AmyMay
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Okey Dokey, going to give this stuff a go.
How do I make the fly spray - or however else it is used??
How do I make the fly spray - or however else it is used??
Avon Skin So Soft
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SSM
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Okey Dokey, going to give this stuff a go.
How do I make the fly spray - or however else it is used??
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I make mine with the following:
1 litre of cold tea (use old tea bags)
1 cap dettol
1 tsp Citronella
1 tsp Lavender Oil
1 tsp Cedar Oil
1 tsp Tea Tree Oil
1 tsp Narg can't remember
225 mls of skin so soft
Okey Dokey, going to give this stuff a go.
How do I make the fly spray - or however else it is used??
[/ QUOTE ]
I make mine with the following:
1 litre of cold tea (use old tea bags)
1 cap dettol
1 tsp Citronella
1 tsp Lavender Oil
1 tsp Cedar Oil
1 tsp Tea Tree Oil
1 tsp Narg can't remember
225 mls of skin so soft
miller
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I make a pot of tea with 8 tea bags and kleave it to stand/cool with tea bags in
Pour it into an old 2lt coke bottle
Add:
Squirt of fairy liquid
A bottle of Avon Skin so Soft
20 drops alvendar oil
20 drops tea tree oil
20 drops Citronella (gasp!)
50ml of that clear liquid you use for toughening skin up under saddles/girths that's name escapes me
Make up to 2lt with water, shake well and decant into old fly spray bottle - make sure you shake before use and if you have any left at the end of the summer either discard from spray bottle or return to coke bottle as it crystalises and won't spray next year
Pour it into an old 2lt coke bottle
Add:
Squirt of fairy liquid
A bottle of Avon Skin so Soft
20 drops alvendar oil
20 drops tea tree oil
20 drops Citronella (gasp!)
50ml of that clear liquid you use for toughening skin up under saddles/girths that's name escapes me
Make up to 2lt with water, shake well and decant into old fly spray bottle - make sure you shake before use and if you have any left at the end of the summer either discard from spray bottle or return to coke bottle as it crystalises and won't spray next year
nelliefinellie
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do you use the bath oil or the dry oil spray stuff?
miller
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Dry oil - in a turquoisey coloured bottle
nelliefinellie
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Cheers, that's what I used last year, but then I saw another post on here saying to use the bath oil.
Theresa_F
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This is the one I make - now with the new addition of bog myrtle for even more midge proofing.
Good website for ordering oils is: http://www.essentialoilsdirect.co.uk/?gclid=CKrmv9_-mZMCFQ2L1QodvBmjng - especially if you bulk in bulk as I do to get wholesale price and free delivery. However, they don't do bog myrtle - try http://www.abbeyessentials.com/viewsc.php?cat=5 if you want oils plus this one.
5 caps of dettol - from a 500ml size bottle
250 ml of Avon Skin so Soft and fresh - 500 ml bath oil. This can be halved if midges not too bad
2 teaspoons of citronella
2 teaspoons of eucalyptus oil
2 teaspoons of lavender oil
2 teaspoons of tea tree oil
2 teaspoons of cedarwood oil
2 teaspoons of bog myrtle oil not essential but excellent for midge protection.
Put into a 1 litre spray bottle. Top up to make 1 litre with either water or cold tea. Shake well before spraying and give a quick shake after every few squirts to make sure the oil is mixed with the water.
Spray on twice a day using enough to leave a fine mist on the coat. Ok for round sensitive areas.
I have used this on people as well as horses, but please do a patch test first in case your horse reacts to any of the above ingredients.
Cost works out about £3.50 - £4 a litre - depending on what you pay for the oils and Avon - not as cheap as some receipes but this does work well and smells really nice.
Good website for ordering oils is: http://www.essentialoilsdirect.co.uk/?gclid=CKrmv9_-mZMCFQ2L1QodvBmjng - especially if you bulk in bulk as I do to get wholesale price and free delivery. However, they don't do bog myrtle - try http://www.abbeyessentials.com/viewsc.php?cat=5 if you want oils plus this one.
5 caps of dettol - from a 500ml size bottle
250 ml of Avon Skin so Soft and fresh - 500 ml bath oil. This can be halved if midges not too bad
2 teaspoons of citronella
2 teaspoons of eucalyptus oil
2 teaspoons of lavender oil
2 teaspoons of tea tree oil
2 teaspoons of cedarwood oil
2 teaspoons of bog myrtle oil not essential but excellent for midge protection.
Put into a 1 litre spray bottle. Top up to make 1 litre with either water or cold tea. Shake well before spraying and give a quick shake after every few squirts to make sure the oil is mixed with the water.
Spray on twice a day using enough to leave a fine mist on the coat. Ok for round sensitive areas.
I have used this on people as well as horses, but please do a patch test first in case your horse reacts to any of the above ingredients.
Cost works out about £3.50 - £4 a litre - depending on what you pay for the oils and Avon - not as cheap as some receipes but this does work well and smells really nice.
S_N
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Ha ha!! Glad I found this! Should have looked in here first *slaps hand off forehead*
flyingfeet
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Just to go against the grain here - if the home made recipes were so good wouldn't you bottle it and sell it?
Oh wait that's fly spray!! lol
I am currently trying out absorbines ultrashield, which contains citronella and permethrin!! Here's hoping.
Oh wait that's fly spray!! lol
I am currently trying out absorbines ultrashield, which contains citronella and permethrin!! Here's hoping.