Permethrin how often

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Permethrin how often

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How often do you treat your clothes with permethrin? Do you treat once a year, or after a certain amount of clothes wash?
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I usually do mine about 2-3 times a season. Depends on the number of wash cycles!! BUT....the stuff "DOES WORK" as they say!!! :lol: :wink:
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Where did you get some ?
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Doe Master wrote:
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Where did you get some ?
I see your from Canada and it’s not available here. I live about 45 mins from the NY border, order from Amazon.com (amazon.com won’t deliver to Cdn) have it delivered to holding business just over the border, fill up my tank with cheap gas :) pick it up and declare when I come back. I usually buy a lot of other things to make the trip worth while.
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Okay that is still the issue with that product .
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I spray my pants about every 6 weeks. I order mine on Ebay from a US vendor.
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Doe Master wrote:
Fri Mar 26, 2021 5:45 am
Okay that is still the issue with that product .
There was a petition raised a couple of years ago to allow permethrin to be sold in Canada but I believe there was not enough signatures. Yes there is a down side with this product in liquid form ( before spraying ) is accidentally poured down the sink or in a lake, stream etc it is highly toxic to fish, reptiles and pet cats. That is probably why Cdn gov won’t allow it but I‘m guessing here the reason why.
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I spray my hunting clothing once before the season, so far so good.
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Boo wrote:
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I spray my pants about every 6 weeks. I order mine on Ebay from a US vendor.
That is what I do also. Once every 6 weeks.
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I do mine once a year just before deer season opens. I figure it will last at least a couple of washings. So far it’s been working for me.
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Can anyone tell me why when i add about an ounce or a little more to a 32 ounce plastic spray bottle of water if i dont use it up in a month or two it turns pink
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artifact wrote:
Fri Mar 26, 2021 11:22 am
I spray my hunting clothing once before the season, so far so good.
Yep, and I do not spray again unless I wash them more than 6 times. I have had very good luck with Game Hide Elimitic line of clothes, and for the past 4-5 years, that's all I wear. I gave my neighbor the jug of permetherin I had.
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Forkston wrote:
Sun Mar 28, 2021 10:37 am
Can anyone tell me why when i add about an ounce or a little more to a 32 ounce plastic spray bottle of water if i dont use it up in a month or two it turns pink
I have no reason why other than some kind of contamination somehow got in. I have never had that problem.
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Forkston wrote:
Sun Mar 28, 2021 10:37 am
Can anyone tell me why when i add about an ounce or a little more to a 32 ounce plastic spray bottle of water if i dont use it up in a month or two it turns pink
It must be something in the bottle. I mix 32ozs in a plastic bottle and it has never changed colors.
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