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Post by welder on Apr 23, 2024 19:27:23 GMT -5
I have always been a "tick magnet",has anyone tried this? I have read about it and bought a can this evening. The warning label is a little scary, LOL. Does it really work? Just spray on and let it dry overnight? Any help is appreciated.
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Post by scrub-buster on Apr 23, 2024 19:35:07 GMT -5
I mixed some up and use it when we go fishing or in the woods. It seems to work good for us.
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Post by welder on Apr 23, 2024 19:41:21 GMT -5
I mixed some up and use it when we go fishing or in the woods. It seems to work good for us. I bought an aerosol can,is it relatively safe to use? |
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Apr 23, 2024 19:52:41 GMT -5
Yes it’s safe. We’ve even sprayed it directly on our skin with no adverse reactions after getting seed ticks all over. Been using the concentrate for a long time and have had no issues with irritation or anything and it keeps the ticks away.
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Post by greghopper on Apr 23, 2024 19:57:54 GMT -5
The full strength stuff(live stock grade)is what will burn you skin from my understanding.
I never put any on my shin always just on my clothes…
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 23, 2024 20:05:53 GMT -5
Yes and it works well.
All my hunting clothes are sprayed and they dry odorless.
It is toxic for cats. I sprayed my clothes and hung them outside to dry. After drying I put them in my den for dressing in the morning. I noticed my cat sniffing my pants leg. I put them in the garage. I really don’t believe there is a cat toxic problem when it’s dry, but I wasn’t taking a chance. I like my cat!
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 23, 2024 20:12:20 GMT -5
Yes it’s safe. We’ve even sprayed it directly on our skin with no adverse reactions after getting seed ticks all over. Been using the concentrate for a long time and have had no issues with irritation or anything and it keeps the ticks away. For a severe infestation of seed ticks it would not bother me a bit to spray it on my skin to kill them off. What little irritation ( if there is any) would be better than letting just one of them get in under my skin. |
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Post by greghopper on Apr 23, 2024 20:18:21 GMT -5
Yes it’s safe. We’ve even sprayed it directly on our skin with no adverse reactions after getting seed ticks all over. Been using the concentrate for a long time and have had no issues with irritation or anything and it keeps the ticks away. For a severe infestation of seed ticks it would not bother me a bit to spray it on my skin to kill them off. What little irritation ( if there is any) would be better than letting just one of them get in under my skin. Yeah the right strength it can be used for lice and scapies on humans |
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Post by deadeer on Apr 23, 2024 20:47:23 GMT -5
Yes it’s safe. We’ve even sprayed it directly on our skin with no adverse reactions after getting seed ticks all over. Been using the concentrate for a long time and have had no issues with irritation or anything and it keeps the ticks away. Same. Just bought a new quart from Rural King, $20. Similar at TSC. I mix it up in a pump sprayer and let her have it all around the house and garage, wood shed, unfinished basement, etc to cut down on spiders and bugs. Noticeable difference. |
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Post by esshup on Apr 23, 2024 21:44:28 GMT -5
Yes it’s safe. We’ve even sprayed it directly on our skin with no adverse reactions after getting seed ticks all over. Been using the concentrate for a long time and have had no issues with irritation or anything and it keeps the ticks away. Same. Just bought a new quart from Rural King, $20. Similar at TSC. I mix it up in a pump sprayer and let her have it all around the house and garage, wood shed, unfinished basement, etc to cut down on spiders and bugs. Noticeable difference. I buy this to spray outside. www.keystonepestsolutions.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=426I don't spray around any flowers because it's deadly to bees. But there is a residual if it doesn't rain for keeping skeeters at bay, and it also works on ticks, etc., etc. 2-3 fl. oz. in 60 gallons of water. For the clothes, I buy the 20 oz container at TSC. Search on here, there was a thread a while back on how to use it for clothes. Spray on, let dry, then wear them. I believe the ratio was 1 oz of the permethrin to 19 oz water. |
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Post by Mack Apiary Bees on Apr 24, 2024 12:07:16 GMT -5
Same. Just bought a new quart from Rural King, $20. Similar at TSC. I mix it up in a pump sprayer and let her have it all around the house and garage, wood shed, unfinished basement, etc to cut down on spiders and bugs. Noticeable difference. I buy this to spray outside. www.keystonepestsolutions.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=426I don't spray around any flowers because it's deadly to bees. But there is a residual if it doesn't rain for keeping skeeters at bay, and it also works on ticks, etc., etc. 2-3 fl. oz. in 60 gallons of water. For the clothes, I buy the 20 oz container at TSC. Search on here, there was a thread a while back on how to use it for clothes. Spray on, let dry, then wear them. I believe the ratio was 1 oz of the permethrin to 19 oz water. The drift of the spray can kill hives 30 feet away. I few landowners have been sued and and some arrested for using it to kill neighbors hives. |
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 24, 2024 15:10:37 GMT -5
Don't take it for granted you wont get a tick on you after spraying with Permethrin. I've been home a couple hours and just felt one crawling on my scalp. Still look yourself over after you get out of the woods.
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Post by huntsemall on Apr 24, 2024 16:52:07 GMT -5
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Apr 24, 2024 17:18:29 GMT -5
That stuff is good for the gnats and no-see-ums.
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Post by esshup on Apr 24, 2024 21:07:16 GMT -5
I buy this to spray outside. www.keystonepestsolutions.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=426I don't spray around any flowers because it's deadly to bees. But there is a residual if it doesn't rain for keeping skeeters at bay, and it also works on ticks, etc., etc. 2-3 fl. oz. in 60 gallons of water. For the clothes, I buy the 20 oz container at TSC. Search on here, there was a thread a while back on how to use it for clothes. Spray on, let dry, then wear them. I believe the ratio was 1 oz of the permethrin to 19 oz water. The drift of the spray can kill hives 30 feet away. I few landowners have been sued and and some arrested for using it to kill neighbors hives. That's why watching spray drift, wind direction, etc., all come into play when using pesticides. I am leery spraying in above 7 mph winds, and won't spray anytime the wind is over 10 mph. A client's not so nice neighbor who is known to be sue happy that is across the street to the West tried to say that me spraying Glyphosate on the customers driveway caused his garden to die. His garden is approximately 75 feet off of the road with a lawn between the road and the garden, plus the road is 15 feet wide. I have a hand held weather device that tells Humidity, barometric pressure, wind direction, wind speed, wet bulb, etc. I took notes and pictures, knowing how he is. I got a letter saying that I owed him "$" for his garden and lost veggies or I'd hear from his attorney. I replied back basically saying go fly a kite, let me hear from your attorney. So I got a letter from his attorney. I replied to the attorney with all the data that I had from that day: what I used, at what rate, spray nozzle size, spray boom pressure, what dye I used to mark the spray pattern, and data showing that the wind was coming from the neighbors to my customers at 4-6 mph, etc., etc. I included pictures showing the neighbors lush green lawn and the dead garden. I also sent data from the National Weather Service for that location and date. I asked the attorney if he could explain three things to me. 1) How spray drift will go upwind, and 2) Please explain to me how his grass didn't die but the garden did. 3) If the overspray killed his garden, why wasn't the grass and garden blue like the areas that I sprayed? I never heard another word about it. |
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