AS the temperature rises, you want to make sure you’re doing everything possible to keep bugs out of your home – and you can do it with one $6 product.
According to American Pest, you want to keep ants at bay as they can cause damage to wood.
One experiment revealed that ants can be easily kept away with one $6 cleaning product – Comet Cleaner.
This experiment was designed to discover which cleaner would provide a chemical barrier that ants wouldn’t be able to cross.
Four different household cleaning products were tested extensively, including Comet, Pinesol, a 50/50 mixture of bleach and water, and 409 multipurpose cleaner.
They poured each cleaner into a spray bottle and sprayed them in a line across a doorway.
According to the experiment, “It was concluded that Comet was the most effective.”
Unlike the others, only four ants crossed the Comet line throughout the three-day experiment, coming out on top.
This is also a much cheaper alternative to ant repellants – and you can find it on Amazon for just $6.
The second most effective cleaner was Pinesol.
Ten ants made it past the Pinesol barrier, while 14 crossed the bleach and water.
In last place came the 409, which allowed 22 ants to cross.
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“It was concluded that the active ingredients in the cleansers may have been what kept the ants out.”
“Comet was the best one for this particular use.”
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