Pine tar soap does it help stop the bitting critters ?

[Twodogs]

Morning all

Any pine tar soap users out there?

The question is will using pine tar soap make you less tasty to flying critters when out in the woods?

Thanks for your input

Cliff

 

[JamPan]

I've not used pine tar soap, but I guess it'd need to leave a residue behind to act as a scent diverter. I make my own tallow soap with lavender and rosemary in it but it doesn't seem to stop them on me.

By chance I read about some common tree leaves the other day which act as a repellent. I'll have a look to try find which tree it was in the book. It'd be nice to see if that worked as critters seem to find me delicious.

 

[Toddy]

The stuff Xylaria makes works

Seriously it does help, especially if you layer up with the SS anti midge stuff too.

M

 

[Dave Dickinson]

Skin so soft from Avon works a treat. I managed to get 4 bottles of a woman in the pub last week.

 

[Macaroon]

Another one here recommending the soap from Xylaria, I couldn't call it a bomb-proof insect repellant but with regular use it keeps the critters off me for the most part. I have had issues with Dermatitis type skin problems
for a while now and it has improved that side of things immensely. It's also very pleasant to use and I get a lot of comments about the nice scent on the rare occassions I venture out socially.

I would have been eaten alive by now at this time of year, but all I've had so far is one from a Horsefly on the hand and one on the wrist from a Mossie, and the soap is all I've used this Summer.

 

[Janne]

mmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[Twodogs]

I have a block of granpars and a big block of Finnish pine tar Marrti sent over to me so I will give the "Chanel por homme" a go....
Thanks for the replys folks

 

[Janne]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[Samon]

The stuff Xylaria makes works

Seriously it does help, especially if you layer up with the SS anti midge stuff too.

M

Yeha I love that stuff. I've had several bars and treat myself to some musky soap stank now and then. It makes for a pretty reasonable shaving soap too!

No idea about bugs though, as bad as I generally stink I seem to be pretty resistant to bitters. Normal flys though.. pita, all over me lol.

 

[DavidJT]

I'm a fan of tar soap but for other benefits.
As far as I can tell, very little sent left after rinsing which could deter the insects.
I prefer naturally formulated repellent instead, but still wash with pine tar.

 

[Laurentius]

Morning all

Any pine tar soap users out there?

The question is will using pine tar soap make you less tasty to flying critters when out in the woods?

Thanks for your input

Cliff

I don't know and I am not sure what calls itself pine tar soap these days has remotely the same constituents beyond a bit of fragrance that pine tar soap used to have back in the day.

I have heard it said that citronella is a good insect repellant, something you can easily make for yourself from lemon balm. I think it is at least as effective as what you can get in poundland anyway

 

[Toddy]

Bit OT, sort of, but a blast from the past

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6107

 

[boney gumbo mcgee]

I have tried grandpa's pine tar soap, very expensive but nice, since then I have been using birch tar soap, its much cheaper and a bar lasts longer and sniffs better too, well to me anyway, I use it for shampoo & shaving too.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ECOLOGICA...3&hash=item281af1f4c9:g:sDcAAOSwKOJYG7ro#rwid


No connections etc

 

[Stew]

Personally I like the smell of pine tar soap but the wife moans so it's not been used much!

 

[uncleboob]

Personally I like the smell of pine tar soap but the wife moans so it's not been used much!

Love the stuff, love the smell, love how healthy I feel when using it...anyone know how to make it? Granda's is quite pricey!

 

[woodstock]

Well here's one for the book, Xylaria and I went to a drum camp in the woods straight away I spotted the dreaded cleg/ horsefly, so slapped our bug cream on all exposed areas not one bite guess who didn't and got 3 bites one bad one one the leg which is swollen and hot, what happens when you don't heed your own advice.

 

[Toddy]

Quality control or Product Testing

Sorry to hear about the bites though; I detest clegs, I really really do.
Miserable blighters, the de'il's own henchmen.

M