Question by James A:
i need a bedbug professional…They are almost impossible to get rid of. Anyone know how to get rid of them?
I’m not talking about calling the bug man here…I’m talking about something just short of burning the place to the ground. New York city is infested and they are all over the place and immune to all the bug sprays. Anyone had a real success with getting rid of them completely?? Thanks
Best answer:
Answer by krillin5959
a very expensive vacuum (i have a kirby) can suck them out of the top layer of your bed.
after that you can cover your bed in a special plastic undersheet. look for hypo allergenic or something to that effect. then when you wash your sheets you wash away the ‘new’ bedbugs
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simple: go buy some lysol, and pine oil, spray lysol on till real damp, then rub in pine oil, with warm water. then let dry. mattress only.
leave everything and move out
You can spinkle flea powder for cats or dogs on the mattress. I know that it gets rid of fleas. The instructions on the product say to do this when you sprinkle your pet.
As far as bug spray, I use the gallon bottle of Ortho Max from the Home Depot ($ 12-15). It has a small tube and spray-handle. It’s very good stuff.
I have book here at home that says to spray your baseboards, wall crevices, and floor cracks with an insecticide containing 2% malathion, and to spray bed frames and springs with 1% malathion. Mist mattress with 1% malathion, but do not soak them. Be sure to spray mattress seams and tufts. Let mattress dry completely before reusing. If reinfestation occurs, treat again after an interval of two weeks. Launder all bedding, and keep the house clean.
I live out in the country and I can find a bottle of malathion in hardware stores and farm stores. It’s used for mosquitos and also termites among other things.