Many houses in Singapore have fixed rubbish chutes and often, the problem that most people face are insects and bugs crawling out of the rubbish chutes. Here are some ways (besides ensuring that the seal on the chute is tight) to reduce that occurrence! Other parts of the house that may attract insects, bookcases, furniture corners and other areas! Here are some good ways to get rid of them!

Roaches

A good roach repellant that you can keep near your dustbin, which of course, keeps your dustbin area smelling clean and nice as well is a mixture of the following essential oils.

Cypress Essential Oil & Peppermint Essential Oil

• 8 Drops of Cypress Essential Oil
• 10 Drops of Peppermint Essential Oil
• 1/2 cup of Salt Water

– http://www.experience-essential-oils.com/

Ants

Ants are less scary than roaches but they are still an annoyance around the house. Here are some ways to deter them from coming around!

mix a solution of window cleaner (Windex) with peppermint, cinnamon or citrus essential oil and spray it on their path.

– http://www.suzannebovenizer.com/

We recommend the mixture in the following proportions:

1/2 Cup Windex mixed with 5 drops of any of the essential oils listed above will do the trick with ants!

Termites

Termites can be a real pain to have in and around the home. They often damage furniture, fixtures and even the home structure itself. Essential oils are a cost effective and natural way to get rid of termites!

Orange oil owes its effectiveness to the active ingredient D-Limonene that proved to eradicate a great variety of insects, dissolving their exoskeleton and destroying their cell membranes, thus leading to insects’ death.

Drill small holes into the infested wooden item and inject the oil into the hollow spaces (i.e. where the bugs are feeding). It’ll yield results within 3 days or 3 weeks, depending on severeness of the infestation. – Pestkill.org

Flies

Flies can be a pain to deal with in the home. Difficult to catch and difficult to get rid off, they often are an annoyance in tropical Singapore. Prepare your own home mix of essential oils to chase the flies away!

To make this home-based fly repellent, you need following things:

1. ½ -1 cup of Lavender Oil. In case you don’t have Lavender Oil you could also use Citronella oil, Eucalyptus oil, Pennyroyal oil, Peppermint oil or Lemongrass oil. These oils have strong fly repellent properties and hence we are using them.

2. A tin can with a lid. This is required for holding the fly repellent.

3. A clean piece of cloth or a small piece of dish sponge. As we are relying on liquid repellents in this method, so the job of a cloth or sponge would be to absorb the liquid repellent and latter release it when required. This is better than directly pouring the repellent liquid in the tan can as it won’t spill the repellent in case the tin-can falls accidently.

Note 1: I would recommend you to go only with Lavender Oil as it is considered most effective against flies.

Note 2: If you are using any other oils apart from Lavender oil, then you have to dilute them with alcohol or water before using them. The details will be given in preparation and use section.

 

1. First of all, take the piece of cloth or dish sponge and dip it in the Lavender oil.

If you are using any other oils like Citronella oil, Eucalyptus oil, Pennyroyal oil, Peppermint oil or Lemongrass oil. Then don’t use them directly. Dilute these oil with alcohol or water at a ratio at a ratio of 1 part oil to 3 parts water or alcohol. As, oils do not mix with water so it is better if you could use alcohol.

Try just to saturate the cloth with the oil and save the excess oil in some air tight container.

2. Next, put the cloth in the tin can, close the lid and wait for 24 hours.

3. After 24 hours, you can keep the tin-can at the fly infested place (preferably indoors). Whenever you need to use it just remove the lid, keep it open for few hours and you will notice that flies won’t be able to stand its aroma.

4. After each use make sure to replenish your fly repugnant, by adding few drops of oil, close the lid and your homemade fly repellent is ready for next use.

Note 3: Please note that you cannot use the above repellent directly on skin. Human skin is very sensitive and hence such concentrated oils could cause skin irritations. If you are planning to use this repellent on skin then make sure that your repellent is highly diluted (i.e. 1 part of oil with 10-20 parts of water).

So, this was all about making your homemade insect repellent. Please do let me know in case you have any queries related to the topic.

– getridoffliesguide.com/