Disinfection and vermin control DIY

Pine-oil disinfectant

Recipe:
Caustic soda (25 pc)
Sodium hydroxide based	200 dl
Colophonium (dark)	400 dl
Pine-oil	1000 dl

The resin and the pine-oil are heated together in a steam-heated boiler in small quantities on a water bath to 80℃, until the resin is completely dissolved. After this, the temperature is allowed to drop to 60℃ and then slowly add the caustic soda to the resin solution while stirring well. The saponification should be finished in about half an hour. Such a preparation can be made by mixing 20% ​​soft soap with 80% pine oil.

Pine oil is extracted from certain types of turpentine oil as the highest boiling component, is colored light yellow and forms a white emulsion with water. Pine oil smells like turpentine, has strong disinfecting properties and is completely harmless. The above preparations can be used very generally for washing toilets, in a solution of 1:40. Also for disinfecting air by atomizing with a syringe, in theaters, cinemas, in the stable, dog houses and chicken coops, etc.

Air disinfectant for theaters, etc.

Recipe:
Pine needle oil	2 dl
Formalin 40%	2 dl
Acetone	6 dl
Isopropyl alcohol	10 dl

50 g of the mixture are dissolved in a liter of water and this solution is sprayed. In the recipe, the pine needle oil can be partially replaced by other essential oils, e.g. mountain pine oil, lemon oil, juniper oil, bergamot oil, neroli oil and rosemary oil. For the isopropyl alcohol, one can take regular ethyl alcohol.

Recipe:
Oleic acid potash soap	20 dl
Spirit	20 dl
Blend of essential oils	50 dl

Sump disinfectant

Recipe:
Quicklime in powder	10 dl
Bleaching powder	2 dl
Potasch	2 dl

The mixture also destroys and deodorizes all excrements.

Dry air purifier

Recipe:
Naphthalene	500 dl
Artificial camphor	50 dl
Paradichlorobenzene	50 dl
Eucalyptus oil	20 dl

Scented candles

Recipe:
Charcoal powder	62 dl
Cascarilla bark	17 dl
Siambenzoin	15 dl
Saltpeter	6 dl

The substances are mixed in fine powder form, after which 10 to 15% of a mixture of essential oils is added. For this one can use patchouli, sandalwood oil, cassia oil, vetiver oil and others. As a binder, as little as possible of a gum arabic solution is taken, pressed into the desired shape and allowed to dry.

Anti-fly spray

500 g of pyrethrum are soaked in 4 liter of purified petroleum. After 24 hours, the liquid is pressed off and filtered. After this, 90 cm³ of methyl salicylate is added as a perfume.
 or:
240 g of pyrethrum are treated in the same way with 2 liter of purified petroleum and 2 liter of white spirit, and 30 g of naphthalene are added after filtration.

Fly glue

Recipe:
Resin	56 dl
Thick lubricating oil	40 dl

These are first melted until dissolved, allowed to cool slightly and then mixed with good stirring:

Glycerin	2½ dl
Honey	1½ dl

Moth remedy

Recipe:
Ethylene dichloride	74 dl
Carbon tetrachloride	15 dl
Paradichlorobenzene	10 dl
Diglycol oleate	1 dl
or:
sodium aluminum silicofluoride	1.5 dl
Water	98.5 dl
or in powder form:
Paranitrochlorobenzene	10-20 dl
Paradichlorobenzene	90-80 dl

Means against caddisflies

Recipe:
Arsenic (very dangerous poison!)	30 dl
Flour	300 dl

Mix with water to a stiff dough

Sprinkle powder against cockroaches

Recipe:
Borax powder	4 dl
Flour	2 dl
Cocoa powder	1 dl
or:
Borax powder	50 dl
chalk green	50 dl
Sugar	250 dl
Flower	250 dl

The powder is sprinkled where the vermin is expected and wet rags are placed nearby.

 or:

Fluoropotassium	20 dl
Kieselguhr	10 dl
Table salt	5 dl
Flower	20 dl

Remedy against bedbugs [1]

Recipe:
Cresol	3 dl
p-Dichlorobenzene	13 dl
Petroleum	60 dl

Remedy against bedbugs [2]

Recipe:
Lysol	30 dl
Carbon tetrachloride	70 dl
Petroleum	25 dl

Rodent poison

Recipe:
Strychnine
(very dangerous poison!)	0.55 dl
Saccharin	0.15 dl
Flour	98.50 dl
or:
Strychnine
(very dangerous poison!)	0.35 dl
Anise oil	0.15 dl
Sugar	20.50 dl
Flower	78.00 dl

Mouse poison

Recipe:
Barium carbonate	100 dl
Oat flour	300 dl
Saccharin	1 dl

The mixture is made into a stiff dough with a little water and dried in a baking oven.

Rat pesticide (non-toxic)

Recipe:
Gypsum	100 dl
Rice flour	300 dl

The Mixture must be well dried and must be stored airtight.