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Advice from your Friends

How to Remove Bug Splats

Repel Mosquitoes

Bugs, Bugs, Bugs

An easy way to remove bugs from your RV is offered by the "Road Princess" (Janet Wilder).
Janet is a noted author in published journals, in print, and on the internet:

Mix about a quarter of a box of Cascade dishwasher soap, powder, not liquid, with 2 gallons of water in a bucket and just use your RV cleaning brush.

So simple. It seems to work.

Thank you Road Princess.

 

MOSQUITOES

From a friend in Indiana

OK, mosquitoes... prepare to be repelled!!!!!

  • Use Bounce Fabric Softener Sheets... Best thing ever used in Louisiana.. Just wipe on & go... Great for Babies!

  • Bob, a fisherman, takes one vitamin B1 tablet a day April through October. He said it works. He was right. Hasn't had a mosquito bite in 33 years. Try it. Everyone he has talked into trying it says it works on them. Vitamin B-1 (Thiamine Hydrochloride 100 mg.)

  • If you eat bananas, the mosquitoes like you, - something about the banana oil as your body processes it. Stop eating bananas for the summer and the mosquitoes will be much less interested.

  • This is going to floor you, but one of the best insect repellents someone found (who is in the woods every day), is Vicks' Vaporub.

  • Plant marigolds around the yard, the flowers give off a smell that bugs do not like, so plant some in that garden also to help ward off bugs without using insecticides.

  • " Tough guy " Marines who spend a great deal of time " camping out " say that the very best mosquito repellent you can use is Avon Skin-So-Soft bath oil mixed about half and half with alcohol.

  • One of the best natural insect repellents that I've discovered is made from the clear real vanilla. This is the pure Vanilla that is sold in Mexico. It works great for mosquitoes and ticks, don't know about other insects.

When all else fails — get a frog.

Remember: The Lord didn’t create anything without a purpose, but mosquitoes come close.