Re: having problems with ticks...
Use the clothing wash as described above and et it dry on your clothes. Works VERY well. These treatments are not meant to be applied to clothes while wearing them as you should NOT get it on your skin,.
I live in deer tick central here and have had Lymes myself several times. It really sucks.
The sprays meant to be put on your skin also help. However, they work properly when applied to skin. Spraying clothing with them does little to repel ticks.
Be sure to tuck your pants into your boots or blouse them military style. That is about the only way yo keep them from crawling up your trouser legs on the inside. You can also duct tape your cuffs around your lower legs or get a pair of the commercially available tick gaiters that are out there.
Do as much as you can to prevent getting tick diseases, and there are several of them in the USA. Trust me, it's not fun suffering from them until the meds kick in and get rid of them.
If you suffer any of the symptoms like unexplained headaches, muscle or joint pain, etc., get medical assistance as soon as possible and press the doctor to do the proper testing. Even here with such a widespread abundance of people with tick borne diseases there is reluctance by doctors to treat it effectively.
Latest research has shown a lot of the beliefs about Lymes are not true. Like there is no minimum time a tick must be attached to transmit the disease, you do not always get the bulls eye mark at the bite site and you may actually never actually find the bite site. If you have symptoms, get to the clinic.
Every december I put my dogs on a 30 day course of Doxycycline just to clear up what the Lymes shots, Front Line and Front line spray don't prevent.