How to Get Pepper Spray Off Your Hands

Pepper spray is made from chili and oil. The ingredients are all natural but because of the oil base, it can be difficult to clean it off your hands. Unless you are allergic to one of the natural ingredients in pepper spray (oleoresin capsicum), you will not need to seek medical attention if the spray has only come in contact with your skin. The important thing to remember, as you are preparing to get pepper spray off your hands, is do not touch your eyes, nose or mouth.

Things You'll Need

• Bucket
• Water
• Liquid dish soap
• Clean towel

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Instructions

• 1

  Mix cold water and liquid dish soap in a bucket. The solution should be about 25% dishsoap to 75% water. Stir the mixture until the water in the bucket is full of suds.

• 2

  Place your hands completely submerged in the bucket. Rub your hands together as if soaping them while they are submerged. Do this for about a minute.

• 3

  Remove your hands from the bucket and towel them dry. Let your hands continue to dry in the air for another minute. Be careful not to touch anything other than the towel.

• 4

  Submerge your hands in the soapy water and repeat step 2 and 3. Do this 7 or 8 times until your skin ceases to tingle and you cannot smell any pepper spray on your skin.