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Any idea how to get them out? Just let’em suffocate? I don’t like the idea of my models having living creatures in them.
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 Power Elephant wrote:
Use a sifter perhaps?


I don’t have anything smaller that will get rid of them that way. Tiny is the operative word.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9956368.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9956368.page GMT How do I get Ants out of my Sand? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9956373.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9956373.page GMT How do I get Ants out of my Sand?
 Badablack wrote:
Bake the sand in the oven, the ants will shrivel and char into dust, and won’t be visible in your basing.


Thanks, on a cookie sheet? Tinfoil? How long and how hot would you say?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9956384.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9956384.page GMT How do I get Ants out of my Sand? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9956387.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9956387.page GMT Re:How do I get Ants out of my Sand? IT WITH FIRE.... Obviously you have a 'Nid infestation....]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9956407.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9956407.page GMT How do I get Ants out of my Sand?
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 Apple Peel wrote:
 Badablack wrote:
Bake the sand in the oven, the ants will shrivel and char into dust, and won’t be visible in your basing.


Thanks, on a cookie sheet? Tinfoil? How long and how hot would you say?


I'd get an old baking tray to spread the sand thinly then Put the oven on full for an hour or so. Less time would probably work. You could put something like a grape next to the sand. When the grape us totally incinerated then its unlikely that any ants would survive. Tardigrades, yes, but not ants.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9956604.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9956604.page GMT How do I get Ants out of my Sand?
 Flinty wrote:
 Apple Peel wrote:
 Badablack wrote:
Bake the sand in the oven, the ants will shrivel and char into dust, and won’t be visible in your basing.


Thanks, on a cookie sheet? Tinfoil? How long and how hot would you say?


I'd get an old baking tray to spread the sand thinly then Put the oven on full for an hour or so. Less time would probably work. You could put something like a grape next to the sand. When the grape us totally incinerated then its unlikely that any ants would survive. Tardigrades, yes, but not ants.


Thanks, now I need to convince someone to let me bake sand in their oven. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9956611.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9956611.page GMT How do I get Ants out of my Sand?
 Flinty wrote:
 Apple Peel wrote:
 Badablack wrote:
Bake the sand in the oven, the ants will shrivel and char into dust, and won’t be visible in your basing.


Thanks, on a cookie sheet? Tinfoil? How long and how hot would you say?


I'd get an old baking tray to spread the sand thinly then Put the oven on full for an hour or so. Less time would probably work. You could put something like a grape next to the sand. When the grape us totally incinerated then its unlikely that any ants would survive. Tardigrades, yes, but not ants.


Not sure about the grape but otherwise what Flinty said sounds perfect. Layer less than an inch thick at 350 Fahrenheit for an hour would be my plan. May not incinerate them but I doubt they’d live.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9956619.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9956619.page GMT Re:How do I get Ants out of my Sand? ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9956632.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9956632.page GMT Re:How do I get Ants out of my Sand?
 DarkTraveler777 wrote:
This is by far the darkest modeling Q&A session I've read in a while.


You’re welcome.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9956662.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9956662.page GMT How do I get Ants out of my Sand?
Borax.

Put the sand on a cookie sheet as noted - but instead of baking it in the oven, sprinkle with borax.

The ants will consume the borax (they love the stuff) - however, once ingested, it combines with any moisture into boric acid - and boric acid forms VERY pointy stabby crystals. It basically rips them apart from the inside.
There'll be torn and shredded bodies and ichor everywhere - just like an Avengers movie.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9956677.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9956677.page GMT Re:How do I get Ants out of my Sand? ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9956748.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9956748.page GMT Re:How do I get Ants out of my Sand?
edwardmyst wrote:
It seems to me that anything you do will cost more than just getting some more sand? Cost of propane or gas for heat, borax, etc. Of course if this is really about purging heretic ants...


I mean already have sand, and I can always get more sand for free, but my sand and the free has ANTS in it.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9956869.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9956869.page GMT How do I get Ants out of my Sand? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9958339.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9958339.page GMT How do I get Ants out of my Sand?
fwiw, You can also repel ants with vinegar.

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 Apple Peel wrote:


Thanks, now I need to convince someone to let me bake sand in their oven.

No oven? Pour the sand in your toaster, set to "dark", use the bagel option if present. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9958477.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9958477.page GMT Re:How do I get Ants out of my Sand?
mix some honey with baking soda

they'll be attracted to it (quickly) and die]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9958854.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9958854.page GMT How do I get Ants out of my Sand? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9958924.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9958924.page GMT How do I get Ants out of my Sand?
I repeat. Just go buy some. It will cost like 5 dollars, at most.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9962238.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/756058/9962238.page GMT