Rodent Control Fill Fabric, Large DIY Kit, Stainless Steel Wool, Stops Rats and Mice

So far, this stuff is working great! I didn't realize that there were huge gaps around the pipes under my sink and when our building started having a problem with mice, so did my unit. I couldn't figure out how the little suckers were getting in. We had an exterminator come in and he put bait stations and traps around, but he told me that he couldn't fill the gaps around the pipes and that I would have to call a contractor for that. The biggest gap was less than an inch so that seemed excessive. After some research, I found this stuff and so far, so good. You definitely need to wear the gloves so if they don't fit, get some that are bigger and have the rubber coating like these do because this stuff is evil and will get through any fabric, even the heavy canvas gloves. And the included scissors are also helpful because you need something strong to get through this stuff. But it was easy enough to cut and I pulled it apart a bit before stuffing it in the crevices around the pipes. Once you are done cutting this stuff, be sure to clean up the small bits that fall because those will hurt if you touch them or step on them or, like me, end up with them on your clothing. Tiny little shard of pain, I tell you. But that's great because it will hurt the mice if they even try to get into my place. I got a paper towel wet and used that to clean them all up. Next time, I'll put down some plastic before cutting, or cut the bits over a bag. Lesson learned. This stuff stays put and I have not heard the mice in the cupboard since. Now I just need to go around my place and find any other ways they are sneaking in. You get quite a bit of it with this size order so I have no doubt I'll be able to do my entire unit with just one package. I highly recommend this stuff if you know where the mice are getting in. I don't know if this is safe to use around copper pipes, but mine were all PVC and one was the flexible hose used for the dishwasher. Do some research before using this around copper because the building manager mentioned it when I told him about this stuff. If I find out more about that, I'll update my review. Or, if someone from the company knows and can comment, that would be great. Overall, very satisfied. I freaking hate mice.

We have an older, brick home. That means lots of nooks and crannies for critters to find their way in. We needed something to tuck in cracked or loose mortar joints so that we don't get field mice in the house or basement. I am going to get a mason to professionally repair the brick, but this is a great solution until he can get to my job. The gloves work great. As long as you keep the gloves on and make sure you are kneeling on a clean towel, you will not get any steel splinters in your hands or knees. The scissors provided aren't terrible, but they aren't great. As other reviewers noted, the provided scissors won't cut the steel wool. Well, either would my super sharp kitchen shears. (Maybe tin snips would work best?) I actually ended pulling the steel wool apart like cotton candy after the scissors made a small "starting" notch in the steel wool strip. That method worked well, but you don't get as exact of measurements. This product is great. Well made, and I was really able to stuff a lot in to keep those pesky critters out. Overall, this is more durable and much easier to use than old fashioned steel or copper mesh that you had to secure with caulk or foam.

Like many reviewers, I found the supplied scissors to be of little use. For my use, I found it easier to separated the end of the roll into two layers then using the very good supplied gloves just tear off the amounts needed. Use was to fill a void in a car that had previously been a mouse house.

When the “pest doctor” came out to help with our rats nightly invasions, he said we could save some money by putting in the weep hole barrier ourselves. He didn’t say we’d need a particular kind of rat barrier. No problem,” said I. “I can do that.” So I promptly bought more copper wool and shoved it in the weep holes. Sure enough, a month later, the rat plot thickened. After he disposed of several rats, and we thought our problems were over. Guess what. That pest guy’s visit wasn’t covered under contract. Why? The rats, or Ratzillas he called them, had pulled the copper wool out of numerous weep holes. Was the pest control guy playing games with us? No. I saw the weep holes myself, the very ones I had filled weeks prior. What am I supposed to fill them with? XCluder. The stuff you see on this listing. We had some delivered the next day. When you buy this, you note that it has special scissors and special gloves. You want to use those gloves. They will keep your hands from getting cut up on the fabric you used to fill the weep holes. I understand now why rats don’t want to play with this. I can’t imagine the damage it would do to their mouths. The gloves are covered with flexible rubber. There were times that my fingers encountered the fabric without the gloves. Trust me. You’ll understand. Even through the gloves where there is no rubber coating, you can feel the sharp metal. The fabric kit also comes with scissors that are capable of cutting the fabric. You might think that this is just a cute little accessory to include. Like the gloves. It’s not. It’s a necessity. You’ll be glad you bought it. This isn’t perfect though. One spot where the pest control guy filled a weep hole with this, he didn’t pack it tight enough. I noticed it had been pulled out. Make sure it’s in there without space for rats or mice to get in. Reportedly, it will expand. But, as I say, in one space it either fell out or was pulled out. The long and short is that you shouldn’t waste money on the copper wool. It’s throwing good money after bad. This product is an excellent product so far as I can tell at this point. Make sure to cut it appropriately but also make sure it fills the space. There may be other similar products. But I can say that copper wool doesn’t work against Ratzilla.

I haven't really had any problems with mice coming into my house in 18 years. For the last 3 months heard something in my wall while I working on my computer. Now this is a little funny. I have a dental partial that attaches to my dental implants. I went to get a polident tablet to clean my partial. The tablets was in the bottom drawer in my bathroom cabinet. There must have been 8 tablets eaten and chewed on. I also saw mouse droppings in the drawer. So I called a pest control company and asked them if a mouse can die from eating polident tablets. He laughed and said he is probably not feeling too good right now. I looked up ways to deter mice and bought a roll of this Xcluder steel wool material. I cut it into strips with the gloves that comes with the material (not using the scissors that was provided which doesn't cut very well). Took out the bottom drawer and shoved the material into any small space that I could find that a mouse might be able to get into. Went outside to look at any opening that a mouse might be able to squeeze thru to get into the house. Noticed there was a opening by the wood and cement by the crawl space, and shoved some of the steel wool into that space. I also put out some D-Con traps outside. One week later no sign of the mouse in my bottom bathroom cabinet drawer and no more noise in the wall and none of the D-Con traps had a mouse in it. Don't know what happened to the mouse maybe his stomach just exploded after eating the polident tablets but probably died with clean white teeth.

Bought this as bug and rodent deterent for filling holes on my screened in porch after three or four tires with regular steel wool. After a year: Well, definitely better than household steel wool, but not exactly rustproof grade stainless. After about a year it has started to rust.

The gloves and scissors that came with the fabric were a nice surprise. My mouse exterminator showed me the weep holes along my exterior bricks. He recommended this fabric. It allows the wall to breathe and drain. I don’t have a massive mouse issue, but when it gets cold, they seem to find a way in. I will let you know if this was indeed their entry points. Filled about 15 of the ground level slats and had about 1/3 a roll left. Easy to cut and stuff!

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