Critical safety warning: Hot Shots fuel additives products

Cubey

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I treated my tank with some Hot Shots Secret Diesel Extreme and I somehow came in contact with it either directly from a paper towel that I later wiped my forearm with to clean off grease during my W/S install, or from traces of it still in my diesel fuel that got on me during the install. Either way, it caused a mild chemical burn on my arm.

And yes, I think I can blame it for the LARGE red area I had on my arm within a day or so of installing the W/S. I recall rubbing my arm with a paper towel after working underneath. I don't recall what was on it, since I've never had any such problem before.

The label says, in the tiniest print, that "CAUSES SEVERE SKIN BURNS". Not even that it "may" cause skin burns, but flat out that it DOES:


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This warning can be found on both the Extreme additive and their "everyday" stuff, which I spotted at a Pilot Travel Center last night, which is how I noticed the warning, so I suspect it's on all their fuel additive products.

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I have had endless kinds of auto chemicals on my skin over the years and this has NEVER happened before, so be very careful with their products... it doesn't mess around. It WILL burn your skin.
 
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Perhaps the **** ACTUALLY works...
try some aquaphore
 

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Perhaps the **** ACTUALLY works...
try some aquaphore

I think it does, my MPG went back up a bit after one treatment with the Extreme stuff.

It's about half healed now I'd say? It's been over a week. I only realized it may have been a chemical burn last night. Red area isn't as big now and it's faint red. Still a little itchy but nothing bad.
 

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I thought I took a pic of it a week ago when I didn't know what it was, just to document it... but now I can't seem i find the pics.

Here is what it looks like now. The camera makes it show up a little more than it does in person, but you can see the red area for sure. It was FAR worse, to the point I thought I was gonna have to go to a doctor.

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This is just an image from Google, but this is roughly what it looked like when it was fresh. It was very localized like that, but did have one tiny spot a couple inches away with a clear area between.

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LoL only because you are ok. It took me years to figure out that rubber gloves cause blistering on my hands. Yet I'm not allergic to latex.
 

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The hot shot does work really well I use it every couple months and to amazing how it helps my fuel mileage. I had a bottle get a hole in my tool box and it took forever to get the smell out I can’t imagine getting it on your skin!
 

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Thanks for posting, Cubey. HotShots Diesel Extreme works well for me. I've been a user since Thewespaul endorsed it in one of his posts.

I'll treat my jug of it with a lot more respect thanks to you pointing this out.

This seems to be one of the few chemical concoctions that still work. I hope no one is careless with this stuff and forces the company to blend up useless crap.

I wonder if that lanolin udder cream ( seen it at many dollar stores ) would provide relief. Apparently it is a common healing cream used by dairy farmers, and a mass marketer picked up on it and made smaller jars of it available to everyone... It worked well for me when I had a run in with some paint thinner.
 

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Use hydrocortisone cream on burns and itchy skin for some relief and healing.

That's what I was using at first when I didn't know what on earth it was, even though it wasn't itchy. It's a little itchy since it's been healing but nothing horrible, I don't bother putting anything on it.
 

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I wonder if that lanolin udder cream ( seen it at many dollar stores ) would provide relief. Apparently it is a common healing cream used by dairy farmers, and a mass marketer picked up on it and made smaller jars of it available to everyone... It worked well for me when I had a run in with some paint thinner.

You wouldn't believe what lanolin will do. I used to shear all the sheep around here and the old timers told me it was the lanolin in the wool that protected and healed the sheep's skin. A few would get cut from the shears when acting up in the shoot but it took a MAJOR cut before they even bled. It always amazed me.
 

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Yup...

The following is in my medicine bag:

If its driving me crazy with itch, or pain, insect stings, hydrocortisone.

If its infected, or subject to imminent infection, BNC cream...also known as triple antibiotic cream.

If its a rash, fungus type thing, especially around groin, feet, a** crack ( gotta be a medical name for that ), tolnaftate, lotramin, clotrimitrazole, and any other antifungal you can try. Rotate and mix to try to find what works.

Abrasions, burns, not infected, but raw and painful...udder cream. Lanolin. Sold under a lot of different names.

I really like that lanolin. Just glad someone who saw it used on the farm made it available in smaller sizes. A five gallon bucket of the stuff is a bit of overkill.

And around here, you can get most all of it at the dollar stores.
 
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