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Susan
2008-07-16 09:10:05
Windex kills ants but leaves my walls blue (better idea?)
I have an ant infestation and I spray windex to kill the swarms of tiny
ants but it takes so much to kill ants that the carpets, walls, and grout
turns blue from the dye in the commercial window cleaner.
Do you know if I just buy ammonia and mix it at the correct percentage that
it will still kill ants without staining my carpets blue?
What percentage of ammonia would you use?
Do you know HOW ammonia kills the ants?
Is there a better way to kill an ant infestation?
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David Remley
2008-07-16 09:21:38
Re: Windex kills ants but leaves my walls blue (better idea?)
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:10:05 -0700, Susan wrote:
> Do you know if I just buy ammonia and mix it at the correct percentage that
> it will still kill ants without staining my carpets blue?
Windex isn't ammonia you idiot. It's alcohol!
http://avogadro.chem.iastate.edu/MSDS/windex_glass_cleaner_blue.htm
And alcohol has no effect on the ant species. Use bleach instead.
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salty@dog.com
2008-07-16 12:40:48
Re: Windex kills ants but leaves my walls blue (better idea?)
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:21:38 -0700, David Remley
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:10:05 -0700, Susan wrote:
>> Do you know if I just buy ammonia and mix it at the correct percentage that
>> it will still kill ants without staining my carpets blue?
>
>Windex isn't ammonia you idiot. It's alcohol!
>http://avogadro.chem.iastate.edu/MSDS/windex_glass_cleaner_blue.htm
>
>And alcohol has no effect on the ant species. Use bleach instead.
Forget all of these nonsense quack cures. Go to any hardware store and
get some TERRO. It will get rid of ALL the ants, not just the ones you
happen to see.
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h
2008-07-16 13:31:13
Re: Windex kills ants but leaves my walls blue (better idea?)
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:k19s74tdbuj3f9cpe018prcuuhh2t8fvmk@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:21:38 -0700, David Remley
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:10:05 -0700, Susan wrote:
>>> Do you know if I just buy ammonia and mix it at the correct percentage
>>> that
>>> it will still kill ants without staining my carpets blue?
>>
>>Windex isn't ammonia you idiot. It's alcohol!
>>http://avogadro.chem.iastate.edu/MSDS/windex_glass_cleaner_blue.htm
>>
>>And alcohol has no effect on the ant species. Use bleach instead.
>
>
> Forget all of these nonsense quack cures. Go to any hardware store and
> get some TERRO. It will get rid of ALL the ants, not just the ones you
> happen to see.
>
Yup. Terro is it. It used to just come in a bottle and you had to apply it
to cardboard or those plastic ant traps that don't work. Now you can get it
in little plastic containers that you snip a hole in the bottom so the ants
can get in. They go in, sup of the poison, then take it back to kill off the
colony. I put some containers out in April and I've watched at least 5
different colonies get wiped out. Tiny red ones, and 4 sizes of black ones.
One container was completely full of giant black ants one morning. I only
noticed it because the container was actually moving, due to all the ants
inside. They emptied that container in 2 days, which is VERY fast. I never
saw them again.
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salty@dog.com
2008-07-16 13:26:55
Re: Windex kills ants but leaves my walls blue (better idea?)
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:31:13 -0400, "h" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
><[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:k19s74tdbuj3f9cpe018prcuuhh2t8fvmk@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:21:38 -0700, David Remley
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:10:05 -0700, Susan wrote:
>>>> Do you know if I just buy ammonia and mix it at the correct percentage
>>>> that
>>>> it will still kill ants without staining my carpets blue?
>>>
>>>Windex isn't ammonia you idiot. It's alcohol!
>>>http://avogadro.chem.iastate.edu/MSDS/windex_glass_cleaner_blue.htm
>>>
>>>And alcohol has no effect on the ant species. Use bleach instead.
>>
>>
>> Forget all of these nonsense quack cures. Go to any hardware store and
>> get some TERRO. It will get rid of ALL the ants, not just the ones you
>> happen to see.
>>
>
>Yup. Terro is it. It used to just come in a bottle and you had to apply it
>to cardboard or those plastic ant traps that don't work. Now you can get it
>in little plastic containers that you snip a hole in the bottom so the ants
>can get in. They go in, sup of the poison, then take it back to kill off the
>colony. I put some containers out in April and I've watched at least 5
>different colonies get wiped out. Tiny red ones, and 4 sizes of black ones.
>One container was completely full of giant black ants one morning. I only
>noticed it because the container was actually moving, due to all the ants
>inside. They emptied that container in 2 days, which is VERY fast. I never
>saw them again.
>
The little 1 ounce bottle is still available. I just posted a link to
it in this thread. You don't actually have to put it ON anything. I
just put a drop here and there directly on the floor along baseboards
where they migrate. It doesn't seem to hurt the floor. It's not toxic
to pets or babies, so it doesn't really need the containers.
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Hell Toupee
2008-07-16 12:29:15
Re: Windex kills ants but leaves my walls blue (better idea?)
h wrote:
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:k19s74tdbuj3f9cpe018prcuuhh2t8fvmk@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:21:38 -0700, David Remley
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:10:05 -0700, Susan wrote:
>>>> Do you know if I just buy ammonia and mix it at the correct percentage
>>>> that
>>>> it will still kill ants without staining my carpets blue?
>>> Windex isn't ammonia you idiot. It's alcohol!
>>> http://avogadro.chem.iastate.edu/MSDS/windex_glass_cleaner_blue.htm
>>>
>>> And alcohol has no effect on the ant species. Use bleach instead.
>>
>> Forget all of these nonsense quack cures. Go to any hardware store and
>> get some TERRO. It will get rid of ALL the ants, not just the ones you
>> happen to see.
>>
>
> Yup. Terro is it. It used to just come in a bottle and you had to apply it
> to cardboard or those plastic ant traps that don't work.
Back then the active ingredient in Terro was arsenic.
Now you can get it
> in little plastic containers that you snip a hole in the bottom so the ants
> can get in.
Nowdays the active ingredient is boric acid. Still kills ants pretty
well, but it's a lot less hazardous to have around the house than
the arsenic was.
HellT
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clams_casino
2008-07-16 14:13:18
Re: Windex kills ants but leaves my walls blue (better idea?)
David Remley wrote:
>On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:10:05 -0700, Susan wrote:
>
>
>>Do you know if I just buy ammonia and mix it at the correct percentage that
>>it will still kill ants without staining my carpets blue?
>>
>>
>
>Windex isn't ammonia you idiot. It's alcohol!
>http://avogadro.chem.iastate.edu/MSDS/windex_glass_cleaner_blue.htm
>
>
>
>
Be careful about calling someone an idiot.
While alcohol is its primary active ingredient, it does contain a small
amount of ammonia (unless you get the vinegar version). Note the
reference to having a slight ammonia odor.
Its label also states "with Ammonia-D" - an SC Johnson trade name for
some type of aqueous ammonia compound..
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Steve Pope
2008-07-16 22:54:43
Re: Windex kills ants but leaves my walls blue (better idea?)
David Remley <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:10:05 -0700, Susan wrote:
>> Do you know if I just buy ammonia and mix it at the correct percentage that
>> it will still kill ants without staining my carpets blue?
>Windex isn't ammonia you idiot. It's alcohol!
>http://avogadro.chem.iastate.edu/MSDS/windex_glass_cleaner_blue.htm
>
>And alcohol has no effect on the ant species. Use bleach instead.
There is some ammonia in Windex and similar products, which is
why it kills ants, but it is cheaper/better to just spray
an ammonia solution. It is interesting that ammonia is not
listed in the materials safety datasheet you reference, but
it is definitely there.
Ammonia solution is the best way I have found to kill ants interior
to a residence, since it not only kills them on contact but
neutralizes the formic acid they leave on their trails for
other ants to follow.
For ants external to a residence, I like Grant's ant stakes.
Steve
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Harlan Messinger
2008-07-16 19:33:09
Re: Windex kills ants but leaves my walls blue (better idea?)
David Remley wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:10:05 -0700, Susan wrote:
>> Do you know if I just buy ammonia and mix it at the correct percentage that
>> it will still kill ants without staining my carpets blue?
>
> Windex isn't ammonia you idiot. It's alcohol!
> http://avogadro.chem.iastate.edu/MSDS/windex_glass_cleaner_blue.htm
>
> And alcohol has no effect on the ant species. Use bleach instead.
Yeah, bleach is a GREAT thing to get on the carpets.
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