[Mike Halliday]

found this while searching the web, it probably a bit intellectual for most of the thick carpet cleaner that visit this site, but I thought I'd post it anyhow

with all the allergy/mite/ colloid talk that's been going on, this is quite relevant

 
www.getipm.com/thebestcontrol/bugstop/control_alternatives_favorite.htm

 Mike

[jbcleaning]

So from that info, any good detergent kills dust mites and other insects  ?

Well you learn something new every day, I wonder why the manufacturers don't make more of this - nice post Mike.

[gwrightson]

can you find a site that tells you how to get rid of cats Mike ?  sick of them in my garden

great site though will have to study it a little more   just so I can understand it 

Geoff

[dave401uk]

Very very interesting article,mmmmmm me wonders what this will stir up

[Mike Halliday]

for them that don't want to read the full article read No's 11, 14, 24, & especailly 27

Mike

[Mark Roberts]

Nice find 

[calmore]

So from that info, any good detergent kills dust mites and other insects 

Use it to your advantange..just tell the customer that you use a product that cleans the carpet AND kills dust mites, thus saving them money compared to cleaners that use seperate products.

[Mark Roberts]

Reading what it says, detergents only kill insects if they conform to certain crirea. If the detergent you use does not say it kills insects on the bottle, it probably does'nt. Manufactures of cc chems would have jumped on that long ago.

[Mike Halliday]

to say it kill insects on the bottle would make it a pesticide, which would bring alsorts of problems for them, so best they don't mention it.

Mike

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Guys,

Mike , Nice find,

I think it's worth bearing in mind that this is written from a bug killing perspective, although some of the comments are so familiar.

At a quick glance talc is pretty good at killing apparently , blocks all their pores.

Have a better look tommorow

Cheers

Doug

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I do like the last sentence of No27.

Shaun

[Doug Holloway]

Shaun,

This one grabbed me,

'You either love your fellow man or you love money and power more.'

Cheers

Doug

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I must admit we do have to be responsible to our customers, our planet and ourselves but isn't this getting out of hand? what about the cleaning power?

To save the planet don't we have to save the carpet so we don't have to make a new one? which will in turn will stop us from chopping down more trees etc etc etc??

Shaun

[Damian]

There is me thinking cpts come from sheep and the local warehouse :

[Ian Gourlay]

when i had a veg plot I used Fairy Liquid to kill blackfly.

[Mark Roberts]

to say it kill insects on the bottle would make it a pesticide, which would bring alsorts of problems for them, so best they don't mention it.

Erm no. It would be fairly easy for a supllier to do, esp if it had the meaning of makiing them serious money, only certain types of pesticides need control, thats why promite, no incsect, alltecs insectside are available.

As I said to you on the other forum before I gave you the clues to find this site, some of the new colloid cleaners kill insects in way described in sec27.

Im going to recycle carpets with Shaun

[Derek]

An interesting site Mike...thank you.

One of my interests is vegetable gardening and I try to stay as organic as possible.  It was interesting to note that chemicals used in pest control don't seem to be selective and in organic growing great use is made of the beneficial insects such as ladybirds, lacewings etc....so we want to keep them. Nematodes are becoming widely used in pest control in organic gardening and the chemicals described will eliminate these too.

A great discussion has arisen lately on the various aspects of 'saving the planet' to which I would wholely subscribe. The use of chemicals (any chemicals) usually means that at some point they are going to enter the eco system.

Any chemical that is going to destroy bacteria, pests etc, if not selective, is going to upset the balance of the eco system at some point and as yet I am not totally convinced as to the overall benefits to society in the long term.
Many sections of the environment rely on bacteria to function effectively...my compost bins are one example.

Another point I will throw into the debate:  By effectively chemically eliminating all these bugs and beasties our bodies won't need the natural in-built bodily function to build up resistance.

[vangaurd]

great web site very informative well done. many thaks for that

[Geoff Jewkes]

can you find a site that tells you how to get rid of cats Mike ?  sick of them in my garden

great site though will have to study it a little more   just so I can understand it 

Geoff

Bowl of tuna with paracetamol in it in ya garden. Theirs liver fries............ so i've been told!

[Cleaning Resource]

can you find a site that tells you how to get rid of cats Mike ?  sick of them in my garden

great site though will have to study it a little more   just so I can understand it 

Geoff

Bowl of tuna with paracetamol in it in ya garden. Theirs liver fries............ so i've been told!

 go to the local zoo and ask them for either some tiger poo or lion poo and put it around the outside of your garden,
or get a cat of your own or a dog or take up falconary or get an air rifle or a catapult, lay snairs or beartraps give up work and sit in your garden all day with a hose pipe and soak them whenever they come into your garden, fit some loose trellis to the top of your fence and laugh whenever you see a cat fall when ever it tries to jump on it.   
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