Jeyes Fluid

[MGT]

Anyone know if this stuff is still available? I've heard its excellent for killing ants in their nests!

Adele

[Keith Lanham]

Our Local Chemist has it on the Shelves

Regards Keith

[David Hearn]

Yes, still available from the sheds etc. Has been banned from certain uses though (plant protection uses) - but is still available. Nothing really to stop you from using it for these purposes, whereas a lot of items have been withdrawn from sale because of the ban, however as Jeyes Fluid can be used for lots of other things, it remains but just with restricted uses.

David

[Scott]

I always use some stuff from the pet shop which is supposed to be used for killing mites in pigeon coops. I think its called duramitex and is about £5 a bottle. A bottle mixed with a watering can of water and draw a line around the house with it. Seems to last all summer.

[troubleinstore]

They sell it at Savers for just under £3 a tin. Great for detering cats from crapping at the back of my shed.

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[IMM]

All Tesco stores stock it.

[Mike Tomlinson]

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Horrible stuff. The smell takes me straight back to my boarding school days.

[nightjar]

It is highly poisonous to cats until it dries. They can absorb it through their paws when they walk on it.

Colin Bignell

[Huge]

Excellent.

[troubleinstore]

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Great. Thought I hadn't seen the stupid moggy for a while

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[troubleinstore]

Got to be worth £3 of anyones money then

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[sneezy]

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Eeeeeeek! That stuff contains Malathion - an organophosphate poison. Be careful with it. If you spray it, avoiding breathing the vapour. Also avoid getting it on your skin - wash it off quickly if you do. The same chemical is in Derbac - an over the counter treatment for human parasites such as lice and scabies.

[IMM]

So, they let you out?

[Andy Dingley]

Yes (all over the place).

However my current workplace have decided that "it's too dangerous and we're not allowed to use it any more", which means that the stone flagged bike park area is a skating rink of slippery algae whenever it rains, yet they're refusing to do anything about it. Fortunately I'm not working there beyond this week and the weather looks dry....

[IMM]

They are probably breaking a law. Get the union rep to look at it.

[Ian Stirling]

They almost certainly would be breaking the law if they used jeyes fluid as an algicide if it wasn't tested by the makers for that purpose, and approved.

[Mr John X]

[Ian Stirling]

Recent legislation on pesticides/herbicides (only?) have cut a swathe through garden centers.

To continue to market a chemical of this sort (or even use it), the maker has to get it tested to see if it's safe.

This is expensive.

For some things, that are well out of patent periods, and have been widely available, there is no motive to do this.

If you stump up half a million or so to get the product tested, then you have no competitive advantage as anyone can then sell it.

[Andy Dingley]

One would assume that printing it on the can as a suggested use would imply a certain level of endorsement.

The great thing about using Jeyes fluid to shift algae, rather than pressure washing it, is that (especially on Bath stone) it doesn't leave that porpus surface behind that algae just _love_ to grow quickly on again.