05-17-2007, 10:33 PM
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[font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#ff0000][size 2]UNDILUTED[/size][/#ff0000][/font][font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2] Formula 409 Antibaterial / Disinfectant product required.
[/size][/font] [left][font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]A 50/50 solution of Formula 409™® Disinfectant and water used to be recommended. The California Department of Fish and Game testing evaluated snails 48 hours after exposure to 50/50 solution. A more recent test by the Colorado Department of Wildlife also evaluated the snails 56 days after exposure to a 50% solution and discovered that some snails which had appeared to be dead at 48 hrs later were alive and functioning normally after 56 days. The Colorado DOW testing reveiled that undiluted Commercial Solutions Formula 409 Cleaner Degreaser Disinfectant was effective for killing all of the snails. The DOW report is currently in the review cycle for release. Thus it is not available yet for your perusal.[/size][/font][/left] [center][font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]The only Formula 409® Product tested for effectiveness and be safe for boots and waders is
"Commercial Solutions Formula 409® Cleaner Degreaser Disinfectant"
It can be found in some stores. Not grocery store, though.
The only other Formula 409 product with the same QAC disinfectant in it is:
"Formula 409® All Purpose Cleaner Antibacterial Kitchen Lemon Fresh"
available in many locations but probably in small containers
Most Formula 409 products do not have a disinfectant / antibacterial in it. The disinfectant or antibacterial is what will kill the snails.[/size][/font][/center]
[font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2][url "http://www.westdenvertu.org/NZMS/formula409pic.htm"]Where to Buy it - What it looks like[/url]
** More effective and efficient methods are listed below **
[/size][/font] [left][font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Other types of Formula 409, as well as other cleaning fluids with surfactants and detergents, are helpful in that it would force the snail to loosen it's hold on the surface it it hanging on so that the cleaning processes below can wash them off. But it would do little to kill any. Thus it is, by far, best if you use the formulations listed above for loosening the snails hold plus killing them. Other cleaning fluids formulations may damage wading equipment.[/size][/font][/left]
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[font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#ff0000][size 2]UNDILUTED[/size][/#ff0000][/font][font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2] Formula 409 Antibaterial / Disinfectant product required.
[/size][/font] [left][font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]A 50/50 solution of Formula 409™® Disinfectant and water used to be recommended. The California Department of Fish and Game testing evaluated snails 48 hours after exposure to 50/50 solution. A more recent test by the Colorado Department of Wildlife also evaluated the snails 56 days after exposure to a 50% solution and discovered that some snails which had appeared to be dead at 48 hrs later were alive and functioning normally after 56 days. The Colorado DOW testing reveiled that undiluted Commercial Solutions Formula 409 Cleaner Degreaser Disinfectant was effective for killing all of the snails. The DOW report is currently in the review cycle for release. Thus it is not available yet for your perusal.[/size][/font][/left] [center][font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]The only Formula 409® Product tested for effectiveness and be safe for boots and waders is
"Commercial Solutions Formula 409® Cleaner Degreaser Disinfectant"
It can be found in some stores. Not grocery store, though.
The only other Formula 409 product with the same QAC disinfectant in it is:
"Formula 409® All Purpose Cleaner Antibacterial Kitchen Lemon Fresh"
available in many locations but probably in small containers
Most Formula 409 products do not have a disinfectant / antibacterial in it. The disinfectant or antibacterial is what will kill the snails.[/size][/font][/center]
[font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2][url "http://www.westdenvertu.org/NZMS/formula409pic.htm"]Where to Buy it - What it looks like[/url]
** More effective and efficient methods are listed below **
[/size][/font] [left][font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Other types of Formula 409, as well as other cleaning fluids with surfactants and detergents, are helpful in that it would force the snail to loosen it's hold on the surface it it hanging on so that the cleaning processes below can wash them off. But it would do little to kill any. Thus it is, by far, best if you use the formulations listed above for loosening the snails hold plus killing them. Other cleaning fluids formulations may damage wading equipment.[/size][/font][/left]
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