What to do if sulfur sticks to your skin?
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This post was last edited by adsl121 on 2009-11-4 at 19:21. When discharging liquid sulfur, or during waste discharge or loading of liquid sulfur, it can splash onto clothes, where it immediately condenses and is difficult to remove. Even rubbing it with hands leaves behind marks. I’m wondering if anyone has any good methods for removing sulfur that sticks to clothes.
This post was last edited by adsl121 on 2009-11-4 at 19:21. Wiping it with carbon disulfide will likely damage the clothes as well.
One should wear work clothes; sulfur is probably non-toxic
This post was last edited by adsl121 on 2009-11-4 at 19:20. Haha, I’ll tell you the method. The sulfur on the clothes can be scraped off with a penny, and then they can be washed in the washing machine. Using carbon disulfide was simply to get poisoned and end up in the hospital.
We usually just use a small knife to scrape it a few times, then rub or wash it with our hands, and over time it disappears. It seems that this thing works in this way: when it sticks to clothes over a large area, it’s difficult to remove. Last time, one of my colleagues started the liquid sulfur pump; there was no pressure gauge installed at the outlet where such a gauge should be placed, and the valve was open. Another colleague happened to be standing there, and he got covered in sulfur – all of his clothes became hardened as a result, creating a sort of \"sulfur mannequin\". Hahahahahaha!
Crush the hard spots into powder – just pick it up with your hand and it’s gone.
It’s not easy to deal with this. I’ve thrown away several sets of my work clothes already, and I’ve tried scraping it off with a knife as well, but there’s still too much of it left to be completely removed. Does anyone have any good tips to share? However, some toxic substances really shouldn’t be used. I remember someone in our team putting carbon tetrachloride in a mineral water bottle and storing it in the tool cabinet. During shift changes, another worker thought it was mineral water, drank it because they were thirsty, and only realized it was carbon tetrachloride after drinking it; as a result, they suffered carbon tetrachloride poisoning and had to be rushed to the hospital. Thankfully, they were treated in time and survived.
There’s no need to think of clever solutions; it’s not worth it. Just scrape it with something, rub it by hand, or gently tap it before washing it.