How to wash potassium permanganate from hands

How to wash potassium permanganate from hands

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Potassium permanganate, as usual call potassium salt of manganese acid in life, is popular antiseptic agent. Usually the small bottle with crystals of dark red color is in each house. Often there is unforeseen – the glass with solution of potassium permanganate overturns, spills, there is problem how to remove bright red spots in which everything was painted around including skin of hands.

  1. It is known that potassium permanganate is dissolved in water, proceeding from it, try long time to take hands under stream. If you alternate washing of hands to wiping them, for example, citric acid, the effect will be better and stronger.
  2. Solution of ascorbic acid in which it is possible to lower hands or which can wipe them will eliminate spots or will make them less bright.
  3. It is possible to squeeze out juice of several lemons (if the painted area big) or one (if spot small) and to wipe with it hands. Solution of citric acid possesses the same action. Part bag of powder in glass of water and lower in it hand or wipe with the cotton tampon moistened in solution.
  4. Sometimes weak solution of peroxide of hydrogen helps with fight against potassium permanganate spots on hands. Only be careful not to bring the matter to chemical burn.
  5. Not strong solution of alcohol can be also applied to disposal of spots. Wipe with the cotton pad or clean rag moistened in it the soiled place. Do not use pure alcohol! It can injure skin, having left burns.
  6. Try to remove spot by means of acetic acid. Make weak solution, having diluted acid with enough water. Then moisten in it vatu or cotton tampon and wipe several times pollution on hands.
  7. White spirit which is universal solvent will help to cope also with the potassium permanganate which has soiled hands.
  8. If from the first it has not turned out, repeat the procedure several times. If solution of potassium permanganate was saturated, then time of spot descend only in several days. Have patience wash hands more often. Be not overzealous with solvents – you can burn skin of hands acid and alcohol.
  9. That such problem has not arisen, accustom themselves to put on gloves during all economic works and in interaction with strong dyes, such as iodine, brilliant green, potassium permanganate.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team

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