2006-06-25 12:20:25 · 12 answers · asked by mama_t009 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
I have used this remedy for years, and my grandmother also used it. 20 Mule Team Borax laundry soap, pick up a cheapo ketchup squirt bottle at one of the dollar stores, fill it with the dry laundry soap and apply around baseboards, kitchen cabinets, where ever you see ants, leave it lay for several days, they will carry it back to their nest and it will kill them. When you no longer see any signs of ants, vacuum up the excess laundry soap and use remaining soap in the box to do laundry... do this every year at the first sign of ants in your house
2006-06-25 14:31:01 · answer #1 · answered by judy_derr38565 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I was starting to have a problem with ants, so one day I killed 3 or 4 after watching where they were coming from. Then I put the dead bodies on pieces of masking tape and put them in front on where the ants had come from. I guess they got the message, because there have been no more ants.
2006-06-25 14:35:41 · answer #2 · answered by Ana Thema 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just put a little Borax (you can find it in the laundry detergent section) in a jar lid or something with a little edge to keep it from spilling. The ants will carry it back "home" and die. Cheap but effective.
2006-06-25 12:28:20 · answer #3 · answered by melting_red_popsicle 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take a three table spoons of boric acid powder and sprinkle around the ants,ants will disappears or move.
2006-06-25 17:29:43 · answer #4 · answered by jojo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make a mixture of boric acid and peanut butter pack in 1 inch straws and tape to any place ants are they eat the peanut butter and walla! last supper
2006-06-26 21:24:01 · answer #5 · answered by David C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Instant grits. The ants take it to the queen, she consumes it. The dessicated corn meal swells inside her and, well, its not a pretty picture, but the problem goes away.
2006-06-25 13:02:19 · answer #6 · answered by davidosterberg1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
trap them into a glass jar with a piece of boiled egg. The poison could be harmful to any domestic animals or kids.
2006-06-25 12:25:44 · answer #7 · answered by Margaret golden girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
add borax ( the kind for your laundry ) with some sugar,,,wet it so its pasty,,,watch the ants carry it away,,,a few days later,,,nada
2006-06-25 12:22:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
get a whole bunch of advil bottles and spread the advil all over the house
2006-06-25 12:42:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I always use bleach, if they are on your counters wipe the counters down with bleach water, if they are climbing up your walls ,spray them with bleach water.
2006-06-25 12:31:10 · answer #10 · answered by pursayus 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋