Insect repellent

Ray,

Once mixed how long does this last for. eg: Does it go off???

Going up North WA in June with a 6 month old baby and didn't really want to use the bushman etc which aren't recommended for babies.

Thanks

Ando

For some fun, tip this mixture into a water pistol and squirt it on cane toads. Kills 'em stone dead in no time.

It lasts in definately. Just shake it up a bit

We make a similar mix but also add pure citronella oil - get it from a chemist but not cheap - which seems to work very well and if mixed with water it goes a long way too. Doesn't leave that itchy unpleasnt I've-just-rubbed-myself-with chemicals feeling either.

Mix is: 1 x citronella - 1 x dettol - 5 x baby oil and water to taste.

I also think it might be affective in warding off leeches. No real proof of this. Just a one off experience where, after giving myself a good spray with this mix, I spent a ½ hour or so in a leach infested area and only picked up one or two, whereas others who were with me got heaps.

And an aside. A friend of mine who works for the NSW Cancer Council won't go anywhere near anything that contains DEET... says it's a probable carcinogen.

jc

hahahahahahaha that sounds better than putting on a mixture that either kills cane toads or melts plastic LOL