How To Mix Permethrin. No Ticks!
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- In this video I talk about how to buy permethrin in concentrated form and dilute it into a spray bottle. I don’t set foot in the woods without permethrin tick spray until at least the first frost. I’ll leave an amazon link below to the products I use. Thanks for watching!
Martin’s Permethrin: amzn.to/38ZzHHK
Man, I just finished mixing up a batch and sprayed my deck and all my hunting clothing for tomorrow's turkey hunt and continue for scouting and deer season. Like you, I'm a tick magnet. My wife one time pulled off 30 deer ticks off me. I'm sure she missed some, but hopefully no more. Great video!!!
What's cool is that permethrin is originally derived from chrysanthemum flowers, the seed casings in particular. Other flowers contain it as well, marigolds, daisies.. Flower power!
No it was the inspiration of this chemical. It was chemically changed to not be degraded by sunlight, and is a completely new and different chemical.
@@BozAwesome was going to add that as well as the natural chemical name is Pyrethrin.
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Great stuff,I'm also a tick magnet! This stuff stops them dead in their nasty tracks! 1oz in a big spray bottle,top off with tap water , spray down your clothes and gear. They don't stand a chance with this stuff.
Definitely spray your clothes the night before and let dry overnight. Good to go.
Oklahoma never cools of and ticks always be crawling 🙄
Can't say enough about this stuff!!
Can't wait to try it in the 2020 deer season.
At 13% concentration, you should use 25 parts water to 1 part permethrin to get 0.5% (13% of 1oz is 0.13oz; 0.13oz in a total of 26oz is 0.5%)
So 25 ounces to 1 ounce of permethrin?
@@luisholguin8046 if you need 26 ounces, yes.
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@@pandakso3365 I have no idea what you mean!
How much per gallon for fleas
I just purchased for chiggers. I am hoping and praying it works for them.
PS…sadly I have Lyme disease and 3 co-infections from ticks, in Northern California. Took several years to diagnose. I am an advocate, that IF you have one attach, go to doctor and get Doxycycline 100mg and take for 30 days. This would have helped my body kill the disease. It’s pretty much a generic antibiotic that works miracles.
So glad I found your video
Just now saw this video and loved it! Thank you!
I had to rewatch my own video recently to make up a new spray bottle batch.
I have the same bottle of county vet. when you fill the little measuring cup at the top it is 1/2 oz so you need to do that two times to get one full oz. I hope you still get your tick protection with half the permethrin let us know. Better for our pocket book!!
Im a flea magnet and it is getting so bad right now due to my cat but i was trying to see how to dilute this to spray it. But didnt understand the instructions 😂 thanks for the video.
Don't get any on your cat. It is poisonous to cats, sometimes even kills them.
PLEASE BE CAREFUL WITH CATS IT'LL KILL THEM
My problem is a river is less than 1/4 mile away. I eventually get a few mosquitoes inside my house, and they get me often while I am on the computer. It is warm enough that I run fan and I cannot here the mosquitos. When I see one it normally means I had already been bit.
So, I started with a bottle of the Sawyer's. My experience is that the mosquitos stay away from the treated clothing (sprayed) but they still get any exposed skin so there is still a need for something like deet or some of the smelly natural insect repellent I have. Unfortunately, it is often too hot for a long-sleeved shirt and in particular if I go outside like at get bit anyway.
One of the things it helped with was I found before spraying the clothing I was getting bit through my pants and socks. That has stopped. If I am wearing a sprayed long sleeve shirt if I leave the front unbuttoned, I occasionally get bit through my T-shirt.
I am on a Busch craft forum. One of the forum members lives in a tick area where he has them in his yard. He said they seem to stay away from white clothing. You at least could certainly see them easier on white clothing. I also read mosquitos prefer dark colors. I bought a pair of white hospital scrub pants and with the spray the mosquitos stay away from them.
I have read that with permethrin on your clothing it kills the bugs. That is not happening with the mosquitos in my house. Either they don't land, or they land does not absorb any permethrin.
For mosquitos. I bought a net bug suit. Unfortunately made in China and the largest size is tight. Anyplace the mesh/net is against your skin you can get bit. I have not gotten as far as spraying the net suit with permethrin.
I bought an inexpensive sort of jungle hammock. The lower part is nylon, and the upper parts are net. I set that up on my bed and it works for mosquitos and ants as you are all zipped inside. Except if a body part lays against the net you can get bit through the mesh.
I am about at the end of my Sawyer's spray and have a bottle of the Martain's 10% permethrin and this is one of the sites I looked at about mixing a batch of that.
I am having a tough time believing how many times treated clothing can be washed and still be effective. There is no way to test that effectiveness without you being the lab rat.
I only know of one local area where I live in S California that had Ticks and in one incident my father and my Dog got one each. Other than that, been out 100s of times camping with boy scouts (in the 1960's) and so on and no one ever said they got ticks.
Best wishes to all.
I did not know you could dilute Permethrin, I used a gallon full strength around the perimeter of my property. I have not seen a tick since!
Bahahaha I bet you don’t !
How big of a yard are we talkin here?
Sawyer - use undiluted.
10% or more concentrate - dilute!
Thank you for the information..I am having a problem with mites.. can you use this in your home, for example carpet, mattress, etc..and would you have to vaccum after it dries?
I would not. It has an odor and is meant for outdoor usr
Thank you for this video. It was very helpful. I tried to support your channel by ordering through your link, but you should know that you may need to change it, as unfortunately it failed. Repeatedly.
Fixed! Thank you for letting me know. Sometimes those links expire.
Thank you!! Well done!
It really will last weeks on your clothes. I tried it out last TN spring turkey season. Not one tick. I only treated once.
I use it in a fogger and do my entire forest!
No ticks anywhere
Perfume, Cologne, deodorant, also attracts ticks. My friends always have something to that sort on and they get covered in ticks. I wear none of it and never get ticks on me. And I spend a lot more time in the woods than them.
Is this concentration good for fleas too?
Can you use that on your dog?
How do I mix Permethrin solution in a spray bottle to apply on my horse??
If you have some it should be on the instructions.
Great video! Does this permethrin have a strong odor? I saw some reviews saying it has a strong gasoline type smell.
Yes it does have a strong odor. I wouldn’t call it a gasoline smell, but it does smell until it’s dry.
Sawyer’s is odorless….but expensive.
I have a 5 gallon bucket to spray around my house. How much do I need. The hold bottle?
I tried this before backing a few days ago and it worked! What I wonder, is when you sweat in 100 degree temperature does that re-wet the dried permethrin and make it absorb into your skin?
Tim Chasteen you know, I’m not sure. I detest ticks so much (and I’m a magnet for them), I literally spray myself and go. NOT what is officially recommended.
@@bowhuntingsoul2149o that is recommended by anyone, always ensure the clothes are damp when treating them and fully dry before using them. You should wash any part of your skin that this mixture touches.
Treated clothes last upwards of 5 washes. Never apply to the skin. This is not paranoia it is you literally killing yourself. If using a spray wear a mask and never breath it in.
@@Bound4Earth I am a physician and I have done some research on permethrin. The general idea is that it can be irritating to your skin, but your skin absorbs
@@eyeofreason thanks doc
Thankful 🙏🏼 God bless you
Is it safe once dry as I'm hoping to vdo my yard which has ticks but we do have cats
Concentration 1x Volume 1 = Concentration 2 x Volume 2
If you know any 3 of them you can calculate the 4th
0.5% = 0.5/100 or 0.005
13.5% = 0.135
Can it be used to treat areas around a kennel? Like for instance my kennel backs up to some over grown foliage and I spray ground around the kennel to keep them out?
I’m really not sure about it’s affects on pets.
@@bowhuntingsoul2149 It's considered safe for horses, cows, goats, dogs. The animals that you can use it on are listed on the instructions on the bottle (A heck of a lot of instructions lol).
My bottle of Martin's 10% has instructions for kennels, but you have to let it dry before returning the dog to kennel. It's dangerous to cats, fish, and bees, so think about runoff from the kennel before spraying.
Use mineral oil or baby oil instead of water and it’ll last a lot longer add peppermint or lavender essential oils and it’ll keep bugs flies etc off you or pets and horses!
Can you tell me when spraying my dog how often can or should I spray her?
I’m not sure. In fact I’m not sure if direct contact with pets is harmful or not. Whatever permethrin brand you buy, follow the manufacturer’s recommendations
@@bowhuntingsoul2149 I used the same brand you did 13% its for farm animals and said dog were safe to spray and let dry but did not see how often was all. Thanks for quick response.
@@tinah.4814 Yes, mine says that too. If you read the whole label (a nice chunk of reading but worth it) It should say. I think the basics are that you spray let it dry and 14-21 days. That might just be for spraying stuff in the house. Check your label it should clarify that.
I don't think you mean 0.5% it should be 5% - at least that's what the £20 ($25) 30g cream I got from the chemist for my scabies infested skin. Bedding stuff is usually 10% so I was wondering can I just mix the bedding stuff with E45 cream 50:50 to half the strength? Is that 50/50 by volume or by weight and also I worried that some moisturizers might either lead to greater than desired absorption of what is, essentially, a poison or maybe just react to neutralise it some way perhaps by locking it up in to some new long chain polymer where it can't do any good or just by creating a barrier on the skin that then when dries it just falls off. Fact that you're talking about 0.5% is concerning I think you mean something like 5 parts out of 100 then conflation resulted in this new figure... ?
My other concern of course was the possible presence of carcinogenic additives in the veterinary one which given we slaughter our cattle before they get old enough to get cancer might not be an issue for them as I'm going to live for at least another 150 years cancer causing carcinogens are something that I want to avoid!
The general recommendation for agri chemicals is to not store the mix due to loss in efficacy over time. Do you notice any reduced effectiveness with the older mix?
Not really but I only get 2 seasons of use out of the concentrate bottle
What’s the benefit of diluting it vs spraying the concentrated permethrin directly onto clothing?
It’s meant to be diluted. Not sure if concentrate form has adverse effects. Plus it will last you a very long time.
You just don't need stronger than 0.5 for ticks. So you're really just wasting it and increasing the chance of allergy on your skin using it stronger.
Can I put this solutions in my washing machine ??
I don’t think I’d put the solution itself in the washing machine. It’s meant to be sprayed on clothes then let dry.
No it contaminates the water system.
Dilution "Math" correction - Farm Guard 13.3% requires LESS than the 19 parts water to dilute the 10% products to 0.5%. "EFFECTIVE FORMULA: Controls pests for up to 4 weeks, 13.3% concentration delivers 33% more finished product than ordinary 10% products"
Im using a gallon i forgot how much to a gallon?
Can anyone tell me what happens if Permethrin was accidentally applied to a yard (no animals) undiluted?
I actually sprayed my yard but I diluted it. Not sure about undiluted
Update?
Liked just for the pun
I think says on the bottle, open outdoors in a well ventilated area.
don't inhale, glue, pvc cement says the same thing yet plumbers have to work indoors you know...
@@ordonezo1 Dont be stupid. Plumbing goes in before side walls and windows. The house it literally open skeleton of 2 x 4s. I know you meant well but again dont be stupid. Dont outsmart your common sense.
Dont be an idiot Frosty not all plumbing is done before walls and windows. Don't try to sound smart or outsmart your lack of common sense...
@@Mr.C-Mister Who's stupid? Gee I dunno... Somehow I think plumbers sometimes, might possibly, work on pipes-- bathroom, kitchen, laundry room--- AFTER a house is built. Ya think??? Or is a plumber never needed again after the house is finished? LMAO.
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Not to good in math, how much per gallon?
Assuming your using 10% permethrin solution.
To get a .5 (half a percent concentration)
Dilution ratio 1 part to 19 parts water.
Using a one gallon jug.
Measure 6.4 ounces of 10% permethrin and add it to 121.6 ounces of water in a 1 gallon jug.
The final solution will be .5 % and a final volume of 128 ounces which is 1 gallon.
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HIGHLY POISONOUS TO CATS
I have 22 rescue cats. I take mine to cemetery spray clothing let dry and when I get home I undress put clothes in a. Plastic bag and put in plastic container then shower.