it feels pretty fucking lame to pay 20$ for a couple of grams of permethrin emulsified in water.the chinese will sell me a big ass bag of technical grade permethrin for almost nothing, but going that route means i'll have to find some sort of emulsifier and surfactant, and probably some sort hydrocarbon solvent. people bitch about using 10% ag grade permethrin concentrates, because they stink like gas and leave an oily film on your gear. i'm blown away that i can't seem to find people making their own permethrin soak """from scratch""". it's always just diluting a concentrate.so i'm wondering what you do to treat your clothes to see whether or not i actually want to go down this rabbithole to "save" maybe 50$ a year on permethrin treatment.
>>2877648'from scratch'enjoy finding a novel total synthesis for permethrin while ever, normal guy just buys some at the storea thread died for this
>>2877650if you don't synthesize your own nylon, weave it into a textile, and sew your own tent, are you really camping?
>>2877650> t. Big Permethrin
>>2877648Ignore the retarded bot bubbas, I am interested in this too.
>>2877648btfod by tweezers
You can find the dilution rate for spray application of permethrin on clothing. It's normally in the pesticides area of most farm stores/homedepots.Just buy a small hand pump sprayer and a measuring cup and mix as much as you need for pennies.You can also find the right mixing dosage for spraying around your house/property to kill any ticks during the heavy periods. Just beware of its deadly affect on cats before it dries.
>>2877648Horse "fly sprays" are a lot cheaper than the camping crap and usually about the same %. You gotta find a farm or equestrian supply store though.
>>2877651unironically nylon is incredibly easy to make if you have the equipment
>>2877648i bought some concentrate, filled a couple spray bottles, and sprayed my gear. its really not that big a deal. and its cheap.
