Bed bugs and Pests
Pest exterminators Dhanush Madhavan and Nalaka Daundaratne
How to get rid of bed bugs from Clothes and Fabrics
You must assume that every cloth at your home is at risk of having bed bugs or their eggs on. Once again, if there are clothes that are visibly with bed bugs and you can throw them away, please do so. Any other clothing must be washed and dried at the top temperature for at least for 1 1/2 hours. Then, please each lot directly into sealable plastic bags. However, if you cannot clean all clothes on the same day, pack all in bags and tie them so that bed bugs are contained within. Once you were, discard the used bag safely and store back in a bran new one after washing.
Place any smaller cloth or items that cannot be wash in your freezer for over 4-5days to assure both adult bed bugs and eggs are eliminated.
Remember, be very careful when you handle unwashed clothes while placing in the washer as bed bugs need only a fraction of time to grab on to your body or clothing.
Also, you don’t have to use a special detergent or more quantity or strong chemicals to do your laundry. Your regular detergent will do just fine.
by Nalaka Daundaratne & Dhanush Madhavan
Bed bugs in carpets and rugs
Carpets and rugs are a great place for bed bugs to live. When you treat the home, discard carpets and rugs if you can do so. If you intend to keep them, wash and dry following the same concepts and techniques that we talked about when cleaning clothes.
If your floor has fixed carpets, vacuum several times thoroughly. Especially following each time, you clean a mattress, bed base or furniture. If you have or can rent a carpets cleaner that uses steam that will be another great addition to get rid of the bugs. Make sure you let the steam contact at least 20-25 seconds at each block as bed bugs’ eggs required more time to die. Nalaka Daundaratne don't recommend using advance carpet cleaning products as they seems not to be effective at killing bed bugs as some claim.
If the infestation has already gone out of control, we highly suggest taking professional services to get rid of bed bugs and clean your carpets with advance pesticides used by a licensed exterminator
How to get rid of bed bugs in shoes
All kind of shoes and boots are another place that bed bugs hide. Commonly in the shoes that aren’t used frequently. Since they are kind of pests that prefer to get established at a chosen location they rarely live in your regularly used shoes.
Remove the inner soul of the shoe and check if there are bed bugs visible. If your inner soul and interiors have wool or a fluffy texture, remove bed bugs many as possible with the vacuum cleaner. Ideally use a narrow adapter that comes with most of the cleaners. Then, best way to get rid of eggs and remaining bed bugs is to use a hair dryer at the higher heat setting and direct the hot air stream inside the shoe or the boot and continue to warm the interior at least for 20 minutes.