Insulation Itchiness

[drivingdaisy]

Anyone have any suggestions for how to deal with itchiness from insulation? I've read cold showers followed by hot, baking soda, lotions. Any other ideas? Husband must have rolled around in it pretty good today at work he is all

 

[Bay_Kat]

How to Get Rid of That Itchy Feeling After Working With Insulation | Home Guides | SF Gate

 

[Freefaller]

Anyone have any suggestions for how to deal with itchiness from insulation? I've read cold showers followed by hot, baking soda, lotions. Any other ideas? Husband must have rolled around in it pretty good today at work he is all

Wrap Duct tape around your hand, sticky side out and pat your skin in the area that is troubling you. You may have to re-apply tape a few times. The glass fibers will stick to the tape. Cool Shower afterwards. Pay particular attention to areas like between fingers and the crease in your elbows

 

[Goldenhawk]

Anyone have any suggestions for how to deal with itchiness from insulation?

Hard to fix once it's happened; prevention is a pretty good cure.

Insulation is nearly microscopically thin glass fibers that get stuck into the skin and jostle the nerves, thus causing the itching. So the goal is essentially breaking off the protruding ends of the glass fibers which catch clothing or bedding, or to pull the fibers out completely. Water or soap or lotion won't do anything, because the fibers won't dissolve; mechanical action is the only thing that will work.

Basically, removing the outer layer of dead skin can remove the fibers stuck there. Baking soda or any other similar solution like pumice can act as an abrasive. Sandpaper or an emery board can also do the trick, but it tends to remove hair, so that's best for small areas with just one or two itchy spots.

I've had success using a bare razor blade or very very sharp knife, and scraping the blade across the itchy areas nearly at right angles to the skin. That works without removing hair.

A good solid scrub with a loofa or similarly rough scrubbing pad while taking a hot shower also works. It's not the temperature change, but the water softens the skin to make it easier to scrape off the outer dead cells.

Hope this helps...

 

[Bay_Kat]

I touched a little cactus once, it had those fine little "needles" on it. Those things are nasty. They get in your skin and you just can't get rid of them. This is what I think of when I think of fiberglass insulation.

 

[RoseRed]

Wrap Duct tape around your hand, sticky side out and pat your skin in the area that is troubling you. You may have to re-apply tape a few times. The glass fibers will stick to the tape. Cool Shower afterwards. Pay particular attention to areas like between fingers and the crease in your elbows

 

[czygvtwkr]

Use a piece of panty hose to scrub with in the shower, use to work well with carbon fiber itchyness.

Better yet use the polyester (blue) insulation instead of fiberglass there is zero itch with that.

 

[KDENISE977]

Fluoride

 

[lucky_bee]

Learned this lesson the hard way...wash all of your husband's clothes from today seperately! Ex used to deal with insulation all the time, did our laundry together one time and I broke out in a nice little rash all over

His work clothes got washed serperately from that point on!

 

[drivingdaisy]

Hard to fix once it's happened; prevention is a pretty good cure.

Insulation is nearly microscopically thin glass fibers that get stuck into the skin and jostle the nerves, thus causing the itching. So the goal is essentially breaking off the protruding ends of the glass fibers which catch clothing or bedding, or to pull the fibers out completely. Water or soap or lotion won't do anything, because the fibers won't dissolve; mechanical action is the only thing that will work.

Basically, removing the outer layer of dead skin can remove the fibers stuck there. Baking soda or any other similar solution like pumice can act as an abrasive. Sandpaper or an emery board can also do the trick, but it tends to remove hair, so that's best for small areas with just one or two itchy spots.

I've had success using a bare razor blade or very very sharp knife, and scraping the blade across the itchy areas nearly at right angles to the skin. That works without removing hair.

A good solid scrub with a loofa or similarly rough scrubbing pad while taking a hot shower also works. It's not the temperature change, but the water softens the skin to make it easier to scrape off the outer dead cells.

Hope this helps...

I know what you're saying about the knife and razor blade but reading that gives me the heebie jeebies... like you would be cutting your skin off.

 

[drivingdaisy]

Use a piece of panty hose to scrub with in the shower, use to work well with carbon fiber itchyness.

Better yet use the polyester (blue) insulation instead of fiberglass there is zero itch with that.

I don't think he gets to choose the insulation when he is at work.

 

[drivingdaisy]

Fluoride

That's in the water anyway. haha

He was more of the beer will probably fix this mentality.

 

[drivingdaisy]

Learned this lesson the hard way...wash all of your husband's clothes from today seperately! Ex used to deal with insulation all the time, did our laundry together one time and I broke out in a nice little rash all over

His work clothes got washed separately from that point on!

Even though he was clean I was trying to convince him to sleep in the guest bedroom just in case.

He's been pretty good about keeping the clothes separate and not touching the baby until he's changed, thank goodness.

 

[Chris0nllyn]

I've had success using a bare razor blade or very very sharp knife, and scraping the blade across the itchy areas nearly at right angles to the skin. That works without removing hair.

I usually do this.