Old garage cob webs

[dandan111]

 

[dandan111]

I’ve been spending time fixing up my small extra garage/rec
area. I’ve cleaned and sprayed paint on the walls inside, new
electric and so on.
Cobbs webs are coming right back. I put two fog bombs in there today. What do you guys do about cob webs?

 

[sixty4]

peppermint oil

 

[quickfarms]

Cobweb brush when they get noticeable

 

[dandan111]

Tell me about the peppermint oil? How often? Do you make
the mixture yourself?

 

[JatoTheRipper]

Yes, I'd also like to know about peppermint oil and/or other solutions.

 

[Leaflessshadetree]

Broom

 

[PelicanPines]

Flame Thrower !!!

Peppermint oil after... on cotton balls... toss them about. They also prevent MICE...

 

[CombatNinja]

You'll never keep up until you can get the spiders out of the building by sealing it up tight. I used to battle them in my attached garage until I sealed every crack, crevice and gap I could find. Now I get maybe one a month that probably just walks in when the overhead door is open.

 

[sick467]

Cob webs, for me, are a part of shop life. Every few months I hit the place with the long air wand and/or leaf blower to help clear them out, but the spiders are still there (somewhere)...lol

The fewer bugs you have, the fewer spiders you'll have, hence fewer cob webs. Keep your rec area bombed and the outside sprayed and even if the pesticides are not that effective on the spiders, the spiders will have less to make a living with, so to speak.

I actually have an appreciation for my spiders in my shop (maybe not the brown recluses in the loft) because they are there due to the bug population in my shop and certainly keep the flying insect population cut back. I'll take the spiders in the corners over that blasted horsefly buzzing my face under the truck with both hands busy, sweat in my eyes, a kink in my neck, and so on.

 

[TriumphFan]

What kind of paint? I use a good quality semi-gloss paint on the walls. Spiders don't like it.

 

[JatoTheRipper]

What kind of paint? I use a good quality semi-gloss paint on the walls. Spiders don't like it.

That would mean most people don't get spiders in their houses either and that simply isn't true. I mean most of us don't get a lot of spiders, but still.

 

[BillK]

I spray around the outside and inside perimeter with Ortho Home Defense about twice a year. That cuts down on them tremendously along with other bugs.

 

[TriumphFan]

That would mean most people don't get spiders in their houses either and that simply isn't true. I mean most of us don't get a lot of spiders, but still.

I didn't say you wouldn't get spiders but the slick surfaces make it harder for spiders to build webs. It was a dramatic difference when I went from flat builder grade paint to semi-gloss.

 

[nadogail]

My exterminator uses a "Webster" a ball shaped brush on a long pole (like a paint roller pole) to brush them down. After the webs are brushed down a spray is applied; if I were to ask he would tell me what the spray was made from.

 

[82c10step]

The home defense spray works for me too. I was actually impressed the first time I used it 2 years ago.

 

[foodie]

The is an Ortho Home Defense Max spray in a can that I use. It is for indoor use also. Works great! After I vacuum up the webs I have sprayed this and they have not returned,...it's been 4 months now.

 

[p00p]

Wisdom TC Flowable slightly concentrated per mix.