Insect bites

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

So DEET is safe?.. so doesn’t irritate the skin, can be drunk like mothers milk and doesn’t burn like fuck if you get it in your peepers?

Haha Did you read that safety data sheet?

Causes skin irritation / harmful if swallowed / causes eye irritation (which from personal experience would be better described as pure agony!).

I did read the SDS. I'm actually a workplace COSHH assessor ;-)

'Safe' with the caveat 'use as per the manufacturers recommended instructions'.

And I concur; it burns like f*ck if you get it in your eyes.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Sandlewood soap is excellent, and it has no recognisable downsides.

What dya do with it? Wash yerself or hang it from a rope?

 

[mexico1970]

What dya do with it? Wash yerself or hang it from a rope?

Primarily wash yourself with it, after that you can do whatever you want with it mate :)

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Avon 'Skin so Soft' spray works a treat at a repellent (Amazon link). Jungle Formula contains DEET which is safe to use (Safety Data Sheet) but works on contact rather than actually keeping the bugs away.

Haha, I've just asked Mrs Ewing what that Avon stuff is called, and she's just gone off hunting down our supply. This stuff isn't strictly a bug repellent, is it? But it seems to work. We've told loads of people about it, those who go golfing for hours on end and the like, and they seem to give it 5* every time!

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Got bitten really bad a few weeks ago on holiday in Greece the both of us,but the Fuckers have followed us back here

Have they laid eggs in both arms? Yer could be a walking mosquito farm, incubating bug-proof bugs!

 

[Kippax77]

Death to all horse flies

 

[doots]

Death to all horse flies

Indeed, the **** of all cunts in the insect world,worse than wasps.

 

[deano ou812]

Indeed, the **** of all cunts in the insect world,worse than wasps.

Ahhh yes Clegs horrible blood sucking fuckers ..

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

An old Greek guy once told me to eat lots of garlic because it is secreted in sweat and garlic repels mosquitoes.

 

[kaz7]

I do the wrong but right thing for me , normal itchy bites i itch it , break the skin a bit , squeeze it all out , put antibiotic/steroid cream on ( fucibet ) then put a dressing on to stop me scratching further , by a couple of hours it has settled down

Anything like a horsefly i would ask the chemist

Dont take my advice lol