Thanks for the study, Al. Now I can just go and bathe in the stuff, make a nice martini with it and camp in comfort. :)
--- Allan Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I should have posed this question a few weeks ago > when > >we had the thread going. Anyway, what's the use of > >having a bunch of chemists sitting around if you > don't > >tap the knowledge. I have some small bottles of > 100% > >DEET. That concentration scares the heck out of me. > >What could I cut this stuff with (water, > alcohol..)and > >in what ratio and still provide effective coverage? > I > >always take the usual precautions, getting about 20 > >yards downwind from my gear when applying and > washing > >and sanitizing my hands before touching flyline. > >Thanks in advance for your help. > > Jeff, > > 100% DEET is about as harmless as anything you could > find. Not > drinking quality, because it tastes bad. > > If you're uncomfortable with using it at 100% > strength, you can > dilute it with alcohol.......preferably denatured > ethyl alcohol, but > rubbing alcohol works too. The majority of > preparations on the > market only contain about 50 - 75% DEET. I did see > one in the store > one day that only contained 5% (I didn't buy it). > > A lot of people also don't like the 100% because it > leaves your skin > feeling kinda oily (and definitely degrades fly > lines too). > > A very thorough and interesting (at least to me) > summary of toxicity > data (in good old-fashioned plain English) can be > found at: > <http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/DEETgen.pdf>, put > out by the > National Pesticide Information Center. > > Sounds pretty innocuous to me. > > Allan > -- > Allan Fish > Greenwood, IN > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
