Yup have one of these in my barn - works great.
Ken J
>Good call, Brad. I've never seen aluminum wool. Where do you buy it?
>
>On the subject of mice...
>
>I will never store a trailer again without using the best mousetrap
>I have ever seen. I believe I got the design from someone on this
>list. It is not my own, but it works like a charm.
>
>Materials needed:
>5 gallon bucket
>1" dowel, just shorter than the diameter of the bucket
>2 nails
>drill bit (larger than the heads of the nails)
>peanut butter
>about a gallon of anti-freeze
>yard stick or similar piece of wood
>
>Design:
>Drill two holes in opposite sides of the bucket, approximately three
>to four inches down from the top
>Cut your dowel about an inch shorter than the diameter of the bucket
>Drive one nail in each end of the dowel, leaving approximately one
>inch of nail exposed
>Place dowel in bucket with each nail protruding through one of your
>drilled holes
>Make sure dowel spins freely without falling out of holes
>Smear the dowel liberally with peanut butter
>Pour a gallon of anti-freeze in the bottom of the bucket (should be
>a few inches deep at least)
>Place yard stick on rim of bucket to act as a ramp for mice to climb up
>If you have cats, I recommend using a lid on the bucket and cutting
>a three inch hole in the middle of the lid
>
>Place the whole thing in your trailer (or wherever you have
>mice). The mice climb up to check out the peanut butter. They
>can't reach it so they have to jump to it. They hit the dowel,
>which spins and flings them into the anti-freeze where the drown and
>stay preserved.
>The best thing about this trap is that it never needs resetting and
>it works on multiple mice, preserving their bodies in the
>antifreeze. Just scoop them out every now and then. I leave it in
>the trailer all winter and just clean it out in the
>spring. Thankfully, I only got one this past winter. I got a lot
>in our shed, though.
>
>I hope this is helpful!
>Wally
>www.vintageairstreamer.com