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I just use diluted IPA in a spray bottle. Kills almost all bugs near instantly and it's relatively safe and very cheap.
by leetbulb 3y ago
I just use diluted IPA in a spray bottle. Kills almost all bugs near instantly and it's relatively safe and very cheap.
- TedDoesntTalk 3y agoWhat is IPA?
- kaoD 3y agoWhat does IPA mean here?
- cs02rm0 3y agoIsopropyl alcohol, I assume.
- genewitch 3y ago*except centipedes Due to the coronavirus i got into making my own IPA sanitizer spray with mint extract (careful, it can kill you, it's basically concentrated aspirin). 65-70% IPA by volume and 30-40 droplets of mint extract. Since i only sanitize my hands once or twice a day anymore i mostly use the spray for flying insects and roaches that manage to get past my cats.
- BenjiWiebe 3y agoWhat is concentrated aspirin? Mint extract or IPA? Neither of those contains any acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) as far as I know / can research.
- genewitch 3y agoI forget where i heard/read it - because of the information i was able to find back when, i treat concentrated mint oil the same as i did 10% nicotine. To the best of my recollection, the "aspirin" part was comparing what a high dosage/overdose was like. I apologize for making the inference that it was "like" aspirin. All i can find now is that menthol is potentially the dangerous part in concentrated mint oils - however i don't remember menthol being mentioned. I'm also used to claims of "misremembering" details from a half decade or more ago, and have since began screenshotting webpages with potentially controversial information, as well as saving and organizing all pdfs for studies i read, that are linked from news articles or social media. Hopefully situations like this one occur less frequently!