I got some on my hands yesterday after installing my new larger dog door..are there any solventsor must it wear off my skin

On Monday, November 2, 2015 at 8:58:58 AM UTC-6, bob haller wrote:
I got some on my hands yesterday after installing my new larger dog door..are there any solventsor must it wear off my skin?

Any of the chemicals to remove/dissolve it are worse than the foam. Hot water and a scrubbing brush are your best choice.

On 11/2/2015 9:58 AM, bob haller wrote:
I got some on my hands yesterday after installing
my new larger dog door..are there any solvents or
must it wear off my skin


Try alcohol drygas. Off the edge of my memory, that
should work.

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I got some on my hands yesterday after installing my new larger dog
door..are there any solvents or must it wear off my skin

Unfortunately, I've never found anything that will remove spray foam. At
least nothing that wouldn't harm me more.

It'll wear off in a few days.

I always slip on a pair of nitrile gloves (the blue ones) before I mess
with that stuff. I also keep a plastic grocery bag nearby I can toss the
can and nozzle in when I'm done with it. Otherwise, the stuff keeps
expanding out of the nozzle and gets all over everything.

Anthony Watson
www.mountainsoftware.com
www.watsondiy.com

On Monday, November 2, 2015 at 9:58:58 AM UTC-5, bob haller wrote:
I got some on my hands yesterday after installing my new larger dog \
door..are there any solvents or must it wear off my skin

I know it's too late for you now, but I've started wearing nitrile gloves
whenever I'm working with messy materials. I've been using cheap vinyl
gloves for years, and they are still OK for many jobs, like yard work in
cold and damp weather or washing the car when it's cold, but the nitrile
gloves fit much better and are much stronger.

I buy extra boxes whenever HF puts them on sale. I've got almost as many
boxes of vinyl & nitrile gloves scattered around the house as I do reading
glasses. ;-)

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On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 06:58:48 -0800 (PST), bob haller
wrote:

I got some on my hands yesterday after installing my new larger dog door..are there any solventsor must it wear off my skin

Try a pumice stone from the foot care section at the local drug
stores.

On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 06:58:48 -0800 (PST), bob haller
wrote:

I got some on my hands yesterday after installing my new larger dog door..are there any solventsor must it wear off my skin
Use a belt sander?

On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 10:08:53 -0500, Stormin Mormon
wrote:

On 11/2/2015 9:58 AM, bob haller wrote:
I got some on my hands yesterday after installing
my new larger dog door..are there any solvents or
must it wear off my skin


Try alcohol drygas. Off the edge of my memory, that
should work.

-
.
Christopher A. Young
learn more about Jesus
. www.lds.org
.
.
Only if you get it before it cures. The stuff is like cockroaches.
It'll be all that's left after a nuke explosion - cockroaches living
in uerethane foam houses

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On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 10:08:53 -0500, Stormin Mormon
wrote:

On 11/2/2015 9:58 AM, bob haller wrote:
I got some on my hands yesterday after installing
my new larger dog door..are there any solvents or
must it wear off my skin


Try alcohol drygas. Off the edge of my memory, that
should work.

-
.
Christopher A. Young
learn more about Jesus
. www.lds.org
.
.
Only if you get it before it cures. The stuff is like cockroaches.
It'll be all that's left after a nuke explosion - cockroaches living
in uerethane foam houses

I used that crap many times and as much I know there isn't any chemical
that you can wash off that I know of Wear out that is about it.

On Mon, 02 Nov 2015 12:46:21 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 06:58:48 -0800 (PST), bob haller
wrote:

I got some on my hands yesterday after installing my new larger dog door..are there any solventsor must it wear off my skin

Use a belt sander?

Not fun if you get the foam in your hair. I had to cut my hair off
when I bent over and accidentally got it on my head

On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 07:05:54 -0800 (PST), wrote:

Any of the chemicals to remove/dissolve it are worse than the foam.
Hot water and a scrubbing brush are your best choice.

A little sand paper will get most of it off and wont harm you either.
Just make sure the foam is dry before sanding it off, or you'll have a
bigger mess.

On 11/2/2015 9:58 AM, bob haller wrote:
I got some on my hands yesterday after installing my new larger dog door..are there any solventsor must it wear off my skin


I would try vinegar. May take some time but it can degrade
polyurethane. Looking it up, there is advice on cleaning polyurethane
coated floors with vinegar but one site says it dulls the finish,
attacking it.

On 11/02/2015 07:58 AM, bob haller wrote:
I got some on my hands yesterday after installing my new larger dog door..are there any solventsor must it wear off my skin

Methylene chloride, acetone, methyl ethyl ketone... Maybe you'd rather
it just wears off. Methylene chloride is gentler that the rest but I
don't know if you can get it in consumer quantities.

On Mon, 02 Nov 2015 21:22:58 -0700, rbowman
wrote:

On 11/02/2015 07:58 AM, bob haller wrote:
I got some on my hands yesterday after installing my new larger dog door..are there any solventsor must it wear off my skin

Methylene chloride, acetone, methyl ethyl ketone... Maybe you'd rather
it just wears off. Methylene chloride is gentler that the rest but I
don't know if you can get it in consumer quantities.
It is the main ingredient in most "heavy duty" paint strippers and I
sure wouldn't call it "gentle" It burns like crazy when you get it on
your hands (or at least it does mine)

I know it's too late for you now, but I've started wearing nitrile
gloves whenever I'm working with messy materials. I've been using
cheap vinyl gloves for years, and they are still OK for many jobs

I switched to nitrile gloves a few years ago. Regular latex gloves would
break down and start ripping apart when exposed to wood stains and similar
chemicals. Then my fingers ended up stained anyway, kind of defeated the
purpose of wearing them. The nitrile gloves seem much more resistant to
most chemicals.

Anthony Watson
www.mountainsoftware.com
www.watsondiy.com

On Monday, November 2, 2015 at 11:53:59 PM UTC-5, HerHusband wrote:
I know it's too late for you now, but I've started wearing nitrile
gloves whenever I'm working with messy materials. I've been using
cheap vinyl gloves for years, and they are still OK for many jobs

I switched to nitrile gloves a few years ago. Regular latex gloves would
break down and start ripping apart when exposed to wood stains and similar
chemicals. Then my fingers ended up stained anyway, kind of defeated the
purpose of wearing them. The nitrile gloves seem much more resistant to
most chemicals.

Anthony Watson
www.mountainsoftware.com
www.watsondiy.com

I mentioned vinyl, you mentioned latex.

Would the vinyl gloves have the same breakdown problem?

I keep a few boxes of vinyl gloves around since they are cheaper than nitrile. I use those for
some jobs like cleaning the dog's crate and other jobs where I don't really need the durability
or dexterity of the nitrile gloves. No sense in wasting the "good" ones.

its wearing off slowly. the tops of my hands look like I am from a horror movie.

I mentioned vinyl, you mentioned latex.
Would the vinyl gloves have the same breakdown problem?

Hmm... I don't know. I'm thinking of the traditional tan colored gloves.
I've always called them latex, but maybe they are vinyl. I've never really
paid attention. They're the cheap ones. They work OK for quick tasks,
but as I mentioned they tend to fall apart when I'm staining woodworking
projects. It's like the solvents dissolve the gloves.

I also don't like that white powder inside the cheap gloves. My hands sweat
inside the gloves, then I end up having to wash that goop off my hands when
I take them off.

The blue nitrile gloves hold up much better, and don't have that powdery
stuff inside.

I've used the green gloves too. Don't know what they are made of. I think
they're supposed to be even more durable, but they cost more and don't seem
to fit as well.

I keep a few boxes of vinyl gloves around since they are cheaper than
nitrile. No sense in wasting the "good" ones.

A box of nitrile gloves lasts me a long time, so the minimal cost
difference isn't an issue.

Most times I just put a glove on one hand, since the other hand isn't
really getting dirty anyway. The gloves tend to last twice as long that
way.

Anthony Watson
www.mountainsoftware.com
www.watsondiy.com

On 11/02/2015 09:34 PM, wrote:
It is the main ingredient in most "heavy duty" paint strippers and I
sure wouldn't call it "gentle" It burns like crazy when you get it on
your hands (or at least it does mine)

At least it doesn't de-fat them down to the bone I think the
combination with methanol might increase the irritant factor. We used to
get methylene chloride in 55 gallon drums for purging an epoxy system.
It wasn't hand cream but it didn't burn like KleanStrip. That stuff is
one of the few times I break out the gloves and I mean heavy duty
neoprene, not those damn rectal exam specials that always tear halfway
through doing a roof patch.

On 11/2/2015 8:58 AM, bob haller wrote:
I got some on my hands yesterday after installing my new larger dog door..are there any solventsor must it wear off my skin


If there's a lady in the house, ask her for her bottle of nail polish
remover. Works like a champ.