How to get rid of ants in the house

With approach of warm days I in kitchen had ants
As to get rid of them I do not know therefore I addressed the Internet.

Here what I found:

1. You watch intelligence agents. The first ants in the house have to guard you. These are intelligence agents who estimate your kitchen regarding possible invasion, and their task — to return to a nest and to report that your kitchen — quite suitable object. Without postponing be accepted to cleaning of kitchen, put away all food in containers, wipe any spots of food origin which can attract ants.
Do not leave dirty ware. Wash the dishes right after use or put in the dishwasher and densely close a door. Wipe lockers and a table-top with acetic solution: it cleans a surface, disinfects and leaves a smell which is extremely unpleasant to ants. Put away all garbage and you hold a garbage can densely closed. Wash out all food containers before putting them in a case.
Daily vacuum or sweep kitchen.
Rinse all banks, containers and bottles on which there are food remains. In particular it concerns cans from jam, jam, honey and syrups, bottles from under sauce and liqueur. Put ware with honey and another especially attractive for muravev food in plates with water. Look at this and this articles to obtain more information.
Put all food in tight containers. Containers have to be such that ants could not make the way in them. Do not violate this rule of at least 3-7 days. Ants, without having found itself livelihood, will leave on more favorable territories. This reception works because ants follow in the chemical tracks of other ants which found food.
Perhaps, it is necessary to hide in tight containers and other odorous substances, such as detergents, deodorants and so forth as they also draw attention of ants. Just pay attention to a congestion of ants about not food objects.

2. Caulk up all points of penetration. As ensuring purity of your kitchen, carry out own investigation. Can you define where ants get into your house?
Track one ant to see where they enter and leave. Seal all openings through which insects by means of silicone sealant, putty, glue or plaster get. As a temporary measure it is possible to apply vaseline or an adhesive tape. If you use temporary means (for example, an adhesive tape) — do it only before acquisition of more reliable decision as over time glue will dry and the adhesive tape will come unstuck, opening the road to ants.

3. Use soap solution. Soap solution kills ants on which gets and also destroys a chemical trace, thereby without allowing other ants to follow on a track.
This easy and cheap way: just pour one teaspoon of liquid soap in the spray and add waters up to the top. You will see ants — splash on them, that's all!
It is possible to enhance effect having added mint or orange oil to water.
Addition of soap in water barriers will make them much more effectively, than plain water.

4. Create protective barriers. There are different types of barriers which will frighten ants and will force them to steer clear. Many natural substances from which it is possible to create these barriers for certain are in your kitchen — they need to be placed only correctly. The barrier can be made not wider than 6.5 mm, but it has to be the continuous line. It is necessary to understand that the barrier will not work against the ants which already got on kitchen (on the contrary, your kitchen will become for them a trap), but will prevent receipt of ant "reinforcement".
Here what it is possible to use for creation of barriers:
- Activated carbon in powder
- The lines drawn with chalk
- Turmeric
- Cinnamon
- Citrus oil
- Black, Cayenne or chili pepper
- Vaseline (perfectly works at windows doors)
- Children's powder
- Cleaning powder
- Acetic solution
- The powders absorbing moisture, such as diatomovy powder or silicate gel.

5. Spray the aromas which are frightening off insects. Ants do not love many smells, such as smell, mints, camphor and garlic. It is possible to use fresh sources of a smell or in the form of oil to break the atmosphere of zones (rooms) visited by ants. One more positive side of this reception is that you can pick up aroma for own discretion, having improved the atmosphere in the house in general, having at the same time made him very unfriendly for ants. Here couple of the ideas:
- Mint leaves, you remember and spread out. It is possible to put mint in points of penetration of ants. Dried mint is also rather effective.
- Garlic teeth (rub to garlic teeth an ant track and points of penetration).
- Lavender oil. Similar to mint, it is possible to put a lavender in points of penetration of ants.
- Clove oil or barrier from a ground carnation.
- Camphor.
- Use bay leaf to frighten off ants from concrete products. Especially ants sugar, paprika and flour attract. Put laurels leaves in bank with sugar, a can with flour and the container with paprika. You will be surprised!

6. Use a coffee thick. It is possible to throw out a coffee thick in an ant hill and around the base of the house. This material is safe, but it will confuse working ants, hammering a smell of ant tracks. Thus, the ants which hatched from dolls in colony will be left without food and will die out with hunger. It is necessary to work quietly and persistently: process can occupy the whole summer, but eventually you will get rid of ants of the house and of ant hills on your lawn.
It is important to add regularly (annually) a coffee thick, however, it is absolutely safe and has no side effects. Clean kitchen — also indispensable condition.

7. Use detergent with baking soda. Mix a little liquid detergent (for example, Dawn) with baking soda and water. Put the thin line of solution where ants get into the house. A great way to deal with ants on a window sill.

And you as fight against ants?