Best Soap for repelling Insects
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Incognito from Holland and Barrett is my choice. Used in the tropics a few years back and zero bites
It's not a soap but Avon's Skin so Soft dry oil spray is supposed to be a very good repellant
What a great topic, I get eaten and eaten some more and then some more all summer, Midge, Mozz and Horse flies, hate them all.
So, a soap that put them (even just one species) off of eating me is an interesting subject.
So, a soap that put them (even just one species) off of eating me is an interesting subject.
I second Avon Skin so Soft, while not a soap, it's good for after your morning shave.
I third skin so soft from Avon, and I use a localy produced hand made birch tar soap from priestlands birch.( www.priestlandsbirch.co.uk)
Not cheap but extremely effective with a lovely smokey scent and realy good for the skin too.
I use all their products,( including the birch liqueurs they make.)
I've been using them for about 4 yrs now so can say that the soap and creams are truly tried and tested.
Not cheap but extremely effective with a lovely smokey scent and realy good for the skin too.
I use all their products,( including the birch liqueurs they make.)
I've been using them for about 4 yrs now so can say that the soap and creams are truly tried and tested.
I am surprised insect repellents that contain Deet have not been mentioned.
Deet is good, however be aware that Deet works just as well at 35% as 80%. And therefore repellents containing Deet can be diluted and you will have more.
However it is not in soap.
Deet is good, however be aware that Deet works just as well at 35% as 80%. And therefore repellents containing Deet can be diluted and you will have more.
However it is not in soap.
That's because DEET is the juice of Satan, while it melts bugs it also melts everything else; lips, contact lenses, and the cheek rest of your rifle but to name a few.
It was suggested that i try Neem and eat more garlic. I love garlic, i eat tons of it.The bugs love my garlic blood. So far Neem has not made any difference.
I heard a rumour that they changed the recipe so it’s not too good now. Anyone know if that’s true?
Some of the stories of effectiveness of Avon Skin So Soft came out of Canadian tree planting camps. I believe that oil of Citronella was an ingredient.
Some say that there was gov't pressure to change the formulation to avoid getting tangled up as an unregistered insect repellant. I do not know what transpired, I've been away from the tree planting mob for a long time.
Oil of Citronella works. Even for Black Flies (Simulidae) when you work near moving water which is larval habitat. Dab drops of it along your jacket collar.
Some say that there was gov't pressure to change the formulation to avoid getting tangled up as an unregistered insect repellant. I do not know what transpired, I've been away from the tree planting mob for a long time.
Oil of Citronella works. Even for Black Flies (Simulidae) when you work near moving water which is larval habitat. Dab drops of it along your jacket collar.
Sure! Why not? Gotta keep the faith.
Talk to the tree planters about the mosquitoes and black flies.
If I knew a source of oil of Citronella, I'd tell you.
Talk to the tree planters about the mosquitoes and black flies.
If I knew a source of oil of Citronella, I'd tell you.
I can 100% vouch for that, spent a week roughing it on a caye off Belize. Mate and I were pretty much bathing in skin so soft, sand flies didn’t touch us. A lot of the other lads were eaten alive. It was way more effective than Deet.
The stink of cheap rum coming off us might have helped too.
Soaps made using Neem oil are effective from what I've read. I've not tried it but, it's something I want to try when making soap. I did a quick search and found this https://meaningfulchocolate.co.uk/products/soap-neem
