Instead of purchasing commercial bug repellent, make your own at home with ingredients that can be found in the home: beer and dish soap. Whether you are spraying your skin or setting a bug trap, both of these methods work to repel annoying gnats.
Things You Will Need
Beer Gnat Trap
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Pour cheap beer into several small, plastic containers until each container is about halfway full.
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Place the containers around the areas of your yard where gnats are present.
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Let the beer traps sit. The bugs are attracted to the beer and will venture into the liquid, drowning themselves.
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Direct someone to hold a large piece of cheesecloth over a bowl. Pour the beer--with dead gnats--over the cheesecloth to strain it.
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Pour the strained beer back into the containers and repeat the process until the gnat population in your yard has diminished.
Dish Soap Bug Spray
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Mix together equal parts of water, white distilled vinegar and dish soap. Stir lightly to prevent the dish soap from foaming.
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Transfer the mixture into a spray bottle.
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Spray the dish soap and vinegar mixture on your skin to repel bugs. This mixture will repel most types of bugs, including mosquitoes and gnats.
The Drip Cap
- Summer is a time for relaxation, swimming or playing in the sprinkler.
- However, moisture from rain or water sports can attract gnats and other bugs, which are a nuisance.
- Direct someone to hold a large piece of cheesecloth over a bowl.
- Spray the dish soap and vinegar mixture on your skin to repel bugs.