I've never had a roach problem on a boat before, but have got one now. Those
damm little German cockroaches have gotten a foothold, and nothing I'm using
is doing much good. I have used those Raid Max smoke type foggers twice,
sprayed everywhere with Raid Max, and then used the "wet" foggers. I can
knock them down for awhile, but not out.

Raid Max used to be the best, lasted for months. They've reformulated it to
a water-based formulation that smells completely differently from the old
style, and it doesn't seem to do anything unless you spray it right on them,
despite their claims that it "kills for up to 6 months".

Any ideas?

Keith wrote:

I've never had a roach problem on a boat before, but have got one now. ...
Any ideas?

Boric acid powder.

I probably shouldn't let anyone in on the secret because there are SC
boaters reading this, but I'm a nice guy......

If you go out into the COUNTRY, where there are country stores with
lots of old stock laying around in their hardware departments, you can
STILL find bottles and granules of Dursban, the banned, but
great-working insecticide the pest control industry has gotten their
friends in Washington's EPA to wrestle away from the consumers who
quit paying pest controllers to spray into the cabinets.

If you get the granules, load up the dry parts of the bilges, behind
cabinets/refridgerators/stoves with granules. Dursban STILL does a
first-rate job, like it always did, killing off the creepy crawlers.

The other source I found out about is that the EPA, in cooperation
with powerful golfers who contribute to campaigns and don't like to be
bitten by ants on the 1st tee, have quietly gotten golf courses exempt
from the pest control bribing. It's called Dursban Pro, now, and if
you know someone in the golf course biz you can get your supply from
there.

My house and its parrot pets, who are very sensitive to anything that
will kill a roach, have been saturated with Dursban since its
introduction. None of us...human or birds....has chemical weapons
lesions leaking puss from its use, here. Just don't pour it on the
kids or spray it where the kids can play in it. Dursban only needs
perimeter spraying, anyways.

You need to see the South Carolina State Bird, the "Water Bug". It's
a roach-like, 4 inch long, dark brown beast of a beetle that's
actually quite harmless, once you get used to him, that can cause
heart seizures in the unenlightnened, when he crawls across your face
in the dark at 4AM after a drinking binge has fogged your memory.
Unlike the German roaches, they'd just as soon fly as crawl, being
very comfortable with either mode. Stomped, they emit a decided
"Pop!" and some green stuff. Some South Carolinians think they are
"not from 'round heah", an alien life form......



On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 06:26:51 -0500, "Keith"
wrote:

I've never had a roach problem on a boat before, but have got one now. Those
damm little German cockroaches have gotten a foothold, and nothing I'm using
is doing much good. I have used those Raid Max smoke type foggers twice,
sprayed everywhere with Raid Max, and then used the "wet" foggers. I can
knock them down for awhile, but not out.

Raid Max used to be the best, lasted for months. They've reformulated it to
a water-based formulation that smells completely differently from the old
style, and it doesn't seem to do anything unless you spray it right on them,
despite their claims that it "kills for up to 6 months".

Any ideas?




Larry W4CSC

3600 planes with transponders are burning 8-10 million
gallons of kerosene per hour over the USA. R-12 car air
conditioners are responsible for the ozone hole, right?

Mix Boric Acid with equal amount of powered sugar and it is sure death
to roaches. Put it behind cabinets or in the back of the cabinets in
little dishes. Put it everywhere you can.

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 08:56:57 -0400, Vito wrote:

Keith wrote:

I've never had a roach problem on a boat before, but have got one now. ...
Any ideas?

Boric acid powder.

So you have a bug problem. Ok here is the only and best way to kill those
pesky little disease ridden scum sucking varmints. Seal up your boat and
run a 4 stroke gasoline engine. Small gasoline 4 stroke generators work the
best. You can rent them by the 1/2 day, or just borrow one. Then just walk
away for eight hours. The engine will run till there is no longer enough
oxygen. The bugs and any other varmints will suffocate. You will not have
any oily residue to deal with. Making clean up a breeze. Now remember not
to breath when you open up the windows to vent the carbon monoxide. What
ever you do be real careful, or you too could be Kaput. Don't use a diesel
engine. The exhaust contains soot and that's a real pain to clean.
Cockroach eggs hatch between 5 to 7 weeks. You will need to repeat this
trick a few times.

Once you have ridden the boat of all bugs. You need to keep it clean. You
can still use a pesticide. You may only want to use it in areas that bugs
make home and meals.

REMEMBER THE BOAT WILL BE FULL OF CARBON MONOXIDE. CARBON MONOXIDE IS A
SILENT KILLER, AND WILL KILL YOU ALSO UNTIL IT IS ALL VENTED OUT.

Jack

"Keith" wrote in message
...
I've never had a roach problem on a boat before, but have got one now.
Those
damm little German cockroaches have gotten a foothold, and nothing I'm
using
is doing much good. I have used those Raid Max smoke type foggers twice,
sprayed everywhere with Raid Max, and then used the "wet" foggers. I can
knock them down for awhile, but not out.

Raid Max used to be the best, lasted for months. They've reformulated it
to
a water-based formulation that smells completely differently from the old
style, and it doesn't seem to do anything unless you spray it right on
them,
despite their claims that it "kills for up to 6 months".

Any ideas?

If you ever do get rid of them do not let corrugated cardboard boxes on
board ever again. Roaches love to lay eggs in those cozy little tubes.

We get calls all the time from tenants who, after having been moved in
for a few weeks, complain about roaches. Invariably we find that they
packed their stuff in boxes they picked up from a grocery or liqour
store and left them in a closet. Tenants who unpack everything and get
rid of the boxes don't have roaches nearly as often.

Keith wrote:
I've never had a roach problem on a boat before, but have got one now. Those
damm little German cockroaches have gotten a foothold, and nothing I'm using
is doing much good. I have used those Raid Max smoke type foggers twice,
sprayed everywhere with Raid Max, and then used the "wet" foggers. I can
knock them down for awhile, but not out.

Raid Max used to be the best, lasted for months. They've reformulated it to
a water-based formulation that smells completely differently from the old
style, and it doesn't seem to do anything unless you spray it right on them,
despite their claims that it "kills for up to 6 months".

Any ideas?



--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

Larry W4CSC ) wrote:
: I probably shouldn't let anyone in on the secret because there are SC
: boaters reading this, but I'm a nice guy......

: If you go out into the COUNTRY, where there are country stores with
: lots of old stock laying around in their hardware departments, you can
: STILL find bottles and granules of Dursban, the banned, but
: great-working insecticide the pest control industry has gotten their
: friends in Washington's EPA to wrestle away from the consumers who
: quit paying pest controllers to spray into the cabinets.

: If you get the granules, load up the dry parts of the bilges, behind
: cabinets/refridgerators/stoves with granules. Dursban STILL does a
: first-rate job, like it always did, killing off the creepy crawlers.

: The other source I found out about is that the EPA, in cooperation
: with powerful golfers who contribute to campaigns and don't like to be
: bitten by ants on the 1st tee, have quietly gotten golf courses exempt
: from the pest control bribing. It's called Dursban Pro, now, and if
: you know someone in the golf course biz you can get your supply from
: there.

: My house and its parrot pets, who are very sensitive to anything that
: will kill a roach, have been saturated with Dursban since its
: introduction. None of us...human or birds....has chemical weapons
: lesions leaking puss from its use, here. Just don't pour it on the
: kids or spray it where the kids can play in it. Dursban only needs
: perimeter spraying, anyways.

: You need to see the South Carolina State Bird, the "Water Bug". It's
: a roach-like, 4 inch long, dark brown beast of a beetle that's
: actually quite harmless, once you get used to him, that can cause
: heart seizures in the unenlightnened, when he crawls across your face
: in the dark at 4AM after a drinking binge has fogged your memory.
: Unlike the German roaches, they'd just as soon fly as crawl, being
: very comfortable with either mode. Stomped, they emit a decided
: "Pop!" and some green stuff. Some South Carolinians think they are
: "not from 'round heah", an alien life form......


boric acid ... cheaper, easier, and no EPA ban. Put some along corners
where the little buggers walk. They carry it back to the nest and kill
the whole lot.

--
Jim Hollenback

my opinion.

"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
...


The other source I found out about is that the EPA, in cooperation
with powerful golfers who contribute to campaigns and don't like to be
bitten by ants on the 1st tee, have quietly gotten golf courses exempt
from the pest control bribing. It's called Dursban Pro, now, and if
you know someone in the golf course biz you can get your supply from
there.

This is the reason why golf courses have now surpassed industry as the
single worst point-source polluters of ground water. Homeowners are next on
the list, followed by old car repair places.

Brilliant idea, but why not just remove the transom plug and drown the
buggers?.

"Jack Rye" .# wrote in message
newsUvlb.33254$Rd4.32707@fed1read07...
So you have a bug problem. Ok here is the only and best way to kill those
pesky little disease ridden scum sucking varmints. Seal up your boat and
run a 4 stroke gasoline engine. Small gasoline 4 stroke generators work
the
best. You can rent them by the 1/2 day, or just borrow one. Then just walk
away for eight hours. The engine will run till there is no longer enough
oxygen. The bugs and any other varmints will suffocate. You will not
have
any oily residue to deal with. Making clean up a breeze. Now remember not
to breath when you open up the windows to vent the carbon monoxide. What
ever you do be real careful, or you too could be Kaput. Don't use a
diesel
engine. The exhaust contains soot and that's a real pain to clean.
Cockroach eggs hatch between 5 to 7 weeks. You will need to repeat this
trick a few times.

Once you have ridden the boat of all bugs. You need to keep it clean. You
can still use a pesticide. You may only want to use it in areas that bugs
make home and meals.

REMEMBER THE BOAT WILL BE FULL OF CARBON MONOXIDE. CARBON MONOXIDE IS A
SILENT KILLER, AND WILL KILL YOU ALSO UNTIL IT IS ALL VENTED OUT.

Jack

"Keith" wrote in message
...
I've never had a roach problem on a boat before, but have got one now.
Those
damm little German cockroaches have gotten a foothold, and nothing I'm
using
is doing much good. I have used those Raid Max smoke type foggers twice,
sprayed everywhere with Raid Max, and then used the "wet" foggers. I can
knock them down for awhile, but not out.

Raid Max used to be the best, lasted for months. They've reformulated it
to
a water-based formulation that smells completely differently from the
old
style, and it doesn't seem to do anything unless you spray it right on
them,
despite their claims that it "kills for up to 6 months".

Any ideas?

Boric Acid.
Kills bugs without poisoning the boat.
The product's name is Roach-Pruf.

Capt. Frank

Keith wrote:

I've never had a roach problem on a boat before, but have got one now. Those
damm little German cockroaches have gotten a foothold, and nothing I'm using
is doing much good. I have used those Raid Max smoke type foggers twice,
sprayed everywhere with Raid Max, and then used the "wet" foggers. I can
knock them down for awhile, but not out.

Raid Max used to be the best, lasted for months. They've reformulated it to
a water-based formulation that smells completely differently from the old
style, and it doesn't seem to do anything unless you spray it right on them,
despite their claims that it "kills for up to 6 months".

Any ideas?