shirt and the fiberglass insulation caused
some skin irritation on my arms. Any remedies for this?

Thanks again.

--
Garrett Terlaak
O'Connor Construction Management, Inc.
Telephone: 949.476.2094
Facsimile: 949.476.8294
Web Site: http://www.ocmi.com

someone mentioned duct tape. That gave me an idea to use the adhesive
tape type lint roller normally used to remove pet hair form one's
clothing. I tried this several times and it worked pretty good. It seems
to remove many of the fiberglass fibers after rolling four or five times
in the affected area.

Good luck.

(signed) Itch no more

13 years later and the guy finally gets a solution to his itchy arm
problem. I'm sure that' same relief!

Lint roller idea--excellent! Worked for me. Thanks!