I just moved to North Carolina three months ago... I built a shed and it got full quick. I had to leave a cardboard box outside and it contained my motorcycle helmet (Full Face, DOT approved). Now I want to use it and it has a few ants living in it. I need this helmet so I want to get rid of them without destroying the helmet.
2006-06-15 00:41:35 · 16 answers · asked by joecoolx19 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
Keep the helmet indirect sunlight that would be the natural way of getting rid of ants, else try some sprays avail at the stores
2006-06-15 00:44:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mix some sugar in a tiny bit of water and put a thin film of the mixture in a shallow saucer. Put the saucer next to the helmet. When the ants are all out of the helmet and in the saucer, hang the helmet up and clean out the saucer.
2006-06-15 02:09:37 · answer #2 · answered by haroldpohl2000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you don't want to use bug spray inside your helmet, then I suggest that you put the helmet in the refrigerator because the cold may kill the ants that inhabit the helmet.
You might even put the helmet in plastic if you decide to employ this method so that the ants don't start to invade your refrigerator.
2006-06-15 00:46:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can pull the liner out of the helmet I would do that, just to make sure that the ants have not started to break it down. Ant release chemicals and they like to burrow.
2006-06-15 02:00:46 · answer #4 · answered by B R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try an ant trap. They're usually available at a feed store and maybe a garden center. Vacuum out the carcasses and wash the insides and maybe shoot some febreese in to kill odors. Good Luck!
2006-06-15 04:20:40 · answer #5 · answered by frieburger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use sugar. locae a pile of sugar next to the helmet and in a few minutes, the ants will migrate to the pile. The pile can be as far as two feet for this to work.
2006-06-15 00:47:20 · answer #6 · answered by mbszoychen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use Ivory liquid dish soap. Mix a few ounces in a couple of gallons of water. Then find the anthill or nest and soak it with the soapy water. You can also put a bead of full strength soap across the thresholds of the house.....ants won't cross it. This also works well for earwigs.
2016-03-15 05:16:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sprinkle a sh*t load of baby powder in it and leave for a few hours,,no chemicals and nasty smells .This works around the house as well,,where ever ants are coming in ,,put down the powder and the ants hate it,,easy to vac up as well,and makes the house smell nice !
2006-06-15 01:02:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light up a Jamacan cigar and smoke them out...you'll enjoy both the cigar and the ant-less helmet
2006-06-15 09:04:31 · answer #9 · answered by Josh 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pitch it. It's got bugs in it. The bugs are there because they found something they considered "tasty".
Get a new helmet. You know you want a new helmet. That one has been inhabited by arthropods, for God's sake.
No one will blame you.
2006-06-15 04:34:27 · answer #10 · answered by Grendle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋