Spray can pole extender

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I have a hornets' nest that I want to spray with insecticide.

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The hive is approximately 20-25ft from ground level.

The insecticide that I have is in a aerosol spray can with a large actuator.

While the product is marketed as having a range of 20ft, I have found this claim to be false. In reality it only has a range of 6ft.

I would prefer not to climb up to the area on a ladder, for fear of being in swarming range of the hornets.

Instead, I would like to build a pole-based contraption that would allow me trigger and spray the can from the end of a 10ft pole.

My height + arms length =  8ft
Pole                    = 10ft
Spray range             =  6ft

Sum                     = 24ft

How can I make such a contraption?

Edit: I live in Canada, where specialty products like this take a long time to be delivered, and are hard to find locally.

Best Answer

Wordless Workshop

That's from Best of Wordless Workshop by Ray Doty; the original was a monthly column in Popular Science. (Published sometime between 1971-1985)

The retail versions probably make more sense, but you can hum the theme from the A-Team while exterminating with this one. Besides, Wordless Workshop was a great feature.

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