Here’s how to get rid of ants in your home. Just a drop on the ground and in just two minutes they will no longer be there.

Ants are one of the most common nuisances in the home, especially in summer. They always find a little hole through which to escape to find that crumb that fell to the ground. It is not enough to make an effort to never leave traces of food out there, they always find them, so we reveal a trick that will keep ants away.

Just wash the floors with vinegar and the ants will be gone.

When it’s hot, ants tend to come out of their burrows and therefore invade your home as soon as they smell the food. To remove them you can wash the floor with vinegar. The smell of this is not very welcome by ants who won’t set foot in the house as soon as they smell it.

It is preferable to use white alcohol vinegar, whose smell is stronger. Just put about half a glass in the floor washing bucket filled with hot water. Run it on the floor as usual. But be careful because vinegar is corrosive on marble or natural stone floors.

Other ingredients to wash in the soil and keep ants away

However, vinegar isn’t the only way to keep ants away, there are also other smells and scents that ants don’t like. Here are a few:

• Eucalyptus oil – this plant has a very pleasant smell that, however, ants can’t stand. That’s why it’s perfect for washing the floors at home. In addition to preventing ants from approaching, love will also give a feeling of freshness to the house. Simply put about 3 or 4 drops in the bucket to wash the floor.
• Lemon juice: in addition to repelling ants, it also has a degreasing action and is therefore perfect for washing floors. Simply take a large lemon, squeeze it out, and pour the juice into the bucket to wash the floor. Alternatively, you can also use lemon essential oil. But be careful, because lemon cannot be used on marble or natural stone floors either.

• Mint : the smell of this is not pleasant for ants either. Then it will be enough to prepare an infusion with mint leaves, filter it and pour it into a bucket to wash it on the floor. In addition, the smell of mint will also bring a lot of freshness to the house. Peppermint essential oil can also be used in this case.

Remedies to keep ants away

Washing on the ground with ingredients that ants don’t like is a good idea, but sometimes it’s not enough and you have to act right at the exit points. There are other unpleasant smells, here are some:

• Cloves – These are perfect for putting in corners or furniture, even in the kitchen, to prevent ants from getting into the food.
• Talcum powder: for us its smell is very pleasant for ants but it really is not and this can also be placed in the corners of the house where they usually come out or near doors and windows.
• Coffee grounds : the same to put in corners or near windows and doors.
• Salt: to be used especially in the kitchen but also in the bathroom and in the garden.
• Spices: such as cinnamon and pepper that have very strong smells that ants do not like at all. In this case too, it is enough to sprinkle them in different areas of the house.