Thread: Alum effectiveness

Dont know if this is the right place to put this but I figured its as good here as anywhere else. Does anyone know if alum blocks lose their effectiveness after a certain amount of time? Thanks

Yes, they are not as effective when you have a 3 inch deep gash along your neck, and have had said gash for more than five minutes. I'm afraid they are no longer effective after that amount of time.

Unless your alum block is mounted in something, they are effectively 100% composed of the active ingredient and as far as I know that ingredient will remain active for as long as it''s there. As hinted above, regardless of age alum may prove ineffective in treating slashed arteries or severed digits. Incidentally, alum also makes an excellent deodorant, the best I've ever used. It forms some kind of barrier between perspiration and the bacteria that causes odour so however sweaty you get, your pits will smell sweet.

Originally Posted by Ben325e

Yes, they are not as effective when you have a 3 inch deep gash along your neck, and have had said gash for more than five minutes. I'm afraid they are no longer effective after that amount of time.

Lol thanks for the advice.

Originally Posted by guildofghostwriters

Unless your alum block is mounted in something, they are effectively 100% composed of the active ingredient and as far as I know that ingredient will remain active for as long as it''s there. As hinted above, regardless of age alum may prove ineffective in treating slashed arteries or severed digits. Incidentally, alum also makes an excellent deodorant, the best I've ever used. It forms some kind of barrier between perspiration and the bacteria that causes odour so however sweaty you get, your pits will smell sweet.

Thats what I thought thanks.

Originally Posted by Ben325e

Yes, they are not as effective when you have a 3 inch deep gash along your neck, and have had said gash for more than five minutes. I'm afraid they are no longer effective after that amount of time.

In that case you can heat your razor until it is bright red and apply it to the wound, it should stop the bleeding.
Plays havoc with the blade's temper though.

McKie

Alum/s are typically fairly inert stable chemicals. As far as I know, they do not oxidize easily or hydrolyze. Unless you try to make them react with other chemicals on purpose, they would probably stay active for a long time. About the time component of the use of alum/s for for cuts and burns, I have read that they do not work as well if you do not use them right away. I am not sure that I know why that would be. I have to say, I have a styptic pen and it works very well.

Al raz.

In my experience... Use the alum block while your face is slightly damp. This should make your face feel just like a glazed doughnut. (YMMV)