How to Get Rid of Ants Naturally With Borax

[@Howfinity]

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[@ksman9087]

The liquid sugar/borax and cotton ball method absolutely works. The first day there must have been 20 ants on the cotton balls. The second day only 2 ants. No ants after that.

[@deepakkhadka9984]

It worked...with liquid and cotton..Thank you so much.

[@Coupal1]

I used icing sugar mixed with borax. I found they mixed better because the icing sugar is finer.

[@roseofsharon-47]

I boiled water 1cup, 1/2 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons BORAX & a teaspoon of honey . Stirred up, soaked cotton balls in mixture laid them around where the ants had been seen. Checked in an hour they were all over it. When I got up the next morning there was maybe 6 ants crawling around. The day after that there were none, there gone. THANK YOU !!! 👍🏻 🙂 04-13-24

[@arbachesglaukus1324]

In powdered form ants can select sugar from borax, in liquid form they can take both. Adding some honey helps. Using mixture of sugar, honey, and borax with minimal amount of water looks more potent.

[@9teen9t4]

Can confirm. Had made one up of just sugar + water and they ignored it - literally walked right around it lol. Did a second mix with some honey added and within 2 minutes they went for it.

[@dclarkchem]

Thanks for your video. I tried making my own and had limited success over a several week period. I finally broke down and forked over 8 bucks at my local huge hardware store for some commercial grade T**** Liquid Ant Bait. Although we had hundreds of visible ants in 3 locations, within 24 hours the ants were gone. I'm a huge do-it-yourselfer (do everything around the house from plumbing to installing my own furnace and AC) but I couldn't get rid of those pesky ants until I bought this stuff.

[@christianfisher6289]

I love this method 😁👍. I ended up mixing with water and then dehydrating into a brick.

[@billytheweasel]

Good ides. The dry mix looks like the ants would pick out the sugar crystals only.

[@udou9877]

& how do u dehydrate it into a brick.🤔.. how much water did u use? I have ant piles .. i'm wonderin if the 'mixin ants' approach may work... a shovel full of each colony/hill & swap ... its a lil war ... & no body wins... but im gonna try that trick w/ bottles too.. i was thinkn of makin liquid & pour it on piles.. Somethin has gotzta work🙏🏽

[@glennis3]

Excellent presentation. Thanks for your advice.

[@cullenandjelic6702]

I sprinkled a 50/50 mixture of sugar and borax and in a matter of minutes the ants were piled on top and by the next morning the pile was almost gone. Hopefully this gets rid of them because they are definitely attracted to the mixture

[@tamlynn786]

Did the mixture get rid of them?

[@kf8113]

@@tamlynn786 cliffhanger...

[@tamlynn786]

Mimi Ame exactly! Lol

[@oyudie2745]

@@tamlynn786 they got revenge

[@johncampbell9331]

@@oyudie2745 ...and nobody ever heard from Tamlynn again. Her home was found empty, aside from having millions of ants swarming throughout it. Mysteriously, some Borax residue was found in her half-empty cereal bowl.

[@garysmith6040]

It works!

[@pjaccountname]

How about in a carpeted bedroom, where I have a lot of fabric items stored in lidded plastic tubs, stacked in the closet? Some of the fabric items are out in the main part of the room, NOT in the lidded plastic tubs. We've found a bunch of ants crawling in the fabric; those we've shaken out outside and then tossed in the washer and they are ant-free. But the closet - I am confident that the ants aren't in the plastic tubs, but there are some fabric items out of the tubs there too. How about leaving some plates with borax-and-sugar-soaked cotton balls around the room, and with luck our little friends will take some back to their nest, which might be in the closet or under some of the furniture? (PS - our house has no pets or kids that might get into the borax/sugar solution)

[@AntiochChristtian]

I use white vinegar directly on the holes or mounds it works fast and costs less than $3.00 a gallon, Windex works too. Fast and easy.

[@brucemacdonald868]

Problem with vinegar is it will kill any vegetation if using it on an ant hill on a lawn. . I used liquid detergent( Blue Dawn, although any brand would probably work) . Put directly , undiluted , on an ant hill. Worked within days. The detergent will seep in to the ant hill, with any rain or watering

[@pjaccountname]

I boiled around 3/4 c of water in the microwave, then dumped in about 1/4 c each of sugar and borax. Stirred till it all dissolved, then soaked cotton balls and put them on plates where we had seen a bunch of ants. The critters are ignoring most of the plates, but in one location, they crowded around the cotton balls within an hour. I took a photo and would ove to submit it, but I don't know how

[@susanthayer5783]

is the formula usable for how long?

[@lilazeonboa]

After making it, can i save it for use in the future? Do I have to boil it again or throw it away?

[@darlenequinn193]

What if the ants are coming from gardens near foundation? They come in my bedroom and bathroom, where there is no food. But I can't find a trail up the outside wall. Will it work if I sprinkle dry mixture along foundation of house?

[@colenorthway8578]

I have heard that a dry mix will allow the ants to pick out the sugar

[@billytheweasel]

@@colenorthway8578 That makes sense. The wet solution looks better to me. Anyone try both?

[@colenorthway8578]

@@billytheweasel i did a paste and it took out a fire ant nest

[@billytheweasel]

@@colenorthway8578 Wow. Plain Borax didn't work for us and I felt sugar would be picked through & feed our sugar ants. Will do paste!

[@udou9877]

ICING SUGAR... mixes betr w/ borax... sweet!!!

[@TimLitfieldakaTimWhitfield]

Thanks a bunch! That's exactly the kind of ants that I see at my kitchen sink ! I am gonna try that. I have tried vinegar and water half and half mixture but they keep coming back. I will ceratainly leave a comment here if this works or doesn't work for me. This things sting ya too! It hurts for a little bit but then the pain goes away.

[@user-mq4xp1gq3q]

So did it work for you, and which methods did you try liquid, dry, or both?

[@TimLitfieldakaTimWhitfield]

@@user-mq4xp1gq3q The liquid worked for me. For each person the results may vary. I only had one or two stragglers after disposed of the dead ants. Simply made more and put it back where I had seen them and it took care of the rest of them.

[@johnr5545]

Thanks god bless

[@lauratwite5068]

I make a liquid borax/syrup or sugar mixture and then take it outside. Placing it in quantity near ant trails or ant hills will take care of a major infestation in 24 hours.

[@rancharmyers3233]

Is that safe around dogs?

[@pjaccountname]

@@rancharmyers3233 No, if dogs ingest borax it can make them sick or kill them.

[@rancharmyers3233]

P J thank you Glad I didn’t try it

[@tombie8763]

Use silicon dioxide it's safe to humans and animals. I mix it with honey.

[@michelerichard5523]

Not sure what I am doing wrong but mixing the borax with sugar and water the mixture turns hard as a rock and they die there because they get stuck in it.

[@FayeCalder]

I use the cotton balls. Haven’t had ants in 5 years. I recommend it totally. MommaFaye

[@asitecn]

Thanks. The cotton ball link is outdated - it shows as cotton square.

[@nancycallahan8951]

Will this work on red ants??

[@juanmcarreno9122]

thanks

[@lianelayman7577]

I sure hope this works, I've tried lemon on my countertop and it doesn't work which I herd it did and I've tried vinegar which I herd and it didn't work either.

[@seven7sseven7s83]

Vinegar (and perhaps lemon) confuses their scent trail. But it won't kill the hive

[@johnnyescondido7430]

Anybody know the shelf life of the water mix version?

[@annarks70]

Thankyou!

[@pollyf]

Great!

[@maryfralixlanier35]

Does it work for fire ants ???

[@adnan75300]

Highly doubt it. Orange essential oil works well for them. Within couple of days you will not see any activity.

[@MarkNOTW]

Amdro granules around the mound is the best. It isn’t cheap but wow does it work fast.

[@mikerad7424]

too much sugar

[@lovefrequency528]

Too much sugar you will give the ants diabetes !

[@zainabali799]

🤣🤣🤣

[@MarkInLA]

OK. Then I'll grind up one of my Metformin pills and leave it out for them to eat so they don't have to pee so often...

[@josepablolunasanchez1283]

I need to find a place to buy borax and be very careful with my pets. The dog only roams the floor, but the cat can climb places. So to I use normal vinegar as repelent. It does not expire, so it is a great thing to have a bottle to spray the vinegar. It is not a permanent solution like borax, but if you have no other way, that helps. Try to keep ants away from electronics. Ants already ruined an expensive TV. You cannot imagine how outraging it is. I would have gladly given them a place but no, they had to ruin exactly that.

[@9teen9t4]

Wow, sorry about your tv!I had bought the combat bait stations that are supposed to be the best but aren't. Last year I had bought these 'triple sugar' bait traps and can't find them anywhere. The reason I am mentioning this is because I have cats too and what I did was save the plastic bait trap, pry the two pieces open to remove the little foil gel pod from the middle. I took a tiny piece of paper towel and folded into the center where the pod had been (because I didn't have cotton readily available) then dripped some of this solution (but had added some honey to it) and within 2 minutes they came for it. I'm looking at them now - they like this 100% more than any of the Combat baits I've purchased this year.

[@jtylerh]

I saw on MythBusters that olive oil stops ants. :)

[@jtylerh]

:)

[@31witches55]

What about mixing the borax&sugar water mixture with uncooked rice and making pasta or a solid?