Mortein Powergard Crawling Insect Surface Barrier Outdoor Spray 350g x 6

Mortein PowerGard Crawling Insect Spray Barrier Outdoor 350g is our outdoor barrier spray that protects your family home for up to 9 months by creating a barrier against spiders and crawling insects outside, before they get inside. To provide the best barrier protection, simply spray on non-porous surfaces around the house perimeter, under eaves, around foundations, under window frames, behind downpipes and the underside of guttering, under the house, around sheds in sheltered areas to deter spiders and crawling insects on contact and flush them out from where they hide.

BENEFITS

1. Protects against spiders, cockroaches and ants for up to 9 months outdoors.
2. Deters spiders and crawling insects on contact.
3. Flushes out spiders and crawling insects from where they hide.
4. Water-based, non-stain, low odour formula.
5. Kills cockroaches, spiders, ants, flies, mosquitoes and wasps.

HOW TO USE

• Remove “tear off tab” on trigger prior to first use.
• Shake can well.
• Keep can as upright as possible and hold at about 20-25cm from surface.
• Spray all infested areas and insect hiding places. Do not spray directly onto plants.
  NOT RECOMMENDED FOR USE INDOORS. To provide the best barrier protection, it is recommended to spray on non-porous surfaces around the house perimeter, under eaves, around foundations, under window frames, behind downpipes and the underside of guttering, under the house, around sheds in sheltered areas and anywhere else that crawling insects are known to be hiding. One can is sufficient for barrier protection of the average home. For best results spray in cool, calm conditions onto non-porous, sheltered outdoor surfaces and areas protected from rain and sunlight in the still of the morning or evening.

Cockroaches:

• Spray external door jambs, air vents, cracks & crevices, and other entry points.

Ants:

• Spray around and in garbage bins, food disposal areas, ant nests and points of entry into the house.

Spiders:

• Spray under eaves, under window frames, door jambs & wherever webs appear.

Flies & Mosquitoes:

• Apply as residual surface treatment on sheltered windowsills, door jambs, etc.

Wasps:

• Apply as a residual surface treatment on sheltered surfaces.

WHERE TO USE

• To provide the best barrier protection, it is recommended to spray on non-porous surfaces around the house perimeter, under eaves, around foundations, under window frames, behind downpipes and the underside of guttering, under the house, around sheds in sheltered areas and anywhere else that crawling insects are known to be hiding.
• One can is sufficient for barrier protection of the average home.
• For best results spray in cool, calm conditions onto non-porous, sheltered outdoor surfaces and areas protected from rain and sunlight in the still of the morning or evening.

About Mortein

Mortein was first manufactured as an insecticidal powder in the 1870s by J. Hagemann, a German immigrant to Australia. It is said that Hagemann himself came up with the name Mortein, with a little help from his French wife: the famous name is a combination of the French word 'mort' (dead) and the German 'ein' (one).

Hagemann used crushed chrysanthemum flowers to produce a pyrethrum extract. The powder was originally sprinkled about, and in the 1920s a squeeze puffer was developed. Hagemann introduced a liquid version in 1928. He combined this with kerosene and had a pump pack designed (the traditional 'flit gun') which allowed the insecticide to be sprayed into the air or onto the pests themselves.

Hagemann's product was distributed wholesale by Samuel Taylor. Taylor ran his own business until his death in 1895. Soon after that , the business went broke, and in 1909 it came into the hands of F. S. Steer and Thomas Jackson. They were to revive Taylor's business and ultimately set it up as a proprietary company in 1937 as Samuel Taylor Pty Ltd. This company was to play a critical role in Mortein's development, mainly through the activities of its larger-than-life managing director from the 1940s to the 1960s, Bill Graham.

By 1953, Mortein was already a household name when the Samuel Taylor company pioneered the aerosol industry in Australia by introducing the Pressure Pak. When TV arrived in Australia in 1956, a lengthy 'infomercial' by Mortein was one of the first TV ads produced and shown in this country.

Graham believed in aggressive marketing and advertising, and saw the potential of TV as soon as it appeared. He developed new brand after new brand, including several which are household names today, such as Preen, Fabulon, Aerogard and Mr Sheen. Mortein was, perhaps, his favourite. He was a passionate believer in the safety and efficacy of his product, and once (rumour has it) drank down a glass of Mortein in front of a shocked government inquiry to demonstrate how safe it was.

In 1969 the Samuel Taylor company was bought by the British company Reckitt & Colman. The Australian firm, under its British parent, introduced and promoted to the Australian market several of the country's most familiar household names over the past few decades. Among these consumer icons, Mortein stands out as the most widely recognised of all.

Things You Didn’t Know About Mortein

• Mortein Pressure Pak was the first commercially produced aerosol in Australia back in the 1950s
• Mortein was a pioneer in advertising, producing one of the first television advertisements in Australia
• That loveable rogue Louie the Fly, synonymous with the name Mortein, has been around on television since 1957. Follow Louie the Fly on Facebook. Visit www.facebook.com/louiethefly?ref=br_tf.
• The name 'Mortein' is said to derive from the French 'mort' (dead) plus the German 'ein' (one) and was concocted by Mortein's German inventor and his French wife in the 1870s.
• Mortein, developed and made in Australia, has been the leading brand of household insecticide in Australian homes for over 100 years.
• Mortein was introduced into New Zealand for over many decades.

Mortein has moved a long way from the simple pyrethrum powder and early kerosene-based flit gun fly spray.

Mortein now has products to cater for all pest problems.