Tried the (relatively) new picaridin bug spray (gel, actually, in my case, but there’s spray and lotion as well) this season, and I am never ever going back to DEET.
No smell, no grease, no damage to synthetic fabrics, and works just as well as 90%+ DEET formulations if not better. Tested in deep woods crawling with ticks and inundated with mosquitoes. Major success.
Just thought I’d share as a bonus for my fellow federated campers who haven’t heard of this stuff yet. 5/5 stars, A+++++ would slather again!
Catnip and witchhazel. Always works great for me, doesnt smell great but I dont get eaten
I just saw this article in the feed about catnip! I never knew… Repel bugs, attract cats!? I’m into it!
Thanks for the advice wise witch of the woods.
How do you prepare the stuff?
Tincture works great, a bit of boiling required but altogether pretty easy. I was trying a wax method for longer application times and it seemed to work and wasnt as potent