replying to Susan, Susan wrote:
susanwilliams wrote:

I have an ant infestation and I spray windex to kill the swarms of tiny
ants but it takes so much to kill ants that the carpets, walls, and grout
turns blue from the dye in the commercial window cleaner.
Do you know if I just buy ammonia and mix it at the correct percentage that
it will still kill ants without staining my carpets blue?
What percentage of ammonia would you use?
Do you know HOW ammonia kills the ants?
Is there a better way to kill an ant infestation?


Vinegar works beautifully to destroy the "scent" or whatever is attracting
them at their point of entry, but it won't kill the ants. Put full
strength white vinegar in a spray bottle and spray the cracks and scented
line they all follow in single file at their point of entry.
Then spray the surrounding cracks and areas around it, both inside and
out.. They disappear quickly if vinegar is sprayed in this way. So much
better than toxic chemicals and cheap. I'm unsure if this works in large
populations of ants. Mine have not returned either.

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