Re: [Paddlewise] Skin So Soft as bug repellent

I have started to use a new product from AMWAY
it is D-15 in a spray can.
I have as yet not read the ingredients as I have used a friend's can and will be ordering
one for myself.

I was working in a mosquito infested areas in a well hole, reparing a pump, so hands
were already busy. Did not recieve any bits.
Niels

>
>Hi,
>I've heard about SSS as insect repellent before too. I read or heard
>somewhere that it works (briefly) a "mechanical" barrier in that the
>mossies find it difficult/unpleasant to drill through (maybe it "tastes"
>bad to them?). So as soon as the surface layer of liquid on your skin is
>gone, so is the effect. This is in contrast to DEET and other repellents,
>where it's the odour that actually repels the bug(gers). I agree with
>Sylvia that different peoples' body chemistry influences how the gentler,
>organic repellents work. Much as I'd prefer to use citronella, etc., on me
>it just seems to serve as lemon-flavoured salad dressing for the bugs.
>
>Philip
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