Bed Bugs – How to Treat Bed Bug Infestations and Stop the Biting!
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Bed bug infestations are not only a physical attack on your body, but a psychological attack that can cause insomnia, anxiety and increased stress. Many people describe having them as one of the worst feelings they’ve experienced. Bed bugs can greatly impact you and your family, which is why Bed Bug Supply is here to offer solutions to the bed bug epidemic spreading across the United States.
As stated in our section of the website How Bed Bugs Re-Emerged After Being Mostly Eradicated for Over 50 Years, bed bugs are immune to many of the pesticides used today, which is why using the right treatment is crucial to your success. As you read on, we’ll explain in detail how to rid your bedroom of bed bugs using methods that can be done yourself.
Our program is broken down into 4 steps, which will keep the bed bugs from biting the very first night! The four steps are:
(1) Cover and Elevate
(2) Climbup Interceptor
(3) Steam and Clean
(4) Powder And Spray
Cover and Elevate
Bed bugs and their eggs are most likely located in or on your mattress, box spring and pillows, which is why mattress Encasements should be applied first. Our bed bug proof mattress encasements from Luna Mattress can be used effectively to prevent bed bugs from entering or escaping. With bed bug encasements, you will not need to dispose of your mattress saving you hundreds of dollars. The other part of this step is to elevate your mattress, which will get you ready for step 2.
Start by stripping your bedding off the mattress and then placing them into a sealed garbage bag. Once you’re in front of the washing machine, carefully unload your bedding directly into the washing machine and wash on the hot water setting. This will kill any bed bug and their eggs that may be present. Be sure to reseal the garbage bag the bedding was placed in and dispose of.
While your sheets are washing use a vacuum cleaner to clean away any bed bugs and dropping there might be in the seams of your mattress, pillows and box spring. We recommend disposing of the vacuum bag into a sealed garbage bag after completing this step. If your vacuum doesn’t have a bag, thoroughly clean the vacuums collection container.
Once the mattress has been vacuumed, our Professional Bed Bug Steamer can be used to steam deep inside the mattress killing bed bugs and their eggs. Use the included cloth attachment to steam your mattress for best results. Our steamer produces 130 degree steam, which is considerably higher than the 117 degree heat needed to kill bed bug and their eggs. The Professional Bed Bug Steamer should also be used to stream the entire bed itself including all metal or wooden parts.
An alternative to steaming your mattress is to use our STERI-FAB Bed Bug Killer. STERI-FAB is a contact killer and can be sprayed directly onto the mattress and box spring in order to sterilize and kill all bed bugs and their eggs. Lightly spray your mattress set and allow to dry for 30 minutes or until fully dry.
We will now need to elevate your mattress off the floor. Bed bugs cannot jump or fly so they must climb to reach you. Elevating the mattress will help accomplish this preparing you for steps to come. Only the legs or castors of your bed should be in contact with the floor.
If your horizontal foot or head boards are touching the floor they should be removed as this would allow bed bugs an opportunity to climb in. If your headboard or footboard have hollow cavities or crevices they should not be used as they could be hiding inside. However, you may be able to use the Professional Bed Bug Steamer to treat hollow frames if there is an accessible access point. A simple metal bed frame is the best way to elevate the mattress and box springs from the floor. If there is anything hanging above your mattress (ex. Shelves) they should be removed or the bed should be moved away as bed bugs can fall onto your mattress from above.
Once the bed is elevated and vacuumed the zippered mattress, pillows and box spring covers can be applied and fully zipped up. This again will trap any bed bugs deep inside your mattress from escaping. Without a blood meal, they will eventually die inside the cover. Encasements should be applied and not taken off for at least 18 months to ensure all the beds bugs are dead.
After the bedding encasements are applied you may now add your recently cleaned and bed bug free bedding including sheets and pillows cases. Be sure that nothing is touching the floor except for the legs of your beds. If your sheets are touching the floor at any point bed bugs can climb up and bite you!
You’re now done with step 1.
Climbup Interceptor
With your mattress set now elevated and free from bed bugs, it’s now time to add Climbup interceptors to each point of your bed touching the floor. Our Climbup Interceptors prevent bed bugs from climbing into your mattress so it’s nearly impossible for them to get to you. Simply place an interceptor below each leg or castor touching the floor. Once applied, you will be protected from bed bugs while you sleep. Climbup interceptors also collect bed bugs using its exclusive trapping feature. Now we need to work on killing the bed bugs in your room.
Steam and Clean
In order to kill the bed bugs in your room everything needs to be thoroughly cleaned. Cleaning should include inside book shelves, books, cabinets, night stands etc. Everything should be thoroughly cleaned inside and out. This might also be a good time to go through your closet to dispose of anything you might not need anymore. Everything disposed of should be sealed in thick trash bags to prevent infesting other areas of your home or building. All of your clothes should also be placed in trash bags and sealed off ready to be machine washed.
With all your clothing in sealed in thick garbage bags its time to wash. Machine wash the contents of each garbage bag individually using the hot water setting. This will kill all the bed bugs or eggs that may be in your clothing. Be sure to reseal the used garbage bag and dispose of responsibly.
A vacuum works great to clean most items in your room including unseen bed bug eggs. Books must be vacuumed including papers and just about anything your can get at with a vacuum hose. Again once finished with the vacuum, the bag should be replaced or the container cleaned.
A great way to clean curtains, drapes, mattresses, cabinets, walls and just about anything else is with our Bed Bug Steamer. Our steamer produces 130 degree steam, which is considerably higher than the 117 degree heat needed to kill bed bug and their eggs. A Bed Bug Steamer can also be used on carpets and is one of the best ways to sterilize your room.
Another way to kills bed bugs is with our PackTite Bed Bug Heater. With the PackTite Bed Bug Heater, you can place belongings that cannot be washed into the heater bag where it automatically kills all stages of the bed bug life cycle. Popular items that are often used with the PackTite Bed Bug Heater include luggage, clothing, shoes, books, and anything else that can be safely heated to 130 degrees. PackTite is also popular as a preventative tool travelers can use to sterilize their luggage after returning from a trip.
Any shelves, boxes, storage boxes should be cleaned or steamed. EVERTHING SHOULD BE CLEANED. You get the picture.
A great way to keep your recently cleaned clothing from being re-infested with bed bugs is by using a BugZip drawer liner. Simply insert your clothing into the drawer liner and zip shut. This offers peace of mind knowing that your clothing, shoes, etc will be free from bed bugs or their eggs. We are now at the final step!
Powder and Spray
With the bed now cleaned, covered, elevated, intercepted and the room cleaned thoroughly, its time to apply the residual spray and bed bug powder.
Use our Bedlam Bed Bug Spray on your floor boards, baseboards, headboards and walls to kill bedbugs and their eggs. Try to spray into any cracks in your room where bed bugs may be entering your room from. Spraying around (not in) electrical outlets can help. Our bed bug spray is a residual, which means its killing ability can last 1-7 weeks depending on the surface it is applied to.
Our bed bug powder is completely natural and kills bed bugs within a few hours of contact unlike other powders, which can take several days. Bed bug powder should be applied around the perimeter of your room and then vacuumed up and reapplied after 7 days. This should go on for 6 weeks until all stages of the bed bugs are dead.
Our Bed Bug Powder works by creating a perimeter bed bugs must crawl over to get into your room. When a bed bug crosses the powder, its abdomen is cut open eventually leading to the bed dying of dehydrations. What makes the powder we offer different is the natural oil ingredient also found in the bed bug powder that affects the bed bugs nervous system causing death within hours. Our powder is completely safe for humans and animals. We offer a Pump and Applicator to spread the bed bug powder evenly, which is highly recommended.
What to Expect:
Week 1: Most adults are killed – However, for up to 5 days after your initial treatment, eggs were being actively laid (5 a day each) by the females that fed the night before your first treatment.
Week 2: Eggs from right before the initial treatment are hatching this week and are hungry. Remember it takes 5 feedings in order for bed bugs to start reproducing. As long as they come in contact with our bed bug powder before the 5th time they will die and will never have a chance to lay more eggs.
Week 3: The few eggs that were laid 5 days after the first treatment are now hatching. Keep up the barrier! You’re almost done!
Week 4: All the eggs should have hatched by now and no new eggs are being produced. This is the mop-up week where you will be killing the few bed bugs that managed to survive until now.
Week 5: Mostly precautionary, you just went through 4 weeks of treatment, let’s make sure they are gone for good!
Week 6: Although it should only take 5 weeks, we would still suggest this last week as a final peace of mind application just in case.
Review
After all 4 steps are completed you should be bed bug free. To prevent bed bugs from spreading, powder and spray is recommended to be used in all rooms of the home. Be sure to continue sleeping in the infested room until the bed bugs are eradicated as you don’t want the bed bugs to follow you to another room.
In order for this program to work, all steps must be thoroughly followed. Due to treatment practices and variables outside of our control, Bed Bug Supply is not liable for any outcome against bed bugs. At Bed Bug Supply we have the solutions you and your family needs to sleep comfortably without bed bugs.
Bed Bug Supply’s sole mission is to help families, businesses and individuals take control of their bed infestations using the most effective bed bug treatments available. We’ve helped hundreds of people rid themselves of bed bugs and are here to help you do the same.Dealing with bed bugs is all we do, which is why you can be sure we are constantly keeping us with the latest treatments and most cutting edge products. Please feel free to contact us to discuss how our bed bugs products can work for you.
Bed Bug Supply was established in 2007 as a specialty store dedicated to the eradication of bed bug infestations. We understand the emotional and physical impacts of bed bugs, which can often linger even after the bed bugs are gone. By using the right combination of bed bug products, we can get you and your family sleeping again with both eyes closed.
Visit us on the web at http://www.bedbugsupply.com or call us to speak to one of our bed bug experts at: (866) 238-9868
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