This is our popular Pine Tar Soap remilled to add chopped oatmeal for additional scrubbing power: a great around the farm, shop, or truck soap for after those messy jobs. Like our regular Pine Tar Soap, this version will take off most kinds of grease readily, including axle grease, kitchen oils and fats, and the oils from poison ivy, oak, and sumac. Pioneers did not use coconut oil or palm oil: our pine tar lye soap is made in the traditional fashion with a touch more than 20% pine tar and tallow. Recipes using less than 20% pine tar may not remove posion ivy oils. This is the main reason I started making it myself: I am extremely allergic to poison ivy, come into contact with it often, and needed to be sure I could trust the soap I was using. Sold by the ounce in rough cut bars (2-4 ounces is a good bar). We will match the number of bars to your requested weight as closely as possible. Store excess bars in a cool, dry place. If you can clean up thoroughly within an hour or two after coming in contact with poison ivy, you can avoid developing the rash. I find personally that it works as well as the commercial Tecnutm wash. Remember that you can contact the oils again from contaminated clothing or tools even days later. If you get a rash, pine tar soap can remove any remaining oils and help to dry up and eliminate the condition. Pine tar soap can help to dry up a variety of irritating skin conditions in a similar fashion. [Note that the FDA has not evaluated these statements, although the National Psoriasis Foundation does recommend the use of pine tar. Try it for yourself and always get advice from a doctor for serious conditions.]
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