Water won't work, DEEt is totally insoluble in it. As Allan said, ethyl alcohol or rubbing alcohol will work. (I took a break from grading tests - only took 7 3/4 hrs to grade the things....)
Mark Delaney On 6/12/05, Jeff Frye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- "So much water, so little time!" http://chemprof.tripod.com/fishing.html
