Getting sprayed by bear spray SUCKS

[dlist777]

I guess I kind of won a mini Darwin award this weekend.  I was cleaning out my garage and I had an old can of bear spray sitting in a jet sled.  I was moving some metal climbing sticks and threw one of them into the jet sled.  Well, it punctured the can and out came an entire can of bear spray.  By the time the sound of the spray reached my ears my face was ON FIRE.  That shit hurts!  I know LEOs and Marines have to get sprayed (or at least that's what I heard)...respect to them.  

Washing my face with soap and water for about 20 minutes over and over again finally got some relief.  But, here's the kicker.... the next morning I was out doing some work in the yard and started sweating and it was like getting sprayed all over again.  The stuff is an oil and I guess the sweat reactivated it.  So, if this ever happens to you, keep washing even after you feel better.  And you gotta use soap, water by itself really doesn't do much.  

The good news is both my daughters carry mace with them (they go to school in the city), it seems pretty effective.  I'm not sure how anyone could continue attacking someone after getting sprayed but I'm sure there are some....

 

[vdep217]

32 minutes ago, dlist777 said:

I guess I kind of won a mini Darwin award this weekend.  I was cleaning out my garage and I had an old can of bear spray sitting in a jet sled.  I was moving some metal climbing sticks and threw one of them into the jet sled.  Well, it punctured the can and out came an entire can of bear spray.  By the time the sound of the spray reached my ears my face was ON FIRE.  That shit hurts!  I know LEOs and Marines have to get sprayed (or at least that's what I heard)...respect to them.  

Washing my face with soap and water for about 20 minutes over and over again finally got some relief.  But, here's the kicker.... the next morning I was out doing some work in the yard and started sweating and it was like getting sprayed all over again.  The stuff is an oil and I guess the sweat reactivated it.  So, if this ever happens to you, keep washing even after you feel better.  And you gotta use soap, water by itself really doesn't do much.  

The good news is both my daughters carry mace with them (they go to school in the city), it seems pretty effective.  I'm not sure how anyone could continue attacking someone after getting sprayed but I'm sure there are some....

 

Damn at least that's all it was..  there are some people that it dont have that great of an effect on,  but in thus state it's better than nothing

[Rusty]

That sucks.  

[Kype]

that sucks. i bought my wife a pepper spray to keep one in car, and one in purse. the stuff i bought says OC spray and will also show under a light days after for law enforcement. 

does it work? not sure. i tried buying the gel pepper spray but of course its illegal in this shit ass state. 

[Pqreturn62]

If it’s oil-based, it stands to reason that dish soap would work best as it’s a degreaser.

thanks for the laugh today though haha!

[gobblergetter]

Dawn to the rescue

[Merkel]

Man, sorry it happened to you.  I’ve often wonder how it would feel if I had to use the spray in unfavorable wind conditions and got blowback...... yikes  

[Tarhunt]

My Marine son laughs at you.

[birdshotnj]

I knew a cop who used to spray it on his pizza to prove a point. Crazy ol' Irish 

[Buck154]

LOL. What do you need that for any ways. Jingle you keys or throw a donuts at it. 

[Zipper]

We used to call it Little Trooper in a can. Yep it's effective. I saw a chuckle head one of my guys arrested dunking his face in the toilet water of our holding cell. Of course we sprayed each others air conditioning vents in patrol cars putting the fan on high when shutting down the car.  The next guy who started that car was in for a surprise.

[LPJR]

2 hours ago, Zipper said:

We used to call it Little Trooper in a can. Yep it's effective. I saw a chuckle head one of my guys arrested dunking his face in the toilet water of our holding cell. Of course we sprayed each others air conditioning vents in patrol cars putting the fan on high when shutting down the car.  The next guy who started that car was in for a surprise.

Lmao. Also known as Karate in a Can on the duty belt. 

[ChefBrian]

you can use makeup removal wipes to get that off your skin, especially your face.

[Jim_]

21 hours ago, dlist777 said:

… I know LEOs … have to get sprayed (or at least that's what I heard)...respect to them.  …

 A large dose of maximum concentration spray, . Then, have to wrestle "bad guys" to affect arrest.

At Sea Girt, anyway.

Friendly advice … don't eat the yellow snow, and remember not to breathe in while being sprayed. 

Edited July 9, 2019 by Jim_

[Bucndoe]

Yes it burns, and yes it sucks