Re: Re: bug free cowboy camping
gary coleman <gacoleman-/[email protected]> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:39:49 -0700 (PDT)
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one of the Sawyer products for clothing treatment states 6 washings or 6 weeks. ________________________________ From: Mike Tamada <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 7:35 AM Subject: [BackpackingLight] Re: bug free cowboy camping >One way to avoid the creepy crawlers while cowboy camping would be too>Use a Tyvek ground sheet that sticks out one foot beyond your sleeping pad and soak it in permathrin. >That will keep centipedes and ants at bay and will even keep most mosquitoes from coming near.Fascinating idea, I recently got a bottle of permethrin and was going to use it to treat a shirt and pants; I hadn't ever thought of treating the groundsheet. Is there a way to tell if the treatment has worn off, or do you automatically re-treat say once a year?--MKT