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Posted: 8/3/2023 10:14:19 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: True. Also works great in place of pepper spray. One drop in your eye and nothing else in the world matters. Results are similar with Berrymans Carb and choke cleaner. |
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Posted: 8/3/2023 10:19:14 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Not sure why any homeowner (rural or not) doesn't keep wasp spray on hand. Most of them also spray much farther than automotive cleaners. It's cheaper too. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I don't get it. They make purpose-made sprays to deal with anything with six legs. Very cheap and like nerve gas to the damn things but yet people here will swear shit like brake cleaner is a better choice. It's not. Turns out brake cleaner is like nerve gas to them, too, and I didn't have to drive anywhere or buy anything  Not sure why any homeowner (rural or not) doesn't keep wasp spray on hand. Most of them also spray much farther than automotive cleaners. It's cheaper too. I usually only have to deal with 1-2 actual nests a year and I had can of brake cleaner sitting on the shelf that was sitting on the pine and ready to go. It worked wonderfully so not sure why the concern. If it works it works I don't see the need to go burn up gas, buy something, and burn up more gas at Brandon prices to do the same thing as something I already had ready to go  |
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Posted: 8/3/2023 10:21:06 PM EST
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What about shooting a nest full of expanding foam? That could be neat.
It's like those videos where people pour molten metal in an ant hill and dig it up, but for poor people. |
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Posted: 8/3/2023 10:26:01 PM EST
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Got stung by one a few weeks ago. It hurt. My house is partially stucco and partially wood siding, I found a place where they were crawling out.
Got some Raid and killed many of them. Monday I was finishing the yard and there was this very large one by a rock. It was mostly black with two distinct yellow stripes on the back part. Significantly larger than a typical yellow jacket. I cut that thing up with the string trimmer and enjoyed it. (the one that stung me got me on the wrist and my hand was swollen for 3 days. I fucking hate those fuckers.) |
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Posted: 8/3/2023 10:43:46 PM EST
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My grandpa would just climb a ladder and grab a red wasp nest with his bare hands and toss it to the ground.
He’d casually climb back down and smash it with his boot I asked him, “pawpaw, do they sting you?” He looked at me and said, “meh what you think?, it’s some damn wasp, of course they sting me”. RIP you old hard ass |
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Posted: 8/4/2023 11:58:41 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My grandpa would just climb a ladder and grab a red wasp nest with his bare hands and toss it to the ground. He’d casually climb back down and smash it with his boot I asked him, “pawpaw, do they sting you?” He looked at me and said, “meh what you think?, it’s some damn wasp, of course they sting me”. RIP you old hard ass |
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Posted: 8/4/2023 12:05:42 PM EST
[#7]
The good chlorinated brake cleaner, or this ghey new non chlorinated version?
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Posted: 8/4/2023 12:22:51 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Turns out brake cleaner is like nerve gas to them, too, and I didn't have to drive anywhere or buy anything Handing out cholinesterase inhibitors like a boss. I think brake cleaner just melts their exoskeleton or something. Works real good though. |
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Posted: 8/4/2023 12:27:24 PM EST
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Brake cleaner costs like 2-3x wasp spray op.
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Posted: 8/4/2023 12:34:50 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Brake cleaner costs like 2-3x wasp spray op. Brake cleaner here, because I've heard wasp spray will also kill you if it landed in your tea and you drank it. |
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Posted: 8/4/2023 12:39:16 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Brake cleaner here, because I've heard wasp spray will also kill you if it landed in your tea and you drank it. |
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Posted: 8/4/2023 12:46:19 PM EST
[#12]
Quote HistoryQuoted: If only the Mobile Infantry had some on Klendathu. I'm from Buenos Aires, and I say kill 'em all!  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/4/2023 12:48:00 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted:. A solitary queen was attempting to start a nest at the door to my parents back patio. Was patient with the scrubbing bubbles until she was inside but she still managed to fly out at me. Surprised at how huge they get. 
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Posted: 8/4/2023 12:48:04 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Don't use tranny fluid on them as it will only confuse the wasps. They still sell Bud Light? I haven't seen it |
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Posted: 8/4/2023 12:49:32 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't get it. They make purpose-made sprays to deal with anything with six legs. Very cheap and like nerve gas to the damn things but yet people here will swear shit like brake cleaner is a better choice. It's not. |
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Posted: 8/4/2023 12:53:46 PM EST
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Works better on scorpions in Arizona than scorpion spray does!
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Posted: 8/4/2023 12:54:57 PM EST
[#17]
Dragon fire ( castle carb cleaner) isn't bad either on wasps.
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Posted: 8/4/2023 12:56:24 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted:. A solitary queen was attempting to start a nest at the door to my parents back patio. Was patient with the scrubbing bubbles until she was inside but she still managed to fly out at me. Surprised at how huge they get. https://yt3.ggpht.com/a/AATXAJwsAnCU63YXLppVFQR886Xit7V6WV4y7gnVVA=s900-c-k-c0xffffffff-no-rj-mo |
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Posted: 8/4/2023 1:20:50 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Wrong. Brake cleaner will kill most insects dead within a few seconds. Ive used it for 30 years. Worst case spay some then light a lighter and it will burn to death. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I don't get it. They make purpose-made sprays to deal with anything with six legs. Very cheap and like nerve gas to the damn things but yet people here will swear shit like brake cleaner is a better choice. It's not. Wrong. Brake cleaner will kill most insects dead within a few seconds. Ive used it for 30 years. Worst case spay some then light a lighter and it will burn to death. The brake cleaner they sell in CA won't take down a wasp. Real wasp spray is the best thing to use here. |
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Posted: 8/4/2023 1:41:01 PM EST
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Posted: 8/4/2023 2:10:37 PM EST
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: A cup of good ol 86 octane works too. DRT. Like fall immediately to the ground dead. Yep, back in my landscaping and fence building days a shot glass of gas would drop a nest if you could reach it. |
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Posted: 8/4/2023 2:18:23 PM EST
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This thread makes me smile. I love to see wasps die. Kill ‘‘em all.
Brake cleaner, wasp spray, diesel, gasoline, whatever organic solvents you have generally works. |
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Posted: 8/4/2023 2:25:19 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Let me help you out here, a lot of us live in rural settings. Once you use up your wasp spray, you might forget to drive into town for some but you always have brake/carb cleaner or starter fluid in the shop,  |
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Posted: 8/4/2023 2:29:22 PM EST
[#24]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Wrong. Brake cleaner will kill most insects dead within a few seconds. Ive used it for 30 years. Worst case spay some then light a lighter and it will burn to death. It will also destroy the shit out of a lot of surfaces. |
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Posted: 8/4/2023 2:30:50 PM EST
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You have to use the red can chlorinated stuff, kills anything dead, but already eats paint and isn't that great for you either.
The green can, non-chlorinated stuff just pisses them off. |
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Posted: 8/4/2023 2:31:44 PM EST
[#26]
They don't like WD-40 either.
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Posted: 8/4/2023 2:32:33 PM EST
[#27]
Yep it fucks em up.
Having had the stuff in my eyes and in cuts in my skin, I can understand why lol. |
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Posted: 8/4/2023 2:32:51 PM EST
[#28]
Quote HistoryYeah, that's a toy. Look at the nubs glued into the base of the wings. |
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Posted: 8/4/2023 2:33:01 PM EST
[#29]
A pump sprayer and some dish soap will also fuck them up good. On a hot sunny day you'll want to douse the shit out of them on the ground too but it will knock them down fast and kill them in about 20 to 40 secs. I use that out in the woods. I'd spend a fortune in wasp spray otherwise.
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Posted: 8/4/2023 2:35:34 PM EST
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: My grandpa would just climb a ladder and grab a red wasp nest with his bare hands and toss it to the ground. He’d casually climb back down and smash it with his boot I asked him, “pawpaw, do they sting you?” He looked at me and said, “meh what you think?, it’s some damn wasp, of course they sting me”. RIP you old hard ass Respect. Now do bald face hornets and report. |
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Posted: 8/4/2023 2:37:42 PM EST
[#31]
Run out of Wasp spray, but always have brake cleaner?
Don't you also run out of brake cleaner? Buy both at the same time? Stock up on Wasp spray like you do brake cleaner? Just seems like a weird argument since they are both finite items that have to be replaced. |
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Posted: 8/4/2023 2:43:00 PM EST
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't get it. They make purpose-made sprays to deal with anything with six legs. Very cheap and like nerve gas to the damn things but yet people here will swear shit like brake cleaner is a better choice. It's not. |
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Posted: 8/4/2023 2:48:16 PM EST
[#33]
 Using Gas to Take Out Wasps || ViralHog gas’s those fuckers. |
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Posted: 8/4/2023 2:48:41 PM EST
[#34]
You won't like it either if it gets in your eyes. BTDT.
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Posted: 8/4/2023 2:54:44 PM EST
[#35]
Not to derail or brag,
So far far this year, I’m 8-0 with a tennis racquet vs. carpenter bees |
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Posted: 8/4/2023 2:56:21 PM EST
[#36]
Carb cleaner works too if you hold a lighter in front of the spray and get close enough to the nest. Trust me, as I kid i Loved roasting those bastards.
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Posted: 8/4/2023 2:58:56 PM EST
[#37]
All the roofers on our crews used to carry a mini WD40 can in their tool pouch. Killed anything flying drt. This was back in the 80s. I tried that on a wasp few years ago and didn't do shit. They must have changed up the recipe.
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Posted: 8/4/2023 3:01:18 PM EST
[#38]
I use brake cleaner and a propane torch for stand off flame thrower action when the new nests start appearing in spring.
Once their wings get burned off it essentially turns rhem into big pissed off ants. |
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Posted: 8/4/2023 3:01:31 PM EST
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: They don't like starting fluid apparently, either. Is that before or after the massive house fire....inquiring minds want to know.....
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Posted: 8/4/2023 3:02:41 PM EST
[#40]
My buddy says:
"You're supposed to use a lighter to turn spray brake or carburetor cleaner into a mini flame thrower. A quick burst will burn off their delicate wings. Don't kill mud dauber wasps, as they're not aggressive, like paper wasps, hornets and yellow jackets." |
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Posted: 8/4/2023 3:03:41 PM EST
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Brakleen the wasp and then hit them with the electric tennis racket/fly swatter. Makes a spark and then ignites the brakleen that hasn’t evaporated. Will make a trail of fire up a brick building.   for the video
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Posted: 8/4/2023 3:06:24 PM EST
[#42]
Brake cleaner doesn't have any effect on woodpeckers.
A pecker was trying to cut a hole in my garage siding. I just happened to have a can of brake cleaner in my hand, so I zapped him good and he took off. I then soaked the half-completed hole, figuring it would be too toxic for him. But he came back later and finished the job. Found him in my garage the next day, tearing up the window sill. I grabbed a broom and thus began The Battle of BikerNut's Garage. |
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Posted: 8/4/2023 3:06:30 PM EST
[#43]
You go to war with what you got.
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Posted: 8/4/2023 3:10:00 PM EST
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: woodpeckers. Careful, that's a federal offense |
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Posted: 8/4/2023 3:21:16 PM EST
[#45]
Wasps are like GD, they don't like anything!
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Posted: 8/4/2023 4:31:11 PM EST
[#46]
Wasps like bullsharks, are assholes...
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Posted: 8/4/2023 4:31:47 PM EST
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Respect. Now do bald face hornets and report. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: My grandpa would just climb a ladder and grab a red wasp nest with his bare hands and toss it to the ground. He’d casually climb back down and smash it with his boot I asked him, “pawpaw, do they sting you?” He looked at me and said, “meh what you think?, it’s some damn wasp, of course they sting me”. RIP you old hard ass Respect. Now do bald face hornets and report. He was tough, not stupid. lmao! |
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Posted: 8/4/2023 4:33:47 PM EST
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Warm soapy water works well. Yep. Been using that for years. |
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Posted: 8/4/2023 5:24:17 PM EST
[#49]
Dish soap work to.
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Posted: 8/4/2023 5:30:34 PM EST
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