Garden Pests and Diseases: Poison Ivy Preventative/Cure, 1 by Rarri

Rarri wrote:
I grew up getting poison ivy regularly as I played on the poison ivy infested cliffs of Long Island NY.. Stop playing there NEVER, but I devised my own method for dealing with it. SAND.. when I noticed myself brushing up against it, I would just sit and rub sand vigorously all over myself. I figured that Poison Ivy was not water soluable so maybe by using the sand, it would be able to remove the residue.. sure worked good for me.. cut back my outbreaks by 95%. You have take extra care to rub sand between the fingers. (that would usually be the only place I would still get it as I realized I didn't bother too much to rub sand there) Worth a try.. :-) Oh, here is a story to go with it.. Noticing some workers clearing out some brush the was filled with poison ivy, I went over to the man, who was wearing only shorts and shoes and told him he was neck high in poison ivy.. I also told him to go and rub sand all over.. Well this was right at the shore so he immediately sat on the beach and started rubbing himself with sand very zealously.. It was right after this I saw his boss come down to the beach to question the worker as to what in God's name he was doing.. I assumed he told him and away the boss went as the worker continued to scrub.. anyone try sand before?