Spiders in my boathouse
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Spiders in my boathouse
They live in the roof and poop all over my boats. I can get the mess off with bleach and water,but I would rather eliminate the source. Any one have any luck with insecticides,if so,what brand. Thinking if I can spray all under the roof and rafters with something strong,I can get rid of them.
Last edited by Magicfloat; 07-27-2007 at 09:17 AM.
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Every spring I pressure wash everthing down and coat with a spider spray. Works pretty well. Also, alot of people hang a tarp or plastic over the boat from the rafters.
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When I used to keep boats in a covered marina they would spray 2-3 times a year....the one year they didn't it was OBVIOUS!!!! Never knew what they used but it did work.
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This is probably more work than needed but I've seen some friends of mine paint the ceiling of the boat house a sky blue color. Apparently the spiders think it is the sky and they do not nest there. I was calling bull$hit on this too until I saw both a boat house and a covered porch painted blue and there wasn't one spider on it. Living in Texas on the water we have some big nasty spiders to. Good Luck
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I hired a pest man to do our boathouse when he came to do the house and did it once a month and cut out 80% of the spider chit,but had to keep the geese from chittin on the dock then.12 gauge fixed that.
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