½ Price Mortein Outdoor Professional DIY Surface Spray 2L $14.99 @ Coles (Starts 27/12)
½ Price Mortein Outdoor Professional DIY Surface Spray 2L $14.99 @ Coles
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These things go in sale like every other week… Matters more then I'm winter but special pricing is similar
If you’re at all handy, grab a small hand sprayer from Bunnings and a bottle of concentrate and you’ll end saving yourself some dough. The process is easy as, you mix in what you need and away you go. Realistically safety aspects are the same for either anyway so it’s not like you’re going to be risking your health by mixing your own. It’s also easier because you can cover a house much more effectively.
Link to suggested bottle?
Coopex is a good one.
Seems pulled from Bunnings website?
I use this; https://www.bunnings.com.au/hovex-1l-ultra-lo-odour-termite-… it seems expensive but for example 50 ML makes 10 L, it’s not just for termites you can use it for other pests too.
I use this; https://www.bunnings.com.au/aqua-systems-5l-garden-pressure-… to dispense.
Rubber gloves, long sleeve shirt, hat (wide brim good), glasses, mask and when you’re done chuck your clothes in the wash and rinse the gloves, mask and glasses with water.
I put the poison in and then add water but I think it’s probably much better the other way, but I think the water mixes it a bit better that way but it froths up so you have to keep an eye on the water level. It might stain some absorbent surfaces so keep an eye on that too.
We had issues with cockies but for the last little while they’re out the back twitching so it’s doing something.
Hope that helps.
I get the concentrate mainly to attempt ward off spiders as I'm a (****) with them. Deltamethrin and cypermethrin are the two most commonly used insecticides against spiders. So if you are also battling the 8 legged beast grab a concentrate with the highest concentration of either of those chemicals for the cheapest per litre. I'm currently using one which is 10g/L Deltamethrin and cost about $45 for a litre. When you consider the "professional" grades at the supermarket contain 0.05g/L Deltamethrin…. Well you can work out. Btw Cypermethrin is used at a much higher concentration
How effective and how long will it last ? Did you mixit or use 10g/L straight?
The label recommends 150ml in 5-10L of water for the first treatment then 75ml thereafter. To make sure I used probably about 50ml in 2L.
From my experience it's seems to work, only problem is I sprayed only the outside of my house and seems like there has been an influx of spiders inside my house now lol. Moral of the story is work from inside out to drive the spiders out not in.
A Pest Controller once told me that Spiders don’t groom themselves, residual chemicals won’t help. You need to spray them directly, so leave the web in place until you spray.
Might need a fact check though.
Yeah i read somewhere they pretty much can walk over the barrier and pretty much useless unless you spray directly onto them. I think my spraying has worked a little but it's definitely not close to making a 100% barrier from the creepy fu*$ers.
I have a bottle of this bifenthrin concentrate:
https://www.bunnings.com.au/hovex-1l-ultra-lo-odour-termite-…Use an old Mortein sprayer or get a pump action sprayer. Works out way cheaper. At the highest recommended concentration (100ml/10L) you get 100L for $60. Or you spend that $60 on 8L of Mortein. No-brainer. Just keep it secure and take appropriate precautions when mixing.
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This seems cheaper per litre for the same concentration
https://www.bunnings.com.au/david-grays-500ml-ant-and-termit…
What am I missing?
Looks like a different insecticide (bifrenthin vs permetherin). Each one is effective at different concentrations and also length of time.
That’s the obvious bit I overlooked. There’s also a similar alternative of https://www.bunnings.com.au/brunnings-500ml-ant-and-termite-…
Pretty sure that's pre-mixed? I think permethrin needs to be at that level of concentration, and bifenthrin is designed to stay potent for long periods. I don't think permethrin has the staying power.
Bifenthrin can be had much cheaper from farm supplies, as can other pesticides and some others that I don't think they are allowed to sell in Bunnings.
5L of Bifenthrin concentrate (500L when mixed):
- for $150: http://www.specialistsales.com.au/products-53/pest-control/z…
- for $90: http://www.farmerswarehouse.com.au/productDetail/CHEMICALS/I…In short, Bunnings is very expensive. Mortein is just an absurd rip-off.
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$30/L for the same ingredient
http://www.farmerswarehouse.com.au/productDetail/CHEMICALS/I…
Bunnings probably has exclusive rights to Hovex to prevent price guarantee.
Yep. I got the stuff at Bunnings for the convenience. My dad used to run an independent hardware in a semi-rural area. All the pesticides and herbicides were very cheap off the shelf as agricultural supplies.
As soon as it's sold to the masses via Bunnings, the markup is 100%+.
Sold by a "household" brand in convenient pre-mixed packs in supermarkets, mark it up a further 500%.
If it's for a wedding, triple the price again…
Actually funny you mention bifenthrin as I just aquired a small bottle of 98% strength i.e. 980g/L! Was thinking of going all out and just adding enough water to dissolve the powder and so it is a sprayable consistency. Should be potent.
Where did you find that?
Deltamethrin concentrate from famer supplies or ebay work out to be cheaper in the long run. If spray doesn't work and you have German cockroaches you use bait gel in combo with the spray. Spray low and bait high. So don't spray where you bait.
I prefer to use negotiation.