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NV Whino

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16. Wow, didn't know it had been banned or that it had mercury in it

Reply to Bonobo (Original post)

Sun Aug 26, 2012, 10:51 AM

Aug 2012

Guess I'd better get rid of the bottle I have. Yep, played with mercury, too.

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Who remembers mercurochrome? [View all] Bonobo Aug 2012 OP

Everybody my age does, but... TreasonousBastard Aug 2012 #1

I remember mercurochrome. Arkansas Granny Aug 2012 #2

+1 PAMod Aug 2012 #31

+2 cordelia Aug 2012 #32

No Mom, not the yellow stuff...I want the purple!" Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #36

I never knew it was banned. nt avebury Aug 2012 #3

I didn't either. undeterred Aug 2012 #8

Shop class. The spray bottle looked old, even then.... Pholus Aug 2012 #4

Years of skinned knees Ineeda Aug 2012 #5

every scrape or scratch as a kid eShirl Aug 2012 #6

I've been treated with Mercurochrome and cleaned withPhiso-Hex, not to mention we knew a dentist ... Scuba Aug 2012 #7

When I was a young Boy Scout mikeargo Aug 2012 #9

My dad called it "the red medicine"... Tom_Foolery Aug 2012 #10

I remember it well. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2012 #11

remember it well - yikes! blueamy66 Aug 2012 #12

Monkey blood! Lars39 Aug 2012 #13

It was called "monkey medicine" in our house, and I had completely forgotten until your post Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #35

I remember playing with actual mercury! We are Devo Aug 2012 #14

My dad was an appliance repairman susanr516 Aug 2012 #25

Sure do. No medicine cabinet complete without it. sarge43 Aug 2012 #15

Wow, didn't know it had been banned or that it had mercury in it NV Whino Aug 2012 #16

I once had a whole bottle of the stuff dumped on my head. eppur_se_muova Aug 2012 #17

I remember getting painted with a thin glass tube. That's how it was applied, right? Baitball Blogger Aug 2012 #18

Yes, a glass rod fixed in a rubber stopper with a melted glass glob for a tip Brother Buzz Aug 2012 #28

Yup....it turned orange. lasted forever. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #45

I remember that and... pipi_k Aug 2012 #19

Oh hey, while we're on the subject pipi_k Aug 2012 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Aug 2012 #40

homemade tanning lotion, before self-tanners zen_bohemian Aug 2012 #21

In our neighborhood, it was melted cocoa butter in baby oil for that deep deep tan Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #38

THAT's what Boner's tan reminds me of!!!!! dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #46

I much preferred it to merthiolate. trof Aug 2012 #22

I sure do, Starsky and Hutch sang, "So mama don't you take my mercurochrome away..." 2on2u Aug 2012 #23

God - I do. AngryOldDem Aug 2012 #24

my mother used it for chigger bites rurallib Aug 2012 #26

Clear fingernail polish was my mom's remedy for chigger bites Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #37

years later I heard that that actaully worked. rurallib Aug 2012 #42

mercurochrome, merthiolate and iodine were frogmarch Aug 2012 #27

It didn't sting like Iodine. Graybeard Aug 2012 #29

I remember lost-in-nj Aug 2012 #30

I sure do ashling Aug 2012 #33

They still use it all over the world dr.strangelove Aug 2012 #34

That and merthiolate, which stung like hell. Blue_In_AK Aug 2012 #39

I do nt steve2470 Aug 2012 #41

I do. Didn't realize that it was gone. Moondog Aug 2012 #43

Oh hellz yeah, I remember it! kimi Aug 2012 #44

I do. I spent my childhood covered in it. And being washed with pHisoHex REP Aug 2012 #47

For those feeling nostalgic gvstn Aug 2012 #48

I sure remember it solara Aug 2012 #49