" I've extracted catnip essence with rubbing alcohol, course filtered and poured into spritzer bottle...seems to work for skeeters. Ode"
Ode ... why don't you switch to vodka? Isopropyl alcohol is quite nasty. If you can't drink it, you shouldn't be allowing your skin to do so. Besides ... if Hulda Clark's theory in regards to the *Fasciolopsis* buski fluke is correct, you'd best steer clear of rubbing alcohol. JDKalloco