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Posted: 3/18/2009 4:22:29 PM EDT
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Mosquito season is coming up soon!
I've had all sorts of stuff damaged by repellant containing Deet. The stuff works well so I don't plan to switch (yeah, I know I'm gonna die anyway). Will Deet damage anything on my 6920? Soften the stock, remove metal finish, etc? Perhaps a bigger problem with my Leupold scope? I once had a Casio plastic watch that was destroyed by Deet; it didn't just soften the plastic, I had chunks of molten plastic stuck to my arm. Your experiences? |
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I would definitely try not to expose the finish of my weapon to DEET, and if it did get exposed, I would remove it PDQ.
(Read the can label - I'll bet it even says something on there about possible damage to certain finishes. Amazing we put the shit on our skin, eh?). |
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Deet is some nasty shit. I've had it tear up all kinds of things over the years (spools on fishing poles, a headlamp, the scales on a swiss army knife, etc.)
And yet I still use it because I hate mosquitos worse than whatever cancer it will probably give me 30 years from now. |
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I personally like this stuff. Stumbled across it at my local sporting goods store when packing for Boundary Waters. Use it all the time and the only thing I hear from others is that they don't like the smell. (citronella is a major ingredient). And as any other bug spray you don't want it on your fishing gear. Last summer I couldn't find it and used some Deet Deep Woods Off. Got eaten alive! Little bastards would land and bite me 2 seconds after spraying. Next day found the Natrapel and was fine while others using the Off were getting chewed on.
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Listerene (the mouthwash) works better then any bug spray, and it is much cheaper then it...Pour some in a spray bottle, and spray your clothes down. Not sure how the alcohol base will affect any of your firearm parts. It won't only keep them away, it will kill them if they land on you.
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Listerene (the mouthwash) works better then any bug spray, and it is much cheaper then it...Pour some in a spray bottle, and spray your clothes down. Not sure how the alcohol base will affect any of your firearm parts. It won't only keep them away, it will kill them if they land on you. Not to hijack but this is worth looking into. We have sand fleas here that molest you while bathing in DEET. |
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Listerene (the mouthwash) works better then any bug spray, and it is much cheaper then it...Pour some in a spray bottle, and spray your clothes down. Not sure how the alcohol base will affect any of your firearm parts. It won't only keep them away, it will kill them if they land on you. Not to hijack but this is worth looking into. We have sand fleas here that molest you while bathing in DEET. Yeah that's interesting. I am a mosquito magnet - I can be standing there with five other people, and the little bastards will swarm on me while leaving the others alone. I read an article about this and some scientists think that people who have more cholesterol on their skin (which is good, because it means your body is processing it more efficiently) attract more mosquitos. I'll have to try this Listerine trick this summer, when the Ohio state bird is out in force again. EDIT: But, (ahem - cough cough!) back to the "technical" discussion now. 
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I've heard it will SERIOUSLY screw up the frame of a Glock. I've gotten Deet on my Glock 19 frame and had no problems, although I wiped it off at the end of the day. Some chemistry guy tried to disolve a Glock frame using anything he could find in the lab and only managed a slight softening when left overnight in something awful. OTOH, I understand that DEET will totally ruin the snap-on Glock lights. Similar appearance to the frame but obviously different plastic. I would expect the military to require the M16 to be Deet-proof, but you never know until you try it. |
Trijicon warns customers to keep it away from your acog.....Seems that it really affects the fiber optic housing on top. hey go as far as mentioning that if you are a Deet user...... they have a different Fiber optic housing that resists Deet better...... That is some Bad Ass Stuff.....to eat through plastics....and still not keep them Georgia Skeeters away.......
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