Ortho Home Defense MAX Indoor Insect Barrier

Create a year-long, bug-free zone inside your home. This powerful formula kills and prevents ants, roaches, and spiders on non-porous surfaces, providing a lasting insect barrier for your peace of mind.

Key Features

• 365-DAY PROTECTION: Kills and prevents ants, cockroaches, and spiders indoors on non-porous surfaces for a full year, so you can set your barrier and forget it
• STARTS KILLING FAST: Starts killing listed insects fast and dries 30% faster than other Ortho formulas, all without stains or fumes, so you can enjoy convenient protection
• READY-TO-USE TRIGGER SPRAYER: No mixing, no hassle. The simple and familiar trigger sprayer makes it easy to treat spots or create a barrier right away

About This Product

You see a spider in a corner or an ant on the counter, and just like that, your peace of mind is disturbed. Your home is your sanctuary, and you deserve to feel comfortable in it. We get it, and we have the solution to help you restore that feeling of control. For over 100 years, Ortho has provided trusted products for taking on pests. Ortho Home Defense MAX Indoor Insect Barrier is engineered to give you long-lasting protection. It doesn't just kill the bugs you see; it creates a strong barrier that kills and prevents ants, roaches, and spiders on non-porous surfaces indoors for a full 365 days. Get back to enjoying your home with this no stains, no fumes formula that dries 30% faster than other Ortho formulas. This convenient bottle comes with a simple trigger sprayer, so it’s ready to use right away with no mixing required. Let’s solve this together, so you can get back to enjoying your home with confidence.

Where & When to Use

Where to Use:

• Indoors: Use as a spot treatment or crack & crevice spray in kitchens, bathrooms, basements, around doors and windows, under sinks, around appliances, and along baseboards.
• Outdoors: Applications to hard surfaces like sidewalks, driveways, patios, porches, windows, doors, and eaves are limited to spot or crack-and-crevice treatments; product may also be applied as a perimeter treatment to soil or vegetation around a structure and to building foundations up to a height of 3 feet.

Where Not to Use: Do not apply directly into sewers or drains, or to any area like a gutter where drainage to sewers, storm drains, water bodies, or aquatic habitats can occur. Do not spray animals. Do not apply in or on electrical equipment due to the possibility of shock hazard.

When to Use: Use it anytime you see evidence of insect activity or as a preventative treatment.

How Often to Use: This product provides 365 days of protection for ants, roaches, and spiders indoors on non-porous surfaces. For other pests reapply when you see new signs of insect activity. Re-treatment is recommended at least once per season (every 3 months) outdoors.

How To Use

How to Apply Indoors:

1. Prep: Shake the container well before each use.
2. Apply: Turn the nozzle to your desired spray setting. Squeeze the trigger and hold the sprayer about 12 inches from the surface. Apply a 4-inch band along baseboards, in cracks, and other hiding places until slightly wet, without soaking.

How to Apply Outdoors:

1. Prep: Shake the container well before each use.
2. Apply: Turn the nozzle to your desired spray setting. Squeeze the trigger and hold the sprayer about 12 inches from the surface and apply a 12-inch wide band along the exterior perimeter of your home until the area is slightly wet without soaking.

How to Treat for Fleas and Ticks:

1. Spot Treat: To kill fleas and ticks, spot treat infested areas such as pet resting quarters, nearby cracks and crevices, and localized areas of floor and floor coverings.
2. Replace Bedding: After treatment, remove old pet bedding and replace it with fresh, clean bedding. Do not spray animals with this product.
3. Treat Your Pet: To control the source of the infestation, pets should be treated with a product specifically registered for use on animals. Do NOT spray animals with this Ortho Home Defense MAX product.

Product Tips

• Before You Spray: Cover or remove any exposed food, dishes, and food-processing equipment.
• After You Spray: People and pets may re-enter the treated area after the spray has dried. Thoroughly wash all food processing surfaces and utensils with soap and water before reuse.
• Storage: Turn the nozzle to the "off" position. Store in a cool, dry place out of reach of children and pets.

Product Safety

• Environmental Hazards: This product is extremely toxic to fish and aquatic invertebrates. To protect the environment, do not allow pesticide to enter or run off into storm drains, drainage ditches, gutters, or surface waters. This product is highly toxic to bees exposed to direct treatment or residues on blooming plants. Do not apply this product or allow it to drift to blooming plants if bees are foraging the treatment area.
• Application: Apply this product during calm weather when rain is not predicted for the next 24 hours to help ensure that wind or rain does not blow or wash pesticide off the treatment area.