Windex kills ants but leaves my walls blue (better idea?)

 I have an ant infestation and I spray windex to kill the swarms of tiny
ants but it takes so much to kill ants that the carpets, walls, and grout
turns blue from the dye in the commercial window cleaner.

Do you know if I just buy ammonia and mix it at the correct percentage that
it will still kill ants without staining my carpets blue?

What percentage of ammonia would you use?
Do you know HOW ammonia kills the ants?

Is there a better way to kill an ant infestation?

  On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:10:05 -0700, Susan wrote:

Windex isn't ammonia you idiot. It's alcohol!
http://avogadro.chem.iastate.edu/MSDS/windex_glass_cleaner_blue.htm

And alcohol has no effect on the ant species. Use bleach instead.

 On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:21:38 -0700, David Remley


Forget all of these nonsense quack cures. Go to any hardware store and
get some TERRO. It will get rid of ALL the ants, not just the ones you
happen to see.

 

There is some ammonia in Windex and similar products, which is
why it kills ants, but it is cheaper/better to just spray
an ammonia solution.  It is interesting that ammonia is not
listed in the materials safety datasheet you reference, but
it is definitely there.

Ammonia solution is the best way I have found to kill ants interior
to a residence, since it not only kills them on contact but
neutralizes the formic acid they leave on their trails for
other ants to follow.

For ants external to a residence, I like Grant's ant stakes.



Steve

 David Remley wrote:

Yeah, bleach is a GREAT thing to get on the carpets.