Originally Posted by
Iride01
For larger jobs mineral spirits, though I tend to break out like I had poison ivy if I don't use gloves and wash soon after. I think that's just me though. I used to help a house painter when a teen and we all but bathed in the stuff during and after a job. After a few years of that I started getting sensitive to it.
That sensitization is common and well known. Used to be a major occupational hazard for painters. There is simply no way to know who will become sensitive before it occurs. No way to know how much exposure it will take before symptoms begin. And the symptoms can be much worse than dermatitis. More than enough reason to stay away from all these products and to use absolute minimum quantities when there are not obvious options. Once sensitization has begun you should really entirely stay away from this stuff. You are not risking worse skin irritation, the big problems are neurological and amplify in all directions.