Tuesday, April 6, 2010

TMR Frugal Living Tip #73

Today's thrifty living tip is use cheap hairspray, in a can, to stun roaches. We get the big tree ones in the house, and sometimes they move too fast before I get a chance to smack them. I use a can of cheap dollar store hairspray which stuns them so I can smack them. It's cheaper than roach spray but probably not better chemical wise. Of course you can buy an all natural roach spray that is good for the environment. I also use a very heavy coffee table book that I bought at a yard sale for 50 cents to smack them. I am squeamish about seeing them so I cover the book in plastic grocery bags and tie them at the end. When I see a roach crawling on the floor, I just drop the book on it. I then let hubby deal with cleaning it up.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Thanks for the post. It was interesting to discover that cheap hairspray cans, can be utilized for getting rid of roaches too! Keep up the good work. Hope to learn more interesting facts from you in the future. Do visit http://www.karmiccoach.com/ and http://www.mysticselling.com/ as these provide fabulous stuff catering to the needs of the small business.

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Unknown said...

This was a very funny post. I too am a bit squeamish when it comes to bugs and stuff.