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Permethrin and eVent fabric?

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PostedSep 1, 2012 at 12:16 pm

After a disaster of a weekend earlier this year due to mosquitoes and ticks (Minnesota was WET this spring), my wife and I have been looking at treating our clothing with permethrin.

We both have a pair of Integral Designs eVent Gaiters. I'm wondering whether I'll have any problems if I treat this fabric with permethrin. I've read all of the permethrin-related threads I could find here. I've read that it's not safe to treat DWR fabrics, but I'm not certain whether eVent fabric falls into that category.

Does anyone here have any experience treating eVent fabric with permethrin?

Thanks,

KEN

PostedSep 1, 2012 at 1:41 pm

My understanding is it's the other way around: Permethrin is in a water-based solution and dwr prevents it from bonding with the fibers.

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