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#1 2011-10-19 05:44:39

Andy_B
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Posts: 2097

Any Trouble With Moths?

I've had none so far, but one of the little sods just came fluttering out the place where I keep a fair amount of wool and cashmere sweaters etc.  Has anyone had bitter experience and can suggest remedies?

 

#2 2011-10-19 06:20:06

farrago
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From: Now in SFO
Posts: 1087

Re: Any Trouble With Moths?

Garment bags.
Short of dry cleaning, you might try freezing the garment(s) for a couple of days.
Cedar blocks as always.

 

#3 2011-10-19 06:22:48

Andy_B
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Re: Any Trouble With Moths?

Cedar blocks.  I'll look into that.  Thanks, Mark.

 

#4 2011-10-19 06:25:37

farrago
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From: Now in SFO
Posts: 1087

Re: Any Trouble With Moths?

I lost a bunch of good items about ten years ago. The cloth garment bags have been the best investment. Copious amounts of cedar couldn't hurt. Best yet, how about a a whole clothes closet lined with cedar?

 

#5 2011-10-19 06:52:11

Moose Maclennan
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From: Hernando's Hideaway
Posts: 4577

Re: Any Trouble With Moths?

Moth paper seems to work quite well and is dead cheap. Odourless too. I always keep plenty folded up sheets in the jacket pockets of stored suits.

But my, they are cunning bastards. And in my experience once you've got them you will never completely eradicate them.

 

#6 2011-10-19 06:54:52

Andy_B
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Re: Any Trouble With Moths?

It makes me wonder how retailers get by.

 

#7 2011-10-19 07:11:31

farrago
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Re: Any Trouble With Moths?

 

#8 2011-10-19 12:01:31

Oo Bop Sh'bam
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Re: Any Trouble With Moths?


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#9 2011-10-20 02:14:41

Andy_B
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Posts: 2097

Re: Any Trouble With Moths?

Thank you.  That would be kind.  And I'll send you GM.

 

#10 2011-10-20 04:01:14

Chris_H
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Re: Any Trouble With Moths?


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#11 2011-10-20 04:34:30

Moose Maclennan
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From: Hernando's Hideaway
Posts: 4577

Re: Any Trouble With Moths?

If you ever go to one of those warehouses that specialize in expensive orient carpets, look behind the desks and you will see many large spray bottles of moth poison.

 

#12 2011-10-20 08:24:42

Thee Beatnik
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Re: Any Trouble With Moths?

I wonder what kind of moths JS has... Hmmm

 

#13 2011-10-20 08:25:30

Andy_B
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Posts: 2097

Re: Any Trouble With Moths?

Fuckin' Ivy ones, Pablo, in jackets with lapped seams.

 

#14 2011-10-20 10:44:26

1966
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Re: Any Trouble With Moths?

Moth Culture.





*Off again now bye*

 

#15 2011-10-20 11:23:35

Liam Mac
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Re: Any Trouble With Moths?

I often thought that many of the posters on Modculture found their way there, simply because they were attracted by the flickery light from the computer screen.

 

#16 2011-10-21 13:02:44

IvyLeagueOfGentlemen
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From: Grace Brothers
Posts: 1255

Re: Any Trouble With Moths?

So I take it moths aren't Ivy?

Moths have been known to fly out of my wallet, on the rare occasions I decide to give it an airing.... (wink)


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#17 2011-10-24 05:05:13

aljazz
Ivy Original
Posts: 117

Re: Any Trouble With Moths?

Cedar balls or blocks certainly but also, and a cheaper option, is sprigs of rosemary, assuming you`ve got access to a plant.

 

#18 2012-08-12 02:08:30

woofboxer
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From: The Lost County of Middlesex
Posts: 7959

Re: Any Trouble With Moths?

A bump for this one as it's the time of year when moths are active, May to October for the UK.

Clean your wardrobe out, check your wool garments, consider using anti moth products.


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#19 2012-08-12 02:19:42

fxh
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From: Melbourne
Posts: 6159

Re: Any Trouble With Moths?

Moffs like dark and quiet and no movement and food/organic stuff to feed on.

Open cupboards, let light and breeze /air in and move stuff frequently.

Hang clothes out in sunshine and breeze for a few hours.

Vintage clothes people I've known dry clean everything once a year and move it around if possible..

 

#20 2012-08-12 02:30:51

eris
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Posts: 624

Re: Any Trouble With Moths?

I read somewhere that moths don't gnaw through linen, so I ebayed a couple of cheapo linen pillow covers in which I now store most of my knitwear... along with generous amounts of anti-moth satchets and the like. You never know.

 

#21 2012-08-12 02:54:23

fxh
Big Down Under.
From: Melbourne
Posts: 6159

Re: Any Trouble With Moths?

Its mostly food / organic matter spilt/stained on wool etc that they munch on - get rid of that and they don't munch on wool itself - so I'm told.

Move stuff around and let light  in and they wont even begin to stay.

 

#22 2012-08-13 08:31:14

Richard Bergman
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Posts: 583

Re: Any Trouble With Moths?

I'd promised a friend of mine two Smedley jumpers that had become too small for me. After pulling them from the back of wardrobe I noticed that both of them had been attacked. As they were on top of each other the holes were in excaty the same place on each of them.

Last edited by Richard Bergman (2012-08-13 08:32:25)

 

#23 2014-07-29 04:50:17

Yuca
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Posts: 8543

Re: Any Trouble With Moths?

Any good recommendations? There are all sorts of cedar products on Amazon - do any really work?


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#24 2014-07-29 04:59:54

4F Hepcat
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Re: Any Trouble With Moths?

Jumpers - they're attracted to them as an easy target. They'll go for a jumper over a tweed jacket everytime.


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#25 2014-07-29 05:06:32

Yuca
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Posts: 8543

Re: Any Trouble With Moths?

I just found one on my favourite winter overcoat, which is now hanging on my clothes line, enjoying the sun. (Later I'm going to try to fit it into my freezer compartment.)


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