Are flies attracted to wet paint?

[blackrose]

Maybe I'll publish a scientific paper to be peer reviewed by forum members

[roland elsdon]

You are missing out.

ask the flies

A focus group needs setting up

also you are being discriminatory against wasps and bees and other flying insects.

i am offended by your behaviour. Horse flies have a right to a voice and to dance on your paint.

[tree monkey]

5 minutes ago, roland elsdon said:

You are missing out.

ask the flies

A focus group needs setting up

also you are being discriminatory against wasps and bees and other flying insects.

i am offended by your behaviour. Horse flies have a right to a voice and to dance on your paint.

Now I am normally a fairly live and let live sort of simian with a keen interest in the natural world but horse flies nope, I hate them with a passion and they should all burn 

[Machpoint005]

15 hours ago, roland elsdon said:

also you are being discriminatory against wasps and bees and other flying insects.

 

No he isn't - no bees or wasps have been daft enough to land on the wet paint.  Or perhaps he is being discriminatory against pterodactyls too?

[Flyboy]

16 hours ago, blackrose said:

Maybe I'll publish a scientific paper to be peer reviewed by forum members

Get a load of Shoo Fly plants on your boat next time your painting.  We've got some at home and they do seem to work. 

https://www.choicegardeningclub.co.uk/nicandra-shoo-fly-flower

[WotEver]

44 minutes ago, Machpoint005 said:

 

No he isn't - no bees or wasps have been daft enough to land on the wet paint.  Or perhaps he is being discriminatory against pterodactyls too?

I have a spray to keep them at bay. It works well, I’ve not seen one for years. 

 

 

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[Mad Harold]

Can you still get a "Flit" spray.

It was a can with a sort of bike pump attached.You filled the can with dilute Jeyes fluid or any stuff that flies hate and pumped.

My mum had one in er,1958.

[nb Innisfree]

There's no flies on me. 

[Flyboy]

4 minutes ago, Mad Harold said:

Can you still get a "Flit" spray.

It was a can with a sort of bike pump attached.You filled the can with dilute Jeyes fluid or any stuff that flies hate and pumped.

My mum had one in er,1958.

You can get a modern equivalent.   https://www.chrysanthemumsdirect.co.uk/acatalog/Flit-Sprayer.html

[Machpoint005]

1 hour ago, WotEver said:

I’ve not seen one for years. 

 

Are you sure that one wasn't a pteranodon? They are much bigger!

[Sea Dog]

It's really hard to tell what's going on here. I think you need to paint thousands of tiny flies and see if they stick just to your boat, everyone's boats, or lots of other things too. Then we'll have a much better idea of what's occurring. 

[blackrose]

18 hours ago, Flyboy said:

Get a load of Shoo Fly plants on your boat next time your painting.  We've got some at home and they do seem to work. 

https://www.choicegardeningclub.co.uk/nicandra-shoo-fly-flower

 

Thanks, I'd never heard of them, but I'm not very green fingered. Pot plants in my care usually die.

[blackrose]

18 hours ago, Mad Harold said:

Can you still get a "Flit" spray.

It was a can with a sort of bike pump attached.You filled the can with dilute Jeyes fluid or any stuff that flies hate and pumped.

My mum had one in er,1958.

 

Where do you spray the solution? I'm trying to paint and wouldn't want contaminants all over the clean, prepped surfaces.

[Mike Tee]

Maybe you could mix it into the paint? Then put the mixture into the Flit can and spray your boat.