Comments on: Bed Bugs http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2003/08/08/bed-bugs/ Are we experts yet? Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:43:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RichH http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2003/08/08/bed-bugs/comment-page-1/#comment-14091 RichH Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:34:07 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/wtbblog/2003/08/08/bed-bugs/#comment-14091 Heat of 114 Kills bedbugs, so use the high setting on your bedding when you dry it. Alcohol kills bed bugs. Wipe down your matteress and box prings with it or mist it all with a fine mist sprayer. Borax poweder kills most bugs, not immediately, but soon enough without using dangerous chemicals. sprinkle it along your baseboards, put it between your matresses, and bed frame, between your box spring and your top matress, between your matress pad and mattress, on top of your matress pad, between it and your sheets, and continue on. Wash all of your bedding using Borax powder in the final rinse. It is safe and recommended for baby bedding, clothing and diapers final rinses. We even sprinkled it under our house, up in the attic, under fridge, stove, up in closet shelves, on closet floors, down in your upholstered furniture, and under it. Work it into the carpeting along all of your baseboards. Most bugs have microscopic hairs on their legs, which picks up the finer powder, taking it back to where they live, and it dries up the protective coating, they then die. It works on most critters, it's not expensive and it is safe. It is also a fire deterrent and it makes everything smell so much better. I sound like a commercial for it, but just someone who's had to use it for any number of bugs. It works and keeps costs down and is much safer than chemical products. Make sure to wash all of your clothing in it as well, expecially if you can't use high heat in your dryer. Heat of 114 Kills bedbugs, so use the high setting on your bedding when you dry it. Alcohol kills bed bugs. Wipe down your matteress and box prings with it or mist it all with a fine mist sprayer. Borax poweder kills most bugs, not immediately, but soon enough without using dangerous chemicals. sprinkle it along your baseboards, put it between your matresses, and bed frame, between your box spring and your top matress, between your matress pad and mattress, on top of your matress pad, between it and your sheets, and continue on. Wash all of your bedding using Borax powder in the final rinse. It is safe and recommended for baby bedding, clothing and diapers final rinses. We even sprinkled it under our house, up in the attic, under fridge, stove, up in closet shelves, on closet floors, down in your upholstered furniture, and under it. Work it into the carpeting along all of your baseboards. Most bugs have microscopic hairs on their legs, which picks up the finer powder, taking it back to where they live, and it dries up the protective coating, they then die. It works on most critters, it’s not expensive and it is safe. It is also a fire deterrent and it makes everything smell so much better. I sound like a commercial for it, but just someone who’s had to use it for any number of bugs. It works and keeps costs down and is much safer than chemical products. Make sure to wash all of your clothing in it as well, expecially if you can’t use high heat in your dryer.

]]> By: RichH http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2003/08/08/bed-bugs/comment-page-1/#comment-14086 RichH Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:48:44 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/wtbblog/2003/08/08/bed-bugs/#comment-14086 Alcohol kills bed bugs, as does 114 degrees heat. We had friends who were given an antique settee, and it was loaded with them. They had it treated by someone, can't remember by whom, nor did I learn the process, but it got rid of them. They say to wash all bedding and put it in the dryer on high heat. Do this with any clothing that can take heat. We've learned that using plain borax, the kind used as a final rinse for baby clothing, will eventually kill them, as well as spiders, cockroaches, etc, as they pick up the fine powder on the microscopic hairs on their legs and carry it back to where they live. It destroys their protective coatings, they will eventually start to dry up and die. It is safe, and not expensive. You can sprinkle it on your matress, around baseboards, under your sinks, work it into carpeting along baseboards, putting it under your couches, chairs, under your beds, under dressers, up in the top of closets, etc. We even put it under our house where we can reach to put it, throwning handfulls it. Attics are also a good place for it. Borax powder isn't instantanious, but it does do the job after a matter of time. We use it in all of our laundry as it helps clothing last longer and stay fresh as well. What is the small bug that eats rayon clothing? It looks like a small dark brown beetle. We had some new clothing, come in with them in it. This was brand new clothing which had never been worn. We didn't unpack it for quite sometime, and when we did, we discovered the rayon items had been damaged This bug is about a 1/8 inch long if not smaller. Destructive little critters. Alcohol kills bed bugs, as does 114 degrees heat. We had friends who were given an antique settee, and it was loaded with them. They had it treated by someone, can’t remember by whom, nor did I learn the process, but it got rid of them. They say to wash all bedding and put it in the dryer on high heat. Do this with any clothing that can take heat. We’ve learned that using plain borax, the kind used as a final rinse for baby clothing, will eventually kill them, as well as spiders, cockroaches, etc, as they pick up the fine powder on the microscopic hairs on their legs and carry it back to where they live. It destroys their protective coatings, they will eventually start to dry up and die. It is safe, and not expensive. You can sprinkle it on your matress, around baseboards, under your sinks, work it into carpeting along baseboards, putting it under your couches, chairs, under your beds, under dressers, up in the top of closets, etc. We even put it under our house where we can reach to put it, throwning handfulls it. Attics are also a good place for it. Borax powder isn’t instantanious, but it does do the job after a matter of time. We use it in all of our laundry as it helps clothing last longer and stay fresh as well.

What is the small bug that eats rayon clothing? It looks like a small dark brown beetle. We had some new clothing, come in with them in it. This was brand new clothing which had never been worn. We didn’t unpack it for quite sometime, and when we did, we discovered the rayon items had been damaged This bug is about a 1/8 inch long if not smaller. Destructive little critters.

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