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Cliff, get out to China Town and see about getting some Chinese chalk. It will be difficult to get them to sell it to you because its not legal. Poke around and try. Someone gave my mom a couple of them long ago so I used it on my house and found it to be extremely effective. When I first moved in 20 years ago to this hell hole of a fixer-upper, I had an ant invasion like if the interior was painted with honey. No matter what I tried, they kept coming back within a day or two. I had the place spotless, with no food left out and had the pros come out to treat the place. Within 2-3 months, they would slowly come back. They came back, treated it and same thing, ants came right back.

One day, I was left with nothing to lose and decided to use the chalk. All it is needed is to draw a small, 1/2" line right across their pathway. Go away and enjoy the afternoon. Come back in a few hours and watch all the ants go away. They will carry away their dead too, so no clean up for you. They carry the chalk back to the nest and that kills them all. You can even draw it in a few location where they enter the house. You must draw it across their path way. This way they are sure to take it back to their colony. Just a light line, nothing heavy.

I have not had any ants problems in more then 0-15 years. Occasionally I will get a few in the house, but I really think those are send out foraging for food sources. I drew a line under my doors years ago, and has been effective ever since.

I remember my workman telling me he bought some at the local swap meet for a buck or two. In the mean time, I will look around for you if you are willing to use it.