Introduction: Mosquito Repellent?

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Can cat Nip kept mosquitos away? This experiment makes a repellent by adding alcohol to some crushed up cat nip mint.

Supplies

Cat nip mint

Ethanol alcohol

Step 1: Source Some Catnip Mint

  1. Source some fresh cat mint - straight from the garden is best.
  2. Tear up a few cups full of leaves and place in a bowl.
  3. Munch the leaves up in your hands to get to the cat nip juice.

Step 2: Mix With Alcohol

  1. Mix the munched-up leaves with some ethanol alcohol.
  2. Some ethanol-based hand sanitizer was on hand. The ethanol was separated out by adding salt and decanting off.


Step 3: Put in a Bottle

  1. Leave the leaves and alcohol to soak overnight.
  2. Place the liquid into a spray bottle.

Spay on your skin to try to keep Mozie's away. It appears to work but more trials are needed to confirm for sure.

Step 4: Heating With Olive Oil

Another method is to heat the leaves with olive oil.

  1. Cut up the Cat Nip Mint with a knife
  2. Put into a blender and cut up the leaves some more
  3. Add Olive oil
  4. Heat on a stove
  5. Let drain to one side, so the infused oil pools to one side of the saucepan


Step 5: Pouring Into Plastic Bottle

  1. Cut off the top of an empty beer can
  2. Trim the top with a pair of scissors
  3. Pinch to top of the can to form a mini sprout
  4. Pour in the oil from the saucepan
  5. Pour from the aluminium can into a small plastic bottle