How to Use Isopropyl Alcohol As a Spray for Bugs
Isopropyl alcohol is also known as rubbing alcohol. It has many uses such as cleaning out your cuts. It can even be used to get rid of mites, aphids, mealybugs and other small bugs. Bugs can destroy your indoor and outdoor plants if they are not removed. You may also have some bugs in your basement or attic that you want to get rid of. All you have to do is make your own homemade bug spray using rubbing alcohol. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Fill an empty spray bottle 3/4 of the way with water.
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Add rubbing alcohol to fill up the last 1/4 of space in the spray bottle.
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Drip three drops of dish soap in to the spray bottle and mix the ingredients together.
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Spray the bugs with the homemade alcohol bug spray.
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Tips & Warnings
Alcohol is an excellent ingredient to use in a bug killer because bugs do not build up a resistance to it.
Rubbing alcohol will also kill bed bugs. Just spray plain rubbing alcohol on the bed bugs.
Never add oil to your homemade bug spray.
Do not use your homemade bug spray around or near a fire.
