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From: davet@oakhill.UUCP (Dave Trissel)
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Subject: Re: Roach Haters Unite (Home-made roach killer)
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Date: Thu, 15-May-86 15:55:25 EDT
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In article <314@parcvax.Xerox.COM> bane@parcvax.UUCP writes:

>I used Roach Prufe (Boric acid, sugar, anti-caking stuff), and it
>worked wonders!  ...
>
>Roach Prufe is relatively expensive ($10/can, good for a whole house
>or so, though), and you can make your own (I don't know the
>proportions, but the major ingredient is boric acid).  ...

The couple next door made some by mixing sugar with boric acid powder. Trouble
was the roaches disapeared but sugar ants completely took over their home
for 2 days.  The ants evidently just plucked the sugar granules and happily
carried them off leaving the powder.

Maybe powdered sugar instead of sugar granules would have worked?

  -- Dave Trissel  {ihnp4,seismo,gatech,ctvax}!ut-sally!im4u!oakhill!davet