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P · compound

Petroleum jelly

low hazard

Also: petrolatum, Vaseline-type

First aidHygieneFire

A moisture barrier for chapped skin, a rust preventer on tools, and a cotton-ball fire starter. It is an oil. Oxidizers hate it.

Shelf life
Indefinite
Container
Original tin or jar
Grade
USP white petrolatum

What it does

  • ▸Skin barrier (diaper-area, windburn, split fingertips)
  • ▸Light rust prevent on saw blades and gun safes (clean off before use)
  • ▸Cotton + jelly fire starter

Store

  • ▸Away from calcium hypochlorite and permanganate.

Hazards

  • ▸Flammable on cotton. Not for deep puncture wounds (it traps bacteria).

Never mix

Calcium hypochloritePotassium permanganate

In the field

A film on chapped desert hands at night. A film on a shovel in the shed. Not a film on an oxidizer lid.

Source

Pharmacy USP. Store-brand is fine.