Yes I got my first mosquitoe bit yesterday. A true sign of warmer weather. Of course I get it right on the top of my head so it looks like I was hit with a baseball. Besides wearing a hat, are there any good methods to keeping those varmints off you noggin?
I know this sounds crazy but it really does work. I guess you can call it a "home remedy." It's for people that don't want to use things with chemicals. Mosquitoes hate the smell of lemons. So if you get a little squirt of lemon juice and pat a little on your wrists and a little on your shirt collar it should keep them away. Another thing is to take a laundry dryer sheet and rub it on your clothing. Supposedly they hate the smell of that also. When I first heard of these two methods I thought they sounded crazy. So being the "big dork" that I am I did a little experiment. I rubbed a dryer sheet on my shirt and patted a little lemon juice on my arms and went outside with my wife. My wife was getting ate up and I didn't even have one bite. So I guess it works.
I've used Skin so Soft with some success, but I used some DeepWoods Off this past week and it seemed to work good. I'd recommend try one of those.
Quote from: SlickCountry on April 28, 2007, 10:42:50 AMI've used Skin so Soft with some success, but I used some DeepWoods Off this past week and it seemed to work good. I'd recommend try one of those.Good Question: is it Deet Free?
Quote from: Lance on April 23, 2007, 08:16:40 AMI know this sounds crazy but it really does work. I guess you can call it a "home remedy." It's for people that don't want to use things with chemicals. Mosquitoes hate the smell of lemons. So if you get a little squirt of lemon juice and pat a little on your wrists and a little on your shirt collar it should keep them away. Another thing is to take a laundry dryer sheet and rub it on your clothing. Supposedly they hate the smell of that also. When I first heard of these two methods I thought they sounded crazy. So being the "big dork" that I am I did a little experiment. I rubbed a dryer sheet on my shirt and patted a little lemon juice on my arms and went outside with my wife. My wife was getting ate up and I didn't even have one bite. So I guess it works. Dude, I am going to give the lemon Scent a go... I mean, My Call Sign is Mr. Clean
Quote from: Lance on April 23, 2007, 08:16:40 AMI know this sounds crazy but it really does work. I guess you can call it a "home remedy." It's for people that don't want to use things with chemicals. Mosquitoes hate the smell of lemons. So if you get a little squirt of lemon juice and pat a little on your wrists and a little on your shirt collar it should keep them away. Another thing is to take a laundry dryer sheet and rub it on your clothing. Supposedly they hate the smell of that also. When I first heard of these two methods I thought they sounded crazy. So being the "big dork" that I am I did a little experiment. I rubbed a dryer sheet on my shirt and patted a little lemon juice on my arms and went outside with my wife. My wife was getting ate up and I didn't even have one bite. So I guess it works. Does rubing ponopine work?