Insecticide Paint Additives

[bowhunter1023]

Mostly looking towards @Jamie on this one, but also curious if anyone else has experience with using insecticide additives for paint (like M1).

I am contemplating a makeover for our garage to make it more efficient for our needs/use. If I commit, I'm painting the walls and if I do that, I'd love to cut down on the spiders without using Ortho Home Defense all the time. I know we sold M1 when I worked for Sherwin-Williams, but I have no clue if it actually works.

Any other suggestions for cutting down on insects in the garage (which then get inside) are appreciated.

 

[5Cent]

Never knew such a thing existed, very cool.

 

[ThatBuckeyeGuy]

Following ..

 

[giles]

I bet that shit don't cause cancer

 

[Jamie]

Mostly looking towards @Jamie on this one, but also curious if anyone else has experience with using insecticide additives for paint (like M1).

I am contemplating a makeover for our garage to make it more efficient for our needs/use. If I commit, I'm painting the walls and if I do that, I'd love to cut down on the spiders without using Ortho Home Defense all the time. I know we sold M1 when I worked for Sherwin-Williams, but I have no clue if it actually works.

Any other suggestions for cutting down on insects in the garage (which then get inside) are appreciated.

The only time I every employed stir-in insecticide paint additive was when I used to spray aluminum siding a lot. Bugs love wet paint, and enough of them could really fuck up a nice sprayed finish on smooth metal, especially with white or light paint colors. It did seem to help keep them off while the paint was drying, but I never saw any evidence of it repelling insects after the paint film was completely dry. That said, I have also used stir-in mildewcide in interior paint in areas with moisture issues, and it worked pretty well to inhibit mildew growth on the dry paint film for a long time. My advice, if you don't mind the small cost and effort to add it, it damn sure won't hurt to try it. Nothing to lose but a few dollars and a few minutes of your time.

 

[Jamie]

I bet that shit don't cause cancer

I doubt that it does unless some window licking, crayon eating retard drinks the paint while they are working or licks the walls after they are done.

 

[giles]

I doubt that it does unless some window licking, crayon eating retard drinks the paint while they are working or licks the walls after they are done.

You didn't have to call me out like that...

 

[Sgt Fury]

We get our log cabin stained every 5 years or so because of the stain fading. The painter adds a product called Bee B Gone. It’s supposed to stop carpenter bees but it doesn’t. It is possible that it slows them down and it would be worse without it, so we have the painter add it every time he restains the house. Don’t know if it repels any other insects. We had to resort to carpenter bee traps and tennis racquets.

 

[Jamie]

You didn't have to call me out like that...

True, but in my defense I have poor impulse control sometimes. Mostly when I drink and type.

 

[Ohiosam]

I used to add lorsban to latex paint for the trunks of peach trees. That’s the only application I ever heard of.