Vaseline based fly stuff?

[notpoodle]

Hello!

Does anyone have any ideas how to make vaseline (or similar) based fly repellant (similar to Flyway's 3 in 1 guard)? I use the Flyaway stuff on angel's ears, but was thinking it might be cheaper to make my own with citronella or something.

Julia
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[beccylovespurpl]

I make my own by mixing Deosect with citronella and vasoline. (my mare gets lumps from flybites in her girth area so only apply it here.) you could just use citronella.

[notpoodle]

how much citronella in how much vaseline? do you just drip it in and uhm stir? or do you heat up the vaseline somehow? (sorry if i sound thick but ive never attempted anything like it before!)
Jlia
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[drookitsheep]

I tried this once, but I couldn't really get it to work. I used a home made fly-spray "recipe" I found in a magazine and tried to mix some of that into some vaseline in a tub. It seemed to just go a bit gooey and horrible so I ended up not using it.

Can't remember the recipe I used (it had water, citronella, washing up liquid, tea and vinegar but I can't remember the volumes of each), but you should be able to find a fly-spray recipe here or on the net? Maybe a different recipe would work better than the one I tried! :rolleyes: