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Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 26-04-2017, 04:46
Replies: 78
Views: 17,449
Posted By travellerw
Re: One cockroach?

I'm not usually the one to be all "preachy"... HOWEVER.. I really urge caution when using the powders from Mexico, DR, Cuba or China. When we had our roach problem I did a bunch of research as I...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 05-03-2017, 14:18
Replies: 78
Views: 17,449
Posted By travellerw
Re: One cockroach?

That actually made me LOL a little... Propane flashes off in ambient air in well under a second.. Guess what happens to it when you spray it in a hot pan..

As much as you want to beleive food...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 02-03-2017, 15:49
Replies: 78
Views: 17,449
Posted By travellerw
Re: One cockroach?

We tried 4 differnt recipes of cookies (some with sugar, some with flour, some with other stuff).. We tried making trails of boric acid. We tried putting boric acid in cracks.. 2 months in, we never...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 02-03-2017, 05:55
Replies: 78
Views: 17,449
Posted By travellerw
Re: One cockroach?

We have left out blobs of Advion as a prevention. No roaches since our original incident, but we are super carefull now. No marinas and no paper or cardboard on the boat!
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 28-02-2017, 18:13
Replies: 78
Views: 17,449
Posted By travellerw
Re: One cockroach?

Ok.. Don't take my word for it.. Here are 3 other blogs talking about how it worked for them.. Real cruisers stories..

Windtraveler: How to (Really) Kill Cockroaches. Period....
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 28-02-2017, 18:07
Replies: 78
Views: 17,449
Posted By travellerw
Re: One cockroach?

No no, not expensive at all.. Like $30 for enough to last you 5 years.. Seriously.. We were given a single syringe (1/3 of what you buy) and it has lasted us through 2 infestations and we have some...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 28-02-2017, 10:16
Replies: 78
Views: 17,449
Posted By travellerw
Re: One cockroach?

We have had 2 infestations since we started cruising. One VERY bad one we got off a dock. We tried everything we could find locally or make (boric acid stuff). After a month of nothing working,...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 28-02-2017, 09:41
Replies: 78
Views: 17,449
Posted By travellerw
Re: One cockroach?

If it was a german roach, there are most likely more..

DO NOT BOMB.. Its a mess and requires more than 1 application to work.. Instead, get on Amazon and search "Advion". Its a simple gel you put...
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