This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
Gas Cleaning
May
20
2014
Due to a small mishap, I ended up with gasoline on my hands for a few minutes before I could clean them. Since I didn’t want to handle anything lest I contaminate it, my wife looked up “how to clean gasoline off hands” on her phone while I did whatever steps she read off. Those steps are listed here, in order.
- Wash with soap and warm water. So that’s what I did. And scrub, it said. So I did. Helped a little, but not much.
- Lemon juice. And scrub. Not much effect.
- White vinegar. Just added a slight vinegar smell to my skin, which soon went away (the vinegar smell, not my skin).
That was it for the official suggestions, so we starting ad-libbing it here.
- More soap and water. Still no effect.
- Thieves oil, which my wife loves to use for a variety of things. This one had the most noticeable effect. After the thieves oil, my hands smelled like cloves and gasoline for a while.
- A little while later, I took a shower before going to bed. In the shower, I scrubbed my hands with shampoo. Just in case.
- Right after my shower, I shaved. So I figured “why not?” and scrubbed my hands with shaving cream.
I forgot to smell my hands before going to sleep. But in the morning, the gasoline smell was gone. So I don’t know which step did it, but if I ever spill gasoline on my hands again I’ll start with shaving cream and work my way backwards through the list.
If I should wash myself with snow And cleanse my hands with lye,
Job 9:30
This little article thingy was written by Some Guy sometime around 6:18 am and has been carefully placed in the Mishaps category.
