1970FuryConv
Old Man with a Hat
PROGRESS REPORT
To us: large stick-built carport
To carpenter bees: smorgasbord
6/15/19
Slum garage beside carport. Plenty of old faded wood to dig into. Carpenter bee dessert table.
6/16
Carpenter bee side of wood 2x4 holes. Also, dig perfectly round holes in bottom of wood about the size of 38 shell. Exterminator killed some of them, but not all
Sprayed Carb cleaner into them, using red straw. Internet Idea. Then wood putty after area dry. Good sale on Gumout at Advance. Have used about 3 16 oz cans. Most bees are dead. Key is to kill the large bumble bee looking females, because they dig the holes. Males just hover and can't even sting.
6/23 Have Used 2 16oz cans of DAP wood putty to present.
Exterminator tells me that carpenter bees don't dig into painted wood.
6/24 masking garage
main weapon: Kobalt Air Compressor Spray Gun. $59 at Lowes
6/29 Spray all the trusses and 25 year old wood sucking up primer. Kilz 2 will spray thru this gun. A long job ahead
Spray gun, not so pretty. Note: must follow breakdown and maintenance procedure after every day of use.
6/29 Ugh. Lots of work left.
To us: large stick-built carport
To carpenter bees: smorgasbord
6/15/19
Slum garage beside carport. Plenty of old faded wood to dig into. Carpenter bee dessert table.
6/16
Carpenter bee side of wood 2x4 holes. Also, dig perfectly round holes in bottom of wood about the size of 38 shell. Exterminator killed some of them, but not all
Sprayed Carb cleaner into them, using red straw. Internet Idea. Then wood putty after area dry. Good sale on Gumout at Advance. Have used about 3 16 oz cans. Most bees are dead. Key is to kill the large bumble bee looking females, because they dig the holes. Males just hover and can't even sting.
6/23 Have Used 2 16oz cans of DAP wood putty to present.
Exterminator tells me that carpenter bees don't dig into painted wood.
6/24 masking garage
main weapon: Kobalt Air Compressor Spray Gun. $59 at Lowes
6/29 Spray all the trusses and 25 year old wood sucking up primer. Kilz 2 will spray thru this gun. A long job ahead
Spray gun, not so pretty. Note: must follow breakdown and maintenance procedure after every day of use.
6/29 Ugh. Lots of work left.