Wax Burn

May 31, 2003

LOL!! My Saturday chuckle.

I have to say that lavender is my numero uno choice on a burn. I add it to emu

oil and swear by it. My youngest daughter (over 30 and really should know

better ;-) ) appeared the other day with a horrible sunburn. I mixed it up

for her and she was shocked that not only did the pain stop but the burn seemed

to heal rapidly without the normal blistering.

-Helen

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butch owen

Saturday, May 31, 2003 4:52 PM

Wax Burn

Yo Chris,

Since your post is around 10 hours old .. at least .. I reckon you have

the problem under control by now .. finally. So all you can do is plan

for the future.

> My klutziness never ceases to amaze me. I was wax sealing some of the

> VCO containers (trying to make them leak proof as mentioned the other

> day) and I walked out of the kitchen for what was supposed to be just a

> few moments - and I got distracted a little longer than I should have.

> When I got back to the kitchen the pot of paraffin wax I had warming up

> was a little too warm and had just started smoking so I removed it from

> the burner and went to put it outside the back door. Of course on the

> way outside I spilled some of the hot wax onto much of the top of my

> bare foot, and now I have a first degree burn with wax sealing it ;-p

Wear Jump Boots in the future .. when you cook, when you make soap or

when you burn up your paraffin.

> This actually happened a couple of hours ago. I didn't really take the

> time to tend to it like I should have because I had to run to a couple

> of stores before they closed (can't let the kitty go hungry), and I

> just got back a little while ago, took a few moments to unpack the

> groceries, feed the baby, and I just looked down at my foot and boy oh

> boy is it red ...

Next time .. you might wanna consider letting the cats and rug rats go

hongry for a bit whilst you stick your foot in a bucket'a cold water.

Course .. if you got Jump Boots on next time, just take'em off.

> I have my own ideas of what I do for burns, but having this thin

> layer of wax stuck to the top of my foot is a new one for me - its

> almost like it melted into my skin. Anyone have any ideas of ways to

> comfortably remove the wax, so that I can tend to the burn? ...

Yep .. cold water. And fast .. cause the wax kept cooking for a good

bit of time even whilst it was cooling. Then Lavandula .. lots of it.

> I don't want to go and scrape it off, cause, well, the skin is already

> rather irritated and in pain without doing that to it for goodness

> sake!

I reckon you used the water .. I reckon you didn't scrape it off. Now,

due to the irritation, etc., you gotta wait a few days afore you can

wear the Jump Boots.

Sorry about your totally careless and irresponsible failure to take

appropriate precautions and the way you erronously dealt with the

situation after it went down .. and for the pain it caused. ;-p

May 31, 2003

At 09:52 PM 5/30/2003 -0600, you wrote:

>Well,

>

>My klutziness never ceases to amaze me. I was wax sealing some of the

>VCO containers (trying to make them leak proof as mentioned the other

>day) and I walked out of the kitchen for what was supposed to be just a

>few moments - and I got distracted a little longer than I should have.

>When I got back to the kitchen the pot of paraffin wax I had warming up

>was a little too warm and had just started smoking so I removed it from

>the burner and went to put it outside the back door. Of course on the

>way outside I spilled some of the hot wax onto much of the top of my

>bare foot, and now I have a first degree burn with wax sealing it ;-p

Oh, Chris, Chris, Chris, what are we going to do with you? Silly wabbit

messing with the hot wax and bare feet. Sigh. Never mind my snakey scar on

my finger from reaching over my head to use a hot *glue* gun to tack up

some eucalyptus leaves. Just lucky it wasn't my eye it dripped in.

Enough klutz history. Of course, I put lavender oil - neat - on it. This

was six years ago, before the dangers of sensitization re: lavender were

known. I think that softened the glue enough to peel off, but you are in a

different situation.

First I would have called the emergency room, or a pharmacist. Believe it

or not, they will give out good information on matters like this. That not

being done, you having looked to your friends on the internet who are just

waking up to this many hours laters - ice. Ice water. Ice is the #1 way to

remove melted wax from fabric and furniture. Let's call your foot a

footstool and do the ice thing.

I think the ice alternated with a nice softening oil like coconut would

help, really.

PS I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOO glad there wasn't a fire. As Baba RammedAss said " Be

here now " .

As my old Jamaican second mommy says " You do your cookin in the kitchen " .

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May 31, 2003