Listerine bug spray

[Pit Crew]

Anyone tried it? and can you spray it on your skin?

What I have read reccomends spraying it on your surroundings, but if you can gargle with it........................................

 

[Wish]

We've tried it

We've had lots of skeeters this year....heard about this, and tried it. I honestly didn't see it working, seemed like we could spray a whole bottle and not get rid of them...maybe you have to use a lot? Is it supposed to keep them away or kill them?
It sure didn't seem to keep them away!

 

[buck50]

Anyone tried it? and can you spray it on your skin?

What I have read reccomends spraying it on your surroundings, but if you can gargle with it........................................

we use it, and it seemed to work well for us!!!! we sprayed it on everything, no irritation of the skin, no discoloration of any clothing!!!! worked well like i said!!!! it's funny this was brought up. we just heard about it 2 weeks ago and tried it, and no one else i know has ever heard of it before!!!!

 

[Pit Crew]

I will try it out here, the little buggars are frikkin brutal right now.............will report back soon.

 

[ouch]

I know someone who uses it and likes it.. id rather spray bug spray on me though.. tough call, give it a try

 

[H2SNOW]

ahhh Listerine ...not just a casual drink amoung friends down at the river bank .....lol

so thats why the Natives drink that all the time ..hmmmm

 

[Wish]

Ahhh

You spray it on yourself???? I thought you sprayed in areas around you.....no wonder it doesn't do the trick!

 

[RMK7SledHead]

spent the weekend at a lake that was FULL of skeeters with 10 other people. They all had Off and Cutter and whatnot else...20-30% deet...whoopity-do, it'd work for about 20 minutes, then you were covered again.

Me and the g/f on the other hand had "Bug Juice" which is 98.1% deet. This stuff makes your hands tingle when you're putting it on! And, if you haven't eaten in a while, you will get light-headed. LOL. BUT, I don't have a single bite and neither does she! We've used it for three weekends now and haven't gone through an 1/8 bottle. I think the bottle is 4 oz or so and was around $15, but it is sooooo worth it. She got it at REI (puke, I know), and I haven't seen it anywhere else in town. I'm gonna stick with the good chemicals before putting on mouthwash.

 

[bullfrog123]

Use TEMPO around your property!!! Enough said. I have sprayed twice this yr and not on skeeter on my property. Also controls spiders, earwigs, etc. $36.00 for 2 yr supply, (seems cheaper than listerine), and it is safe to spray INSIDE your home as well, can't say that for other insecticides. Won't harm trees, plants, pets, nor you for that matter. Get it at your local ag store or local fertilizer/chem dealer. As far as in the woods or the FAR back 40, just use something with 98-99% deet and your fine as stated earlier.

I'll get you more info if wanted, let me know.

 

[M.M. 700]

We use the listerine mixed with water, for spraying on the kids.

If you want to spray a yard, i have heard Melathoine(SP) will kill them. Stinks like heck for a day, but the people that do it swear by it.

 

[Pit Crew]

my buddy uses a propane hand held fogger & malathion with good results and very little smell.
I am not sure if Tempo is available here, the closest thing we have to an "Ag" store is the local hardware store. Does anyone out on the prairies know if we can get tempo in Canada?

I'm gonna pick up the listerine today and will report back.

 

[Pit Crew]

UPDATE: listerine good for breath, no good as bug repellent!!

 

[Skinner]

Use TEMPO around your property!!! Enough said. I have sprayed twice this yr and not on skeeter on my property. Also controls spiders, earwigs, etc. $36.00 for 2 yr supply, (seems cheaper than listerine), and it is safe to spray INSIDE your home as well, can't say that for other insecticides. Won't harm trees, plants, pets, nor you for that matter. Get it at your local ag store or local fertilizer/chem dealer. As far as in the woods or the FAR back 40, just use something with 98-99% deet and your fine as stated earlier.

I'll get you more info if wanted, let me know.

I bought some of the Tempo and a sprayer. How much did you spray around? and where. I have a wedding in the back yard this year and i don't want the skeeters to have a hay day. Thanks

 

[Blisteringsnorider]

Tried the Listerine for skeeters and did not see any protection....but it did seem to work on the deer flies....I know I can't explain that, but have used it every day I go out to move my water and has been keeping those sum biotches away.........

 

[montanasledder]

we spent 4 days rafting and camping on the madison river in Montana last weekend, Skeeters by the millions. All Listerine did was give skeeters good breath. 40% deet slowed them for a few minutes. 99.1%deet soaked clothing kept them off for a while

 

[bullfrog123]

I bought some of the Tempo and a sprayer. How much did you spray around? and where. I have a wedding in the back yard this year and i don't want the skeeters to have a hay day. Thanks

I have a 15 gallon sprayer for my wheeler and use the hand wand to spray up into the trees and under my deck. For the closer spots the wheeler won't fit I use a 1 gal hand pump sprayer. So far I have sprayed approx 20 gallons and it has covered 1.5 acres twice. Hope this helps. Let me know if you need more info. Froggy.

 

[Skinner]

I have a 15 gallon sprayer for my wheeler and use the hand wand to spray up into the trees and under my deck. For the closer spots the wheeler won't fit I use a 1 gal hand pump sprayer. So far I have sprayed approx 20 gallons and it has covered 1.5 acres twice. Hope this helps. Let me know if you need more info. Froggy.

Thanks all i have is the 1 gallon sprayer. How much Tempo do you put in to mix? What rate?

 

[bullfrog123]

I don't recall the mix rate off the top of my head, my bottle is out in the shop, so I will check it in the morning and get back to ya. One thing I can say is=== The label and instructions show the "basic" rates of mix, I usually add 15-25% on top of that for tempo, roundup, curtail, lv6, 2-4-d, etc. Just from what I've seen from my results. And for the record, I have seen better results with my formulas than what the labels say. Kind of like buying roundup in the little spray bottle from wally world, THAT CHIT is sooooo watered down it almost waters the weed rather than killing it. I buy my chems in bulk and mix myself, MUCH better results.

One thing to note is you will NOT see instant results with Tempo. When you spray allow 10 days to see some results, then spray again, then allow 10-14 days for full results to show. Plan your spraying at least 3 weeks before the wedding, any you should be good. The other key is, is finding their breeding spots and eliminate ALL water source if possible.

 

[Skinner]

I don't recall the mix rate off the top of my head, my bottle is out in the shop, so I will check it in the morning and get back to ya. One thing I can say is=== The label and instructions show the "basic" rates of mix, I usually add 15-25% on top of that for tempo, roundup, curtail, lv6, 2-4-d, etc. Just from what I've seen from my results. And for the record, I have seen better results with my formulas than what the labels say. Kind of like buying roundup in the little spray bottle from wally world, THAT CHIT is sooooo watered down it almost waters the weed rather than killing it. I buy my chems in bulk and mix myself, MUCH better results.

One thing to note is you will NOT see instant results with Tempo. When you spray allow 10 days to see some results, then spray again, then allow 10-14 days for full results to show. Plan your spraying at least 3 weeks before the wedding, any you should be good. The other key is, is finding their breeding spots and eliminate ALL water source if possible.

Thanks for the info i will start the spraying Tomorrow. Thw wedding is on the 16th of Aug. i better get busy!!!

 

[SAWYER]

bug juice sounds like anthrax. hahahaha. but whatever works