http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ How To Get Rid of Things: Forums Tag: vinegar en Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:09:14 +0000 http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/gnat-advice-effective#post-623 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:03:05 +0000 getagrip 623@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Why do you hate roaches? All they do is carry bacteria around. So let's say in the men's room of this restaurant some drunk guy missed by a few inches and the roach walks through it then its time to go into the kitchen across the stack of dishes and over the silverware to where the salad prep is all ready for the next customer. Yep..<br /> nothing like a roach..except for maybe a fly. Think of something that throws up every time it feeds..Oh there's one on your french fries. Hey Let's go out to eat tonight.<br /> LOL all your points are well taken. People just don't think about it. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/gnat-advice-effective#post-620 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:00:44 +0000 drudge 620@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Most bars and eateries have roaches regardless of what part of the world you are in. I hate roaches. I would move away, far far away. They are in your walls, if not in your apartment leaving their little droppings and multiplying like insanity.</p> <p>Regarding pet food, it should be removed within 20 minutes of exposure just for health reasons for your pet. (Bacteria). Wash their dishes with hot soapy water and dry them. End of problem. Also, change their water ofter during the day. Moisture can breed mosquito and other blights. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/gnat-advice-effective#post-365 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:17:02 +0000 samoya22 365@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>I was just commenting on her boyfriend's static guard usage as well. Interesting way to get rid of static and acquire a respiratory illness of some sort.</p> <p>With regard to your advice about how to get rid of gnats. These are very good suggestions, especially the pet food. I'd forgotten about pet food. I suppose it would make a pretty good medium for gnats/fruit flies to breed in if it were wet.</p> <p>I can imagine the old beer/beer bottles problem can get annoying. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/gnat-advice-effective#post-351 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:25:15 +0000 getagrip 351@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>LOL..I just read all of your posts..Good advice about the fruit flies!! Strangely enough I'm going to be leaving in a minute to do the pest control ( I run a company) in an almost identical situation. A nasty bar ( your feet stick to the floor) with apts above. My client is a slum lord and won't do anything about it. The health dept has been in and wrote up a two page report but no fine or action.( bought him off) You are fortunate that you don't have roaches or mice!! Maybe it's all that static guard your boyfriend sprays around. Have you spoken to the owner or manager of this place? Do they care? Ear plugs are on sale at Home Depot! </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/gnat-advice-effective#post-347 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:12:56 +0000 endobiont 347@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>HI!<br /> I stumbled across your website on what I thought was another waste of 8 hours' time, vortexing on the internet with no luck... But I was wrong. You ROCK!!! Your advice about the vinegar and dish soap... Nothing short of brilliance. Since I didn't have the cheap stuff, I used an $8 bottle of Mrs. Bragg's Apple Cider Vinegar that I was going to use for salad dressing and plain old Dawn dishsoap and combined in a very deep, fishbowl-type glass bowl. Within seconds, I saw 3 of those pesky things hovering (that's all they do, it seems, until they get tired, then I slap 'em with my palm and smear them all over my cabinets, counters, mirrors, etc) all over it. Amazing. Truly amazing.</p> <p>I want to add additional points to your sage advice:</p> <p>1) Don't spill wine, juice or vinegar (!!). If you do, clean it up IMMEDIATELY.<br /> 2) Only dispose of trash in covered containers within your home. Take it out EVERY morning.<br /> 3) If you feed your pets wet food, give them 10 minutes to eat what they want, then dispose (I use disposable paper bowls I buy in bulk) or pack away in the fridge.<br /> 4) Buy fly-paper and hang them where a) you feed pets b) your trash is c) anywhere else you see them around. Try to find the source.<br /> 5) If you eat fruit routinely and have to cut it, wash and store all utensils in the dishwasher. They can smell sugar on even "clean" knives/cutting boards sitting in a drainer.<br /> 5) If you live above a busy bar (like I do) whose employees dump old beer bottles, wine bottles, etc every 10 minutes into a dumpster near where your patio door is, MOVE. </p> <p>Thanks again, and more pointers are welcome!<br /> endobiont </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/getting-rid-of-asian-beetleslady-bugs#post-165 Sun, 04 May 2008 14:41:20 +0000 samoya22 165@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Very interesting, ccfj. Thank you for the tip. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/getting-rid-of-asian-beetleslady-bugs#post-164 Sat, 03 May 2008 18:05:00 +0000 ccfj 164@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>I think I found it!! At least since I've used it there haven't been any little visitors.<br /> Cider Vinegar!! Perhaps any vinegar will work. I wiped it around the windows where the bugs congregated - had had 3 dozen on Tuesday before I used the vinegar, 4 on Wednesday and one on Thursday and none since!!!!</p> <p>I got the idea from a visit, years ago, to the California coast when we had lunch at an outdoor restaurant. There were bowls of vinegar on the tables to keep the bees away. </p>