My wife was cleaning out the front flower bed and got into some poison oak. Has it on both arms with the itching pretty bad. She tried Calamine, Hydrocortizone, Benedril, Bleach (works on chiggers) with no luck. She told me when she was a kid her grandfather would use coal oil for itching. I told her we didn't have any of that but we have kerosine.
I thought for a second and told her I've got something just as good and smells better, Hoppes #9!
Went up to the reloading room, got out a bottle and rubbed some on her arms. First time in 2 days her arms stopped itching. She put a bottle on the nightstand to use tonight. She asked what the guys at work would think of she wore some tomorrow since lots of them are hunters, shooters and ex-military. I told her she would probably get a couple of marriage proposals