u/stillwoozybby

Hydrofluoric acid risk from Whink?

I used some whink rust remover and followed precautions but then realized after taking off my yellow gloves that my fingers inside were damp and some of the product might have gotten on my skin in diluted amounts (my touching wet clothing that I squirted whink on).

After figuring that out I immediately put my hands under water for 15 minutes but I am still scared of risks because of another post and beyond that I can’t find much info.

I feel fine but seems like that doesn’t matter. Also there’s a chance my hands were damp before I put on the gloves. I really don’t want to go to the ER because I think it’s not a problem and of course that’s so expensive.

Does this seem like something that should generally be ok? Seems like the percentage is so low at 1.5-3% that it even undiluted wouldn’t be a huge problem?

Also the bottle is like 10 years old and I don’t know if that makes it better or worse.

And is soap and water the best way to wash that clothing because now I’m terrified of it.

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u/stillwoozybby — 3 days ago