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General Discussion => General Forum => Topic started by: Panhandle_strutter on March 23, 2017, 05:18:00 PM

Title: Beard preservation
Post by: Panhandle_strutter on March 23, 2017, 05:18:00 PM
Recently was going through some old keepsakes from over the years and found some of my beards were being eaten by some kind of mite looking bug. Is there anything I can spray on them to preserve them and prevent this? What are some of the things that y'all do?
Title: Re: Beard preservation
Post by: guesswho on March 23, 2017, 05:39:58 PM
Borax.  20 Team Mule or something like that. 
Title: Re: Beard preservation
Post by: Txag12 on March 23, 2017, 05:47:54 PM
Yes 20 mule team borax is about the beet you can do. Making sure you remove all meat/fat is also key
Title: Re: Beard preservation
Post by: Bowguy on March 23, 2017, 05:53:17 PM
Dry preservative. It's basically like borax w a mothproofer. If you think the bugs are there now put the beards in a bag n use a bug killer spray. Fog the bag n seal it for a bit. It'll kill em n the dry preservative on the end should help reinfestation
Title: Re: Beard preservation
Post by: stinkpickle on March 23, 2017, 09:46:06 PM
Agreed.  A squirt of bug spray and some time under a mound of borax should do the trick.