peakbagger
In Rembrance , July 2024
Phil Werner seems to have done the research and it lines up with other sources https://sectionhiker.com/treating-your-clothes-with-permethrin/ and https://sectionhiker.com/permethrin-soak-method-guide/
I bought the Martins 10% concentrate and diluted it down and used the pump sprayer that came with the premixed sawyer product. Note people have reported that some of the concentrated mixtures have a petroleum base and leaves a significant odor. Martins did not and It had no significant odor when applied. I prefer the spray method as I can selectively coat the clothing, I go heavy on the legs and cuffs and lighter on the upper sections.
There are some standards for clothing treatment for folks who are paid to routinely work in tick and other insect infested areas that require the clothing to be sent away to a specialist to have the clothes treated and marked on the clothing that this treatment has occurred. It is expensive but reportedly the treatment lasts longer between washes. The military does the soak method.
My experience with treated clothing has been good, wood ticks just will not attach to it. When I first started using it I had applied it to my pants but not my gaiters, I was in a wood tick infested area and found no ticks on my pants but numerous ticks in the folds of the gaiters.
The standard warning applies that cats can get poisoned by the application of the product. Once the product is dry they are not impacted by the product as it binds pretty tenaciously to fabric but if the cat is exposed to the wet product it binds to their fur and then they get a high dose when grooming. I expect people with cats should take precautions to limit the cats exposure to the area where the application occurs or consider the send away option.
Various reports are that the tick population survived the winter and will continue to do so. They are permanently established in an expanding range. I don't think its any longer the case where its a good or bad tick season as much as its a normal season. Deer are an important part of tick survival and there have been several studies that link deer density with tick density. Get rid of the excess population of deer and the incidence of tick born diseases drops substantially.
I bought the Martins 10% concentrate and diluted it down and used the pump sprayer that came with the premixed sawyer product. Note people have reported that some of the concentrated mixtures have a petroleum base and leaves a significant odor. Martins did not and It had no significant odor when applied. I prefer the spray method as I can selectively coat the clothing, I go heavy on the legs and cuffs and lighter on the upper sections.
There are some standards for clothing treatment for folks who are paid to routinely work in tick and other insect infested areas that require the clothing to be sent away to a specialist to have the clothes treated and marked on the clothing that this treatment has occurred. It is expensive but reportedly the treatment lasts longer between washes. The military does the soak method.
My experience with treated clothing has been good, wood ticks just will not attach to it. When I first started using it I had applied it to my pants but not my gaiters, I was in a wood tick infested area and found no ticks on my pants but numerous ticks in the folds of the gaiters.
The standard warning applies that cats can get poisoned by the application of the product. Once the product is dry they are not impacted by the product as it binds pretty tenaciously to fabric but if the cat is exposed to the wet product it binds to their fur and then they get a high dose when grooming. I expect people with cats should take precautions to limit the cats exposure to the area where the application occurs or consider the send away option.
Various reports are that the tick population survived the winter and will continue to do so. They are permanently established in an expanding range. I don't think its any longer the case where its a good or bad tick season as much as its a normal season. Deer are an important part of tick survival and there have been several studies that link deer density with tick density. Get rid of the excess population of deer and the incidence of tick born diseases drops substantially.
