Question by Elizabeth Anne:
turpentine or paint thinner for bedbugs?
Please, has anyone ever heard of painting turpentine or paint thinner onto a wood floor (was finished at one time, now worn away) of an apartment to kill bedbugs?
Would regulations in Queens, NY prohibit the use of flammable liquids such as these? Thx.
Best answer:
Answer by helene
Um, I think the bedbugs are in the mattress, not the floor.
You need to call an exterminator. Please do not do home remedies with flammable substances. I’ve heard of apartments going up in flames and children ending up DEAD because their mothers used gasoline to take lice out of their child’s hair, and then fired up the oven to cook their dinner. The fumes exploded.
YES, this would be against fire codes in Queens or anywhere else in the city. So your insurance wouldn’t pay in the event of a fire.
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