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Originally Posted by rockymtnchief
Make sure you remove your sunglasses, cell phone, GPS and anything else with a plastic screen. Even small amounts of DEET will pit the screens over time. I can't imagine what 100% Deet would do!
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I was up riding around Cooke City several years ago and stopped at a lake to swing some fly line. I backed away from the ATV and sprayed some of the 100% DEET on. A little breeze came up and some of it drifted onto the plastic speedometer cluster, which I didn't notice at the time. By the time I did see it, it had pitted part of it out and it took me some serious work, when I got home, to save it.
That stuff can't be good for you, if you absorb it into your system on a regular basis, not with its caustic properties. I try to keep it on my shirts, pants, jackets, boots and hats, rather than spray it directly on my skin.