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loncell

loncell

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Daughter found a couple in her room and worse two o her bed. I bought this stuff and blitzed the room. I also flipped the bed and the 2 square bases I sprayed inside along with the tall velvet headboard.
She had a new mattress *after* I sprayed plus I left the bed bases on their side and used a fumigation smoke bomb.
I thought that was it, till she saw another this morn and they are appearing on top of the quilt.
I caught one crawling up the crevice of the headboard. So today I'm gonna unstaple the headboard and bases and see if there's anything in there. Anyone any advise ?
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I'd try a hot steamer machine and hot wash all the bed sheets. The steam will kill them plus any little eggs etc. Make sure you get into everywhere with it though
 
loncell said:
Daughter found a couple in her room and worse two o her bed. I bought this stuff and blitzed the room. I also flipped the bed and the 2 square bases I sprayed inside along with the tall velvet headboard.
She had a new mattress *after* I sprayed plus I left the bed bases on their side and used a fumigation smoke bomb.
I thought that was it, till she saw another this morn and they are appearing on top of the quilt.
I caught one crawling up the crevice of the headboard. So today I'm gonna unstaple the headboard and bases and see if there's anything in there. Anyone any advise ?
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Do you have any photos of the bugs that you have found in the room.
 
This little f**ker was going across the headboard. The one thing my daughter has is a real down pillow and 2 stupid big ornamental down puff pillows.
I've now removed them and sprayed and I'm gonna put them in the shed.
I've removed the back off the headboard the undersides of the bed bases and swamped it in spray and all along the skirts and through the gap.
Next jobs her double wardrobe, thats getting emptied cleaned sprayed and pull off the wall and cleaned.
Ill pick up some moth balls and stick them in the bese headboard and wardrobe then finally another smoke bug bomb
 
We've seen 3 so far, 2 on the headboard one on the bed which leads me to think


Pillows
 
loncell said:
We've seen 3 so far, 2 on the headboard one on the bed which leads me to think


Pillows
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Only problem is if most of the stuff in the bedroom is contaminated you will have to dispose of them.

You can't move them to another room as may contaminated the room .

The beatles could of laid lots of eggs anywhere in the bedroom. They can also crawl into another nearby room and start laying eggs there.

You may have to dispose of the carpet and under lay.

Have you carpet in this room as I didn't see you mention it has.
 
loncell said:
It's laminate in her room
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Maybe a stupid question.

Has your daughter had a sleepover at somebodies house or a sleepover at your house?

If yes and that person had carpet in the room maybe the beatles got into the pillow and transferred that way as not sure if carpet bugs live well on wood floor.
 
So I tore into her room, as I said sheets got hot washed everything. She's clod all her feathered pillows and feathered duvet, hoovered sprayed you name it
Then this morning she got clean bedding out a fold up nylon bedding box that's housed under a spare bed in spare room for a new quilt and there was a another on a duvet cover..
I then took this box outside and went through her bedding and I found another. I've a feeling they've come in from drying sheets outside, then the beetles clinged to washed sheets then straight into box upstairs.

It kinda adds up that, when she's changed sheets she seen them. So we've thrown away alot of the sheets, feathered duvet and pillows but what's p*ssed me off,
The box was under a spare bed and I have a set of draws in that room.
So now I'm having to wash every item of clothing I own ( should take about 2 minutes).

I got told stick some apple cider vinegar in the washer this helps kill the eggs but what a utter testical ache this is
 
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I bought some more pest bombs so gonna do one in each room.
Lots of older bedding has got tossed out along with the zip up foldaway cloth container replaced with a sealed plastic.
Next job her huge double wardrobe needs emptying/moving/ clean hoovered sprayed.

Shes bought non feathered quilts pillows and covers. I read about them loving keratin which can be found within feathers but the more I think of it, I'll bet a pound to a pinch er sh*t they were in that zip under bed box.
Straight from the washing line, folded, into box plus it was only for her bedding ours is in our room thank God.
Next step as well all our bedding washing. Seriously guys this is painstaking all your clothes washed, imagine?? then your bedding and not that in winter as well.

I'm sat here like a fat Tarzan in my leopards rads on full drinking electrolytes by the dozen
 
just a quickie, I had moths in the loft other year so I let 2 of these off one on a Sunday over a period of a week and I never saw another. A good m8 who lives across the road rang me, he said "There's smoke bellowing out your facias m8" I said jokingly Really ? why didnt you knock ?? he said, footballs on I couldn't be arsed getting up
 
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