Home made fly spray

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Could someone please post the receipe and ingredients for this. Someone pmd me last year and I could have sworn I kept them but on checking, can't find them at all. I got all the stuff last year and never used them but can't remember the receipe. Thanks in advance
 
Fly Spray

Ingredients

Vinegar: 4 tbsp
Methylated Spirit: 1 tbsp
Citronella Oil: 33ml
Strong Tea (cooled): I cup
Make up to 2 litres with water.

To make it

Put vinegar with the methylated spirit and citronella oil, mix them thoroughly, then pour in the tea. Mix thoroughly & add water to make up to 2 litres

To use it

Spray the solution all over the horse’s body once or twice daily, particularly before sunset. Avoid the horse’s eyes and do not spray into open wounds as it can cause irritation. Around face spray onto a cloth or sponge and wipe around the face.

You can even use this on yourself for those evening hacks.

NB. Give the bottle a shake before using as the mixture will separate when left to stand.

Purchasing of Ingredients

Citronella Oil – Available from Lloyds Chemist, 100 ml @ £4.50p ish
Methylated Spirit – Available from Wilkinson, 500 ml @ £1.50p ish
Vinegar – Available from any grocers, supermarket
Hand Sprayer – Available from Garden Centre, Wilkinson, or re-use the sprayer from your last purchase of fly spray.
Tea – out of the pot
Water – Out of the tap

Some people add Tea Tree oil or eucalyptus oil as well but it isn’t necessary

You can use this as liberally as you wish, at this price you can bath them in it!

It's cheap & it works
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i use similar to the above but my reciepe (from a horse mag bag in the 90's) includes washing up liquid too. think its about 1 tsp and all of the other measurments look the same too. other yrs i have also added a few other oils such as tea tree and its worked well.

note to self - get up off my lazy ass and make my fly repellant for this year!!
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Thanks for that. There is one with Avons skin so soft in it. And I have buckets of the stuff. So it was the one with that in that I wanted to make. Other stuff I have. Citronella, Eucalyptus, tea tree oil and sandalwood. Vinegar, water and tea and washing up liquid also available!!!!! Thanks again will give it a go.
 
Thats the one I use too, I put the extra oils in an also the Skin so Soft, works a treat, and no reaction to it from sensitive skinned madam!! The only thing, will the cold Tea not stain Cali???
 
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