How does 409 kill roaches?

[ZeroEffect]

...stuff works better than insecticides.
kills 'em dead fast. does the "detergent"
do something to them?

 

[mpg]

if i see a roach and it doesn't jump off the counter (god thats scary) i grab whatever i can to kill it. I like soap it gets them stuck.

 

[nateholtrop]

i am glad i dont have roaches EEEK!

nate

 

[datalink7]

Never been around many roaches, but I have a friend who used to live in mississippi or somewhere where their is a lot of them. He said that he used to turn on the light and you could see like 30 of them scurrying into hiding places.

 

[prodigy]

Could I spray some 409 into your mouth and see what happens?

 

[Tates]

Insects have a waxy coating on their exo-skeletons. The surfactants dissolve the waxy coating, and all of a sudden the juicy innards are exposed to the elements and dry up.

I have had the best success with the orange oil base concentrates. I use them on yellowjackets, and it stops them dead in their tracks.

Better living through chemistry......

 

[Passions]

I used to catch bugs and hold them with tweezers, light up a match and burn off their antenni or legs. I loved watching them squerm and wriggle in pain, then I let em go. I figured that way they would go tell their friends not to stick around my house. It works.

 

[beer]

We can develop weapons that can devestate entire countries but we can't design something that kills ants well.

 

[mpg]

LMAO bobby. or should i say bobby soprano?

 

[JimmyEatWorld]

Here in Texas, and all over the South we have tree roaches....which are the flying variety. It doesn't bother me, but alot of women get freaked out by flying roaches.

 

[yakko]

A can of compressed air held upside down does some wonders to bugs. Roachsicles anyone?

 

[tkim]

I FVCKING HATE ROACHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I FVCKING HATE ROACHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I FVCKING HATE ROACHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I FVCKING HATE ROACHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I FVCKING HATE ROACHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I FVCKING HATE ROACHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I FVCKING HATE ROACHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DIRTY A$$ PIECES OF SH!T
DIRTY A$$ PIECES OF SH!T
DIRTY A$$ PIECES OF SH!T
DIRTY A$$ PIECES OF SH!T

 

[mpg]

I swear i seen this roach jump or "fly" off the counter it scared the bajesus out of me.

 

[tkim]

that would scare more than the bejesus out of me *hears a squsih squish sound as he walks to the bathroom*

 

[ManSnake]

I once saw a giant roach swallowing a rat!!

 

[ZeroEffect]

they get pretty dang big here in Florida...
they fly too. Palmetto Bugs are what they
really are. ...you people thinking of roaches
that are like a 1/2 inch long are wayyyy off.
these nasty effs get to around 4 inches sometimes.
huge mess if you smash 'em (plus it's difficult)
...thus the 409. great from up to 10 feet away.
Kills and Cleans at the same time! I have a feeling
it suffocates them (not to get too gross about it)

 

[Zincq]

HAHAHA, this string reminds me of the Indiana Jones movie - Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Remember the part when they are in the tunnel (after Indy presses on some breasts from a statue)? Indy and Short Round are searching through this secret passage and end up walking through a floor littered with bugs. I remember Short Round saying, "What's that sound? Sounds like fortune cookies..." Then they lit up the tunnel and found themselves surrounded by bugs. SOO funny!


Ok... nevermind.

 

[HappyFace]

The 409 kills them, because the cleaner is made of toxic material! It's too weak to affect humans, but is strong enough to smoother/poisen nasty roaches. Die nasty bugs!!! :|

 

[ajskydiver]

Over cleaner works well too--it was the only aerosol, sprayable thing I had at the time...fast too.

~AJ

 

[Static911]

um...i don't think it does cuz i tried it...i used to catch roaches and test out different cleaning stuff...they are damn tuff to kill (used bleach, 409, windex, rubbing alky, scolding water i boiled, etc etc etc, finally dropped 4 booklets of matchs on it)

Static911

 

[Windogg]

Dumbasses like me with hair trigger reactions tend to use more IBM ThinkPads to eradicate bugs.

 

[guyver01]

<< they get pretty dang big here in Florida...
they fly too. Palmetto Bugs are what they
really are. ...you people thinking of roaches
that are like a 1/2 inch long are wayyyy off.
these nasty effs get to around 4 inches sometimes.
huge mess if you smash 'em (plus it's difficult)
...thus the 409. great from up to 10 feet away.
Kills and Cleans at the same time! I have a feeling
it suffocates them (not to get too gross about it) >>




Palmetto bugs are nothing more than giant roaches... but we don't want to belive roaches can grow that big.. so we name 'em something else... less scary that way