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HortaChickenist
In the Brooder
You could try neem oil. In my country you can get organically produced neem. I've just repainted the inside of my coop with it diluted 50% with hot water.
I battled mites all summer and painting with neem was what finally worked. Mites love to hide on the bottom side of roosts so I've taken to running my hand under them every now and then to check for signs of re-infestation. I found evidence the other day so set about re-painting (it's been 4 months).
I too found mites happily lounging about in the deep layer of DE I had in the bottom of my nestboxes!
Neem doesn't smell half as good as your other concoction sounds like it would, but it's worked for me.