ANTS hate Oxine!

[Jenski]

For those of you who are having ant problems this season - - and who also hate pesticides - - I recently discovered that my trusty Oxine (bleach) works on ants! I keep a spray bottle of Oxine mixed with water at a very strong cleaning strength under my kitchen sink, and when I saw ants on the kitchen shelf I grabbed the bottle and just started spraying. It seemed to mess up their scent trail, and it also killed ants on contact. . . . and no worrying about getting pesticides near my food! I just wipe up and I'm good to go.

Hope that helps other BYC folks!

 

[speckledhen]

That was a surprise to me when someone said it killed lice and mites. I had no idea. Great to know! I know bleach does, but Oxine is what I'm using around the birds and even on occasion a few drops in their waterers.

 

[WillieBoy]

Okay, is Oxine the same as bleach or isn't it...? Jenski's post and Speckledhens post seem to contradict eash others...! I know what bleach is, never heard of oxine..

 

[colebarnhart]

Yeah, what is oxine??? Assuming it's sold and located by the tide and detergent type stuff

 

[redhen]

Where do you buy it?? What strength do i dilute it to?
And will it kill my animals if they eat grass sprayed with it?

 

[terrilhb]

I wonder about where it is sold too now. And if it will hurt my animal and what it is

 

[theFox]

Try here: http://firstamericanair.com/pdfs/oxine_msds.pdf

 

[speckledhen]

No, Oxine is not bleach. It's about 200 x more powerful than bleach.

 

[WillieBoy]

Wow... Thats some powerful stuff..! So its a super bleach...? Where is it normally sold...?

 

[speckledhen]

http://www.shagbarkbantams.com/oxine.htm

From that article:

Oxine is known to kill every bacteria, virus, and mold it has ever been tested against and is 200 times more effective than chlorine bleach. But one of the most impressive things about Oxine for me is that it does it with such relative safety (when used according to label instructions). Environmentally speaking, Oxine actually biodegrades to ordinary table salt. And it is so safe to use on livestock that it is actually approved for use in the drinking water of ‘organically grown’ animals. I use it myself at the rate of 7-15 drops per gallon of water in our stock tank of drinking water for our own sheep. It keeps the water impressively clear and algae free, while keeping down the biofilm ‘slime’ that tends to develop on the sides of the tank.​