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I fixed a plumbing problem, crawled under my house

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So...your pipes were full of roaches and you cleared the pipes by killing the roaches w/boric acid?

That's what it sounds like, dude.
 
Originally posted by: MichaelD
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So...your pipes were full of roaches and you cleared the pipes by killing the roaches w/boric acid?

That's what it sounds like, dude.
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The boric acid is sold as a powder you can spray under the house. It kinda fogs out and settles on the ground. The insects get it on their legs when they crawl through it.

When they clean their legs off, they ingest it. And it dissolves their insides and they starve and die a slow painful death. I find there bodies under there, being colonized by fungi.
 
Originally posted by: Oceandevi
Originally posted by: MichaelD
😕

So...your pipes were full of roaches and you cleared the pipes by killing the roaches w/boric acid?

That's what it sounds like, dude.
Click to expand...

The boric acid is sold as a powder you can spray under the house. It kinda fogs out and settles on the ground. The insects get it on their legs when they crawl through it.

When they clean their legs off, they ingest it. And it dissolves their insides and they starve and die a slow painful death. I find there bodies under there, being colonized by fungi.
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fungi? now you have a new problem :evil:
 
Originally posted by: DannyLove
Originally posted by: Oceandevi
Originally posted by: MichaelD
😕

So...your pipes were full of roaches and you cleared the pipes by killing the roaches w/boric acid?

That's what it sounds like, dude.
Click to expand...

The boric acid is sold as a powder you can spray under the house. It kinda fogs out and settles on the ground. The insects get it on their legs when they crawl through it.

When they clean their legs off, they ingest it. And it dissolves their insides and they starve and die a slow painful death. I find there bodies under there, being colonized by fungi.
Click to expand...

fungi? now you have a new problem :evil:
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I would expect the decaying insects to become food for something. What would you expect to happen?
 
Originally posted by: Oceandevi
Originally posted by: MichaelD
😕

So...your pipes were full of roaches and you cleared the pipes by killing the roaches w/boric acid?

That's what it sounds like, dude.
Click to expand...

The boric acid is sold as a powder you can spray under the house. It kinda fogs out and settles on the ground. The insects get it on their legs when they crawl through it.

When they clean their legs off, they ingest it. And it dissolves their insides and they starve and die a slow painful death. I find there bodies under there, being colonized by fungi.
Click to expand...
My understanding of boric acid is that it is a desiccant that robs the body of moisture. It crystallizes inside the intestine of the animal and the effect rupture (cut up) the lining causing death.

 
Originally posted by: iGas
Originally posted by: Oceandevi
Originally posted by: MichaelD
😕

So...your pipes were full of roaches and you cleared the pipes by killing the roaches w/boric acid?

That's what it sounds like, dude.
Click to expand...

The boric acid is sold as a powder you can spray under the house. It kinda fogs out and settles on the ground. The insects get it on their legs when they crawl through it.

When they clean their legs off, they ingest it. And it dissolves their insides and they starve and die a slow painful death. I find there bodies under there, being colonized by fungi.
Click to expand...
My understanding of boric acid is that it is a desiccant that robs the body of moisture. It crystallizes inside the intestine of the animal and the effect rupture (cut up) the lining causing death.
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ruptured guts = dissolved?
 
Back in the day, chlordane was the shit. Spray that stuff under your house and it would sterilize it for the next ten years. Anything that went under there died. It would also leach into the ground and was a persistent environmental toxin, a drawback to be sure, but damn did it work.
 
Originally posted by: Greenman
Back in the day, chlordane was the shit. Spray that stuff under your house and it would sterilize it for the next ten years. Anything that went under there died. It would also leach into the ground and was a persistent environmental toxin, a drawback to be sure, but damn did it work.
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DDT was good too. Killed insects, snakes, rats, birds, pets, people. Guess the last two or three things was considered just a bit too effective.


I like seven dust for under houses and salt for weeds.
 
Originally posted by: Modelworks
Originally posted by: Greenman
Back in the day, chlordane was the shit. Spray that stuff under your house and it would sterilize it for the next ten years. Anything that went under there died. It would also leach into the ground and was a persistent environmental toxin, a drawback to be sure, but damn did it work.
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DDT was good too. Killed insects, snakes, rats, birds, pets, people. Guess the last two or three things was considered just a bit too effective.


I like seven dust for under houses and salt for weeds.
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:laugh:
 
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