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Pain in the Frass (Termites)

By SkyKing2301

8 years ago


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#12 8 years ago

about 20 yrs ago i bought a 1963 GTB SweatHearts (with repainted CAB)
that had evidence of termite damage,
but never saw any live "bugs".
but the bad thing was "something" was still in there
pushing out fresh "pellets" every so often
so I eventually wrapped and covered the game in
a plastic pallet cover and set off one of those RAID fumigaters /foggers
< http://www.homedepot.com/p/Raid-Fumigating-Foggers-3-Pack-61528/100034648 >
inside the machine, hoping that would do the trick.

And that seemed to slow down the pellet output for a while, but after a few weeks
those buggers started sh*tting pellets again
it finally took a regime of 3 straight treatments about 2 weeks apart to get
them and their egg/offspring dead.
In all that time i only saw one actual bug come out of the game.
{side note : I later found that the fumigator smoke,
after repeated treatments, in a confined small place is somewhat corrosive,
as some of the metal parts seemed to tarnish somewhat;
it did not damage or affect the paint on PF or BG)
2nd note: these fumigators are more of a smoke pot type thing as opposed to
a (liquid) spray emitter/fogger}
I eventually crated that game and sent it to africa,
where i was working in the oil field at the time.
One to have a game to play on my time off,
but mostly to get the infested pin
away from my house and the rest of my collection,
so as to not possibly do more damage.
Never saw evidence of the "termites" migrating
to other pins or the other parts of my house/storage.

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