Yes, it doesn't get unusable, but if you spray directly on the dish, it wil=
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weaken it.
Klas.
At 08:20 2002-11-05 -0700, you wrote:
>At 07:37 AM 11/5/2002, Klas wrote:
>>Up north, in Lapland, the Swedish Army made mosquito repellent tests a fe=
w
>>years ago. Among a few other ways, they found the by far most efficient t=
o
>>be large quantities of yeast-pills.
>>
>>DO NOT!!! use any mosquito spray on the Telinga dish! The strong detergen=
ts
>>make it milky and weak.
>
>I use DEET sprays all the time in Costa Rica - couldn't do without them.
>I'm careful not to get the DEET directly on anything made of plastic, but=
>the dish occasionally rubs against my arm or sweaty hand, and it does
>discolor it. Not so severely, though, that it is unusable - just softens
>the view through it!
>
>Doug
>
>Doug Von Gausig
>Clarkdale, Arizona, USA
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