Southern Sportsman
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For those who mix your own permethrin solution to treat clothing, what kind do you use and what mix ratio do you use?
Thanks!
Thanks!
Permethrin ?
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Martin's 10% , the water based kind that don't stink. Mix is 1 part Martin's and 15 parts water = dead ticks and chiggers.
The most recent Martin's I picked up was 13%, so I mix it 1:20. Don't leave home without it!
megalomaniac
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I like mine around 0.75%. I need to retreat all my stuff I treated back on Mar 13th. Been washed 4 or 5 x since then, so I'm sure it's wearing off. Still, not a single tick or chigger on me so far this year! Amazing stuff!
Is it the stinky kind? The kind I get has a pic of a silo and some stuff on it.
I have wondered about mixing up some using the stuff from tractor supply, Much cheaper than what the sporting goods stores sell.
I honestly don't know if it has petroleum or not. Will have to check.
megalomaniac
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Works great, that's what I use. 31 or 33% concentrate IIRC
FLTENNHUNTER1
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See my signature line for mix ratios.
Gordon's is petroleum based and has a smell. I also found it to be not very effective.
TN Larry
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Martins 10% non-petroleum based mixed 1 oz to 16 oz of water. I bought a small pump sprayer that's around 30 to 40 oz off of Amazon and use it to apply.
Works really well.
Works really well.
PickettSFHunter
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Ranger Ready sells a 0.5% mix on Amazon for $17.99 for 24 oz. I just buy that anymore instead of mixing.
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That's what I use. I mixed my own once, accurately down to the drop. I soaked my clothes, let them dry a couple days, then wore them turkey hunting. I had ticks crawling on my freshly treated clothes. Granted this was with Gordon's. I went back to Sawyer's and never looked back. Not as cheap as mixing your own, but I KNOW when I use Sawyer's I won't find a tick on me.
All i will use because it works!!! If it cost three times as much im buying it, havnt had a tick since i started using it years ago
Andy S.
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Ditto! Exactly what I do with exact same product. I buy at local CO-OP or Stockdales if you have those in your area. Pre-treat day before and let the product dry to provide maximum protection and defense.
Same here! If I had known you got a commission I would've used your link when I bought a couple weeks ago.
No not my commission, that was just attached to the link i copied
That's what I use and mix it 16:1.
It has a little smell but nothing bad. I've always used it and never a problem with ticks.
It doesn't exactly stink, but it's not a smell I want to smell hour after hour for days and weeks. My main complaint was the first day I had ticks crawling on my pants like they weren't treated. Maybe I got a bad batch.
