On: Enhancement of mosquito trapping efficiency using ...

[Tempest1981]

Tip: I sprayed some Deet on our door, and it caused the paint to bubble.

[klyrs → Tempest1981]

I spilled some DEET on a desk as a kid, and it stripped the varnish clean to the wood. Great if you want to take that long-procrastinated woodworking project camping?

[fogleman → Tempest1981]

Yeah, DEET is a plasticizer. It marred the body of my Canon camera after rubbing off of my arm and onto the camera.

[nucleardog → fogleman]

You can get picaridin repellants that are as effective as DEET and won’t do that. It’s also way less greasy and stinky in general.

[Projectiboga → nucleardog]

Almost as effective. But in a trade off picaridin is better vs flies and gnats. I feel a few percent less effective vs mosquitoes is worth what I hope is a less toxic repellent. It was first developed in the 1980s and is derived from peppers.

[mikestew → Tempest1981]

Keep it away from musical instruments if you’re outside jamming around the campfire: strips the lacquer finish right off.

And apparently strips the finish off a lot of things, say sibling commenters.