Question.

Is it better to be bare skinned if boiling liquid is spilled on you or to have clothing on?

I had hot water spilled on my feet that had socks on them and feel that the socks made the burn that i got from this worse than if i was to be unsocked. As you may appreciate I am unwilling to test this hypothesis again in an unsocked state.

I’m not saying you should not wear protective clothing where appropriate. Just asking a question.

For me the time that it took me to remove the clothing that was soaked by water seemed to be forever, also it felt like the clothing held the hot water against my foot and kept it at temperature for longer than if it was just hot water running off skin.

Trevtaowillgetyounowhere said:

For me the time that it took me to remove the clothing that was soaked by water seemed to be forever, also it felt like the clothing held the hot water against my foot and kept it at temperature for longer than if it was just hot water running off skin.

Bound to be the case.

Clothing is insulation. That’s why we wear it.

Trevtaowillgetyounowhere said:

Question.

Is it better to be bare skinned if boiling liquid is spilled on you or to have clothing on?

I had hot water spilled on my feet that had socks on them and feel that the socks made the burn that i got from this worse than if i was to be unsocked. As you may appreciate I am unwilling to test this hypothesis again in an unsocked state.

I’m not saying you should not wear protective clothing where appropriate. Just asking a question.

For me the time that it took me to remove the clothing that was soaked by water seemed to be forever, also it felt like the clothing held the hot water against my foot and kept it at temperature for longer than if it was just hot water running off skin.

This. Better to dunk the whole foot sock and all in running water and keep it there until it doesn’t feel hot.

surely it depends on the clothing like if it tends to keep hot stuff off it should be better, and if it tends to keep it on it’s worse

but yeah we’d probably run the lot under cold straight away and then start removing the garb once commenced

Trevtaowillgetyounowhere said:

Question.

Is it better to be bare skinned if boiling liquid is spilled on you or to have clothing on?

I had hot water spilled on my feet that had socks on them and feel that the socks made the burn that i got from this worse than if i was to be unsocked. As you may appreciate I am unwilling to test this hypothesis again in an unsocked state.

I’m not saying you should not wear protective clothing where appropriate. Just asking a question.

For me the time that it took me to remove the clothing that was soaked by water seemed to be forever, also it felt like the clothing held the hot water against my foot and kept it at temperature for longer than if it was just hot water running off skin.

Difficult question to answer. I think of it in the context of having McDonalds coffee spilled in my crotch when in public.

The underwear cools the coffee slightly, but also holds the hot coffee closer to the skin for much longer.

In the court case, McDonalds claimed that the lady should have stripped naked as soon as the coffee spilled, and therefore that McDonalds should not have been held responsible for the hospital bill.

mollwollfumble said:

Trevtaowillgetyounowhere said:

Question.

Is it better to be bare skinned if boiling liquid is spilled on you or to have clothing on?

I had hot water spilled on my feet that had socks on them and feel that the socks made the burn that i got from this worse than if i was to be unsocked. As you may appreciate I am unwilling to test this hypothesis again in an unsocked state.

I’m not saying you should not wear protective clothing where appropriate. Just asking a question.

For me the time that it took me to remove the clothing that was soaked by water seemed to be forever, also it felt like the clothing held the hot water against my foot and kept it at temperature for longer than if it was just hot water running off skin.

Difficult question to answer. I think of it in the context of having McDonalds coffee spilled in my crotch when in public.

The underwear cools the coffee slightly, but also holds the hot coffee closer to the skin for much longer.

In the court case, McDonalds claimed that the lady should have stripped naked as soon as the coffee spilled, and therefore that McDonalds should not have been held responsible for the hospital bill.

Mcdonalds staff should have held her down under a running tap.

mollwollfumble said:

Trevtaowillgetyounowhere said:

Question.

Is it better to be bare skinned if boiling liquid is spilled on you or to have clothing on?

I had hot water spilled on my feet that had socks on them and feel that the socks made the burn that i got from this worse than if i was to be unsocked. As you may appreciate I am unwilling to test this hypothesis again in an unsocked state.

I’m not saying you should not wear protective clothing where appropriate. Just asking a question.

For me the time that it took me to remove the clothing that was soaked by water seemed to be forever, also it felt like the clothing held the hot water against my foot and kept it at temperature for longer than if it was just hot water running off skin.

Difficult question to answer. I think of it in the context of having McDonalds coffee spilled in my crotch when in public.

The underwear cools the coffee slightly, but also holds the hot coffee closer to the skin for much longer.

In the court case, McDonalds claimed that the lady should have stripped naked as soon as the coffee spilled, and therefore that McDonalds should not have been held responsible for the hospital bill.

https://www.bennettphilp.com.au/blog/would-you-lawsuit-your-coffee

https://www.caoc.org/?pg=facts

I remember once I was cooking soup on the open fire and it was at a rolling boil and I took it off the fire to put it on the hearth..but I spilled some down my legs. I was wearing very thick slightly baggy jeans but the pain was bad wherever the jeans touched the skin and I remember pinching the material off my legs as I was trying to drop my pants.

I did have a little jar of magic given to me by an emergency nurse. It was silverzene with some pain killer in it. And it was immediately applied and it was so very good. I think treating it promptly really helped…coz it could have been one of the worst burns I have had but it wasn’t.

Trevtaowillgetyounowhere said:

Question.

Is it better to be bare skinned if boiling liquid is spilled on you or to have clothing on?

I had hot water spilled on my feet that had socks on them and feel that the socks made the burn that i got from this worse than if i was to be unsocked. As you may appreciate I am unwilling to test this hypothesis again in an unsocked state.

I’m not saying you should not wear protective clothing where appropriate. Just asking a question.

For me the time that it took me to remove the clothing that was soaked by water seemed to be forever, also it felt like the clothing held the hot water against my foot and kept it at temperature for longer than if it was just hot water running off skin.

The faster to accessing cooling running water is the best way to halt the burning. Anything that delays this would be make the burn worse imo , one of my brothers climbed up onto a pedal bin in the kitchen as a toddler in cloth nappies and a singlet and pulled a kettle of water down on himself. He was supposed to be supervised by a babysitter. My mum came home from work , to hear a scream from the kitchen as she entered the front door. She was a nurse at the beginning of her working life and ran to the kitchen scooped him up ran to the bathroom turned the bath on full bore cold water and got the now present babysitter to throw her a cotton sheet from the hallway cupboard around the corner from the bathroom. she stripped his hot water sodden clothes to cool his skin as quickly as possible , she also put the sheet into bath around him , which was also soaked with the cold water , she then did the handover to the ambos when they arrived. Her quick action made the difference as his chest to stomach looks like lighter pigment skin and his pores are like little craters in the skin but he doesn’t have the contractured disfiguring that a lot of burns victims had in his generation from a simliar type of burns incident.

monkey skipper said:

Trevtaowillgetyounowhere said:

Question.

Is it better to be bare skinned if boiling liquid is spilled on you or to have clothing on?

I had hot water spilled on my feet that had socks on them and feel that the socks made the burn that i got from this worse than if i was to be unsocked. As you may appreciate I am unwilling to test this hypothesis again in an unsocked state.

I’m not saying you should not wear protective clothing where appropriate. Just asking a question.

For me the time that it took me to remove the clothing that was soaked by water seemed to be forever, also it felt like the clothing held the hot water against my foot and kept it at temperature for longer than if it was just hot water running off skin.

The faster to accessing cooling running water is the best way to halt the burning. Anything that delays this would be make the burn worse imo , one of my brothers climbed up onto a pedal bin in the kitchen as a toddler in cloth nappies and a singlet and pulled a kettle of water down on himself. He was supposed to be supervised by a babysitter. My mum came home from work , to hear a scream from the kitchen as she entered the front door. She was a nurse at the beginning of her working life and ran to the kitchen scooped him up ran to the bathroom turned the bath on full bore cold water and got the now present babysitter to throw her a cotton sheet from the hallway cupboard around the corner from the bathroom. she stripped his hot water sodden clothes to cool his skin as quickly as possible , she also put the sheet into bath around him , which was also soaked with the cold water , she then did the handover to the ambos when they arrived. Her quick action made the difference as his chest to stomach looks like lighter pigment skin and his pores are like little craters in the skin but he doesn’t have the contractured disfiguring that a lot of burns victims had in his generation from a simliar type of burns incident.

Nice work.
I lost a great aunty in such an accident.

my mum used to put butter on burns.. because in the old days there was some weird home remedies.

Arts said:

my mum used to put butter on burns.. because in the old days there was some weird home remedies.

That was the same remedy in england when I were a lad.

Arts said:

my mum used to put butter on burns.. because in the old days there was some weird home remedies.

I think some people used to use butter instead of sunscreen.

Peak Warming Man said:

Arts said:

my mum used to put butter on burns.. because in the old days there was some weird home remedies.

I think some people used to use butter instead of sunscreen.

I remember people putting on coconut oil instead of sunscreen…

Bogsnorkler said:

Arts said:

my mum used to put butter on burns.. because in the old days there was some weird home remedies.

That was the same remedy in england when I were a lad.

and it did nothing to stunt your growth.

Arts said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Arts said:

my mum used to put butter on burns.. because in the old days there was some weird home remedies.

I think some people used to use butter instead of sunscreen.

I remember people putting on coconut oil instead of sunscreen…

It was the smell of summer for my childhood. Beach or swimming pool; you’d get a whiff of it everywhere there were crowds.

party_pants said:

Arts said:

Peak Warming Man said:

I think some people used to use butter instead of sunscreen.

I remember people putting on coconut oil instead of sunscreen…

It was the smell of summer for my childhood. Beach or swimming pool; you’d get a whiff of it everywhere there were crowds.

The sweet smell of ignorance.

Arts said:

my mum used to put butter on burns.. because in the old days there was some weird home remedies.

There was, and still are, some weird homes.

party_pants said:

Arts said:

Peak Warming Man said:

I think some people used to use butter instead of sunscreen.

I remember people putting on coconut oil instead of sunscreen…

It was the smell of summer for my childhood. Beach or swimming pool; you’d get a whiff of it everywhere there were crowds.

With the Beatles blaring on the transistor radio.

Peak Warming Man said:

Arts said:

my mum used to put butter on burns.. because in the old days there was some weird home remedies.

I think some people used to use butter instead of sunscreen.

You can use butter instead of sunscreen.

Just as you can use sunscreen in stead of butter when e.g. making a cake or for something to spread on toast.

The substitutions will be equally effective.

sarahs mum said:

party_pants said:

Arts said:

I remember people putting on coconut oil instead of sunscreen…

It was the smell of summer for my childhood. Beach or swimming pool; you’d get a whiff of it everywhere there were crowds.

With the Beatles blaring on the transistor radio.

lol :)

I am slightly younger than that.

It was probably ABBA, followed by KISS.

Excellent.

party_pants said:

sarahs mum said:

party_pants said:

It was the smell of summer for my childhood. Beach or swimming pool; you’d get a whiff of it everywhere there were crowds.

With the Beatles blaring on the transistor radio.

lol :)

I am slightly younger than that.

It was probably ABBA, followed by KISS.

the summer of 63/64 Dad(works supervisor) was working on the road up Barranjoey. We stayed at the caravan park. There was one then. It was deemed a holiday although it wasn’t that far from Pymble.

I remember lying on the beach with sister (15) covered in coconut oil and listening to the radio.

party_pants said:

sarahs mum said:

party_pants said:

It was the smell of summer for my childhood. Beach or swimming pool; you’d get a whiff of it everywhere there were crowds.

With the Beatles blaring on the transistor radio.

lol :)

I am slightly younger than that.

It was probably ABBA, followed by KISS.

Actually, it was probably mostly Elton John.

I mean if it is a good thick oily jumper the water might just roll harmlessly off.

Arts said:

my mum used to put butter on burns.. because in the old days there was some weird home remedies.

5 things to keep in mind when treating a burn at home

Well ok got it if abba is on use coconut oil but if its the beatles butter is better.

Trevtaowillgetyounowhere said:

Well ok got it if abba is on use coconut oil but if its the beatles butter is better.

roughie is right:
This. Better to dunk the whole foot sock and all in running water and keep it there until it doesn’t feel hot.

also don’t use ice as
the extreme cold can do
further damage to the skin.

Ogmog said:

Trevtaowillgetyounowhere said:

Well ok got it if abba is on use coconut oil but if its the beatles butter is better.

roughie is right:
This. Better to dunk the whole foot sock and all in running water and keep it there until it doesn’t feel hot.

also don’t use ice as
the extreme cold can do
further damage to the skin.

Oh yeah i agree. And thats what i did. Sock and all. However i would gave done this socked or not. So my point is is it better to not wear something like a sock when working with boiling liquids or go bare foot. Because if we have a vote im ticking the box that says no socks.

Again im not saying dont use safety equipment. But seriously who wears gum boots to boil a pot on the stove. No one.