Permethrin for ticks:

[AndyS]

A friend recommended I use Permethrin to avoid ticks.

[kcritch]

I heard it works very well. Treat your clothes and it lasts for a while even through several washings...not that you wash your clothes but figured it applied to others! Bwaaaahhh!

[thmyorke1]

I heard about this in the camping world. Permethrin you treat you clothes unlike deet where you just spray it on like sunscreen.

[Wilson]

Originally Posted by kcritch

I heard it works very well. Treat your clothes and it lasts for a while even through several washings...not that you wash your clothes but figured it applied to others! Bwaaaahhh!

Now that was funny and true as well

[briansnat]

Don't forget to treat your gear with it. Ticks can hitchike home with you on your pack, fishing vest, camera bag, softside tackle box, etc. It happened to me. I treated my clothing with permethrin, my skin with DEET then I came home and threw my clolthing in the dryer just in case, took a shower and checked my body for ticks. I was good. That night I fell asleep on the couch while reading. The next morning I woke up with a tick imbedded in my chest.

How the hell did that happen? Then I remembered throwing my backpack on the couch when I arrived home. I moved it out of the way to lay down on the couch. Apparently the tick rode in on my backpack, then jumped off onto the couch and was waiting for me.

[NJSquatch]

has great reviews on amazon...ordered be the big bottle....

[briansnat]

Originally Posted by NJSquatch

has great reviews on amazon...ordered be the big bottle....

It's good stuff. Only apply to your clothing. The great thing about it is that it is not ony a repellent, it is an insecticide. Ticks that do jump on will die. That gives me a certain sense of satisfaction while hiking with Permethrin treated clothes. Come on you little bastards, go for me!

Also be very careful if you have cats. In its wet form it is highly toxic to cats. Once it dries it is safe. If you treat your clothing and gear, be sure to hang it to dry somewhere that your cats won't come in contact with it.