mizztraveller Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Does anyone know where I can buy borax in CM? At home it's available in chemists but the couple I've been into haven't heard of it. Alternatively, does anyone know how to eradicate these pesky little ants?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seedy Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/675550-boric-acid-ant-eliminator-it-works/ Search function on this forum will find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveAustin Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 From this place on Mahidol Rd, 90 baht (or used to be) a kilo. Mix it in equal measure with sugar, add boiling water. Plop on the line of ants and it'll take em out in a day or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quidnunc Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 (edited) You could use boric acid, which is equally effective and is available at a chemist. I've gotten it there. Or you could go to one of the local chemical supply houses and ask for sodium borate or sodium tetraborate or disodium tetraborate which are all the chemical names of borax. One chemical supply house is Union Science is located on Suthep Road. Here are the GPS coordinates: 18.789650, 98.964374 Edited January 1, 2015 by quidnunc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizztraveller Posted January 1, 2015 Author Share Posted January 1, 2015 Thanks. I know where I'm heading tomorrow! An excellent excuse to have lunch at Pun Pun in Wat Suan Dok! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripstanley Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 A tip is to try a few mixers. I found that the some of the ants loved honey so mixed borax with it. I also found that other types liked bacon fat. Before mixing see what they like. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyecatcher Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 The borax at world chemical was 45bt a few month ago. I mix mine with icing sugar as refined sugar is too course for the ant to get their chops around. And its all the same colour. Deadly white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konini Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 A tip is to try a few mixers. I found that the some of the ants loved honey so mixed borax with it. I also found that other types liked bacon fat. Before mixing see what they like. Good luck I usually add a bit of crushed pineapple, passion fruit or kiwi fruit to the honey. Very strong smelling fruits so they can't miss it. They really like the smell of those, but they're not stupid - after a couple of days you need to change their munchies to a different flavour. I hadn't considered using bacon fat, but if they go for it, why not? I have small plastic containers with DO NOT EAT written all over them with pre-mixed honey and borax in different flavours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 In our house we had a few different species,from microscopic,to large black ants,who only seemed to have a few in a colony and only came out at night. So my wife bought some ant chalk at the 19 THB shop up the market,cost 19 THB obviously,there were 6 chalks in a pack,all you do is mark where they are moving about with the chalk,it was a miracle in half an hour there was not an ant to be seen,leave it for a few days,then you can wash it off and apply again if /when they return,2 months now and some are starting to return.maybe it kills cockroaches too. regards Worgeordie ( 19 THB shop ) one of those shops that sells all kinds of stuff mostly from China,from 19 THB in a market near you most likely. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyecatcher Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I am not a fan of the chalk, simply because it does not "chalk" on ceramic tiles, so you cant see where you marked. The grout joints are a great surface to apply chalk but since all chalk is white and no one has white floor grout then I am against that idea. @konini I bet ants love coming to your place for a pineapple smoothie; you treat them well.................my guess is that you are an animal lover and you dont really want to see them die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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