Skip to main content
Stesso

Disinfect and Prepare for Painting

14:15
19:43
126.7K views

At 14:15 in

These Gourds will KEEP MOSQUITOS AWAY NATURALLY!

Watch on YouTube

What happens here

To prepare the gourds for painting and long-term use, disinfect them with a solution of 1 part chlorine bleach to 9 parts water. Spray this solution inside and outside the gourd, focusing on reaching all interior surfaces. This step is critical to kill any mites or other small pests that might be present, providing a clean and healthy environment for the birds. After disinfection, allow the gourds to dry completely before proceeding to the painting stage.

Goal: Before painting, the gourds are disinfected with a bleach solution to kill mites and other pests, ensuring a clean and safe home for birds.

Tools and materials

  • Spray Bottle
  • Chlorine Bleach
  • Water

What they say

Hide

from this old ugly brown gourd to something beautiful like this now we had some gourds I'm going to grab one right now some of these gourds were not quite up to par like the size was a little small let me grab one these are the smaller ones now I put a smaller hole in these gourds okay I wanted to hold it was an inch and a half and that will set up for chickadees and Tweety birds and stuff like that and the same principle goes I drilled the hole right there I'm gonna hang these in trees and I put my drain holes in the bottom just the same everything is exactly the same you can paint these any color you want to you're gonna be hanging these in the trees okay so if you want to go a dark color it's okay you don't want to go with the dark color on your birdhouse

Auto-generated from the video audio.