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On 31-May-2005, (Deborah M Riel) wrote:

If I had to forego any of the above, I guess I'd ditch using the bug
repellent before the Ivy Block. I'm really allergic to poison ivy,

That's too bad, since I would have recommended not bothering with it.
I've camped in poison ivy locations without problems just by not rolling
around on the ground :-).

Bug repellent clothing sounds interesting. I'd like to know more
about it too!

I can't use both insect repellant and sunscreen. Either one is ok, but
if I use both, I get a rash. So I use sunscreen and wear a bug shirt
and bug proof pants. The bug shirt I use has no repellant - it's just
tightly woven cotton and no-see-um mesh.

As far as bug repellant clothing goes:

http://www.kayakforum.com/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/guille/wiki.pl?Bug_Shirt_Or_Pants

I'm not keen on either the permithrin or DEET versions.

Mike