Re: [papercreters] Diatomaceous Earth

Maybe you could coat the outside of your wall with the diatomaceous earth, kind of like the diamond blade used to cut masonry? Keep the sharp edges out to cause havoc to bug exoskeletons when they crawl on your wall?

Greg

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From: Nick Boersema <picknick@sympatico.ca>
To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 9:33:06 PM
Subject: RE: [papercreters] Diatomaceous Earth

I'm not to sure that DE would do much in a solid wall.  My understanding on why DE works for pest control is that the sharp edges lacerate the insect's exoskeleton as it moves around in the DE which causes the insect to dehydrate.  In a solid wall the DE will get coated in the binding paste whether it be Portland , lime, clay what ever is used and therefore lose its effectiveness.  Mostly lime is used for bugs and seems to be effective by most reports.

 

Nick

 

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From: papercreters@ yahoogroups. com [mailto: papercreters@ yahoogroups. com ] On Behalf Of texasweldinginspect or
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 9:15 PM
To: papercreters@ yahoogroups. com
Subject: [papercreters] Diatomaceous Earth

 

Has any one used much DE in their mix to control bugs? Thanks and have
a great day.

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