fuminous wrote:
Yup, in Alaska, we used "Cutters" which was 100% deet... and it worked very well. Yes, it will make your fishing reel handle a bit sticky... forever... and create other unfortunate circumstances where plastic is vulnerable to deformation, dissolution and tactile oddities and, given the alternative of absolute mosquito hell... I'll take it. As a bonus field expedient, it is also a carburetor cleaner. I used it gallons of it... of course, I was taller then...
You.... MELTED DOWN?????