Quote Originally Posted by Cinder & Smoke
If the rash continues to spread - you left something UN-washed!
* Car steering wheel
* Car armrest
* An article of clothing
* Shoes
* A DAWG!! - TRUST ME - ole Fido is an EXCELLENT Carrier of Poison Ivy!!
* They get it on their FUR and and spread if forEVER till it's washed off!
You're not kidding on those either. Last year I got an awful case of it on my face from a clients dog and one of my eyes swelled shut.

Another time hubby and I went mushrooming and I thought I had washed everything (the car seat, steering wheel, door handles everywhere, even my car keys) and I still kept getting it on my legs. Took me almost a week of non stop itching to figure out what I could have missed. Turns out I had sat on a chair when I took my shoes off and forgot to wash the chair off. It was warm out so I was wearing shorts and everytime I sat in that chair I was picking up those oils.

I remember one time we collected some firewood from a friends house that was buried in poison ivy. To prevent getting any rashes from the wood later (or heaven forbid from burning it) we borrowed a friends pick up truck, loaded the wood into that and drove the thing to the car wash! That's right. You should have seen the looks on people's faces with us washing a truck load of firewood with heavy soap and rinsing it well. The truck stayed dirty because my friend doesn't wash it much anyways. ROFL