Comments on: FAQ: how do I deal with clothing during treatment for bed bugs (and for a while later)? http://bedbugger.com/2006/11/08/updated-118-faq-how-do-i-deal-with-clothing-during-treatment-for-bed-bugs-and-for-a-while-later/ bed bug news, information, activism, and support Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:14:38 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: FAQ: How can I avoid spreading bedbugs to others when I visit their homes? http://bedbugger.com/2006/11/08/updated-118-faq-how-do-i-deal-with-clothing-during-treatment-for-bed-bugs-and-for-a-while-later/comment-page-2/#comment-16398 FAQ: How can I avoid spreading bedbugs to others when I visit their homes? Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:40:11 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/11/08/updated-118-faq-how-do-i-deal-with-clothing-during-treatment-for-bed-bugs-and-for-a-while-later/#comment-16398 [...] it or running it through a Packtite, and keeping it bagged until wearing; this FAQ and this one may [...] [...] it or running it through a Packtite, and keeping it bagged until wearing; this FAQ and this one may [...]

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2006/11/08/updated-118-faq-how-do-i-deal-with-clothing-during-treatment-for-bed-bugs-and-for-a-while-later/comment-page-2/#comment-14618 nobugsonme Sun, 01 Feb 2009 02:15:33 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/11/08/updated-118-faq-how-do-i-deal-with-clothing-during-treatment-for-bed-bugs-and-for-a-while-later/#comment-14618 AM, I strongly suggest you re-post this in our forums where you will get many more responses: http://bedbugger.com/forum/ I would add that while it is best to have a PCO carefully inspect the entire apartment and find all bed bug harborages and ONLY treat infested areas, we hear most PCOs do not carefully inspect (a process which will take more than an hour and maybe several depending on size of apt. and amount of stuff. Another inspection option is a bed bug k9 inspection team. If the PCO has a policy of not inspecting carefully, then the entire home probably will need treatment. You absolutely should not be assuming roommates' rooms are not infested just because they do not have any bites. Many people do not react at all. If you want to continue the conversation, please come to the forums! Thanks. AM,

I strongly suggest you re-post this in our forums where you will get many more responses: http://bedbugger.com/forum/

I would add that while it is best to have a PCO carefully inspect the entire apartment and find all bed bug harborages and ONLY treat infested areas, we hear most PCOs do not carefully inspect (a process which will take more than an hour and maybe several depending on size of apt. and amount of stuff. Another inspection option is a bed bug k9 inspection team. If the PCO has a policy of not inspecting carefully, then the entire home probably will need treatment.

You absolutely should not be assuming roommates’ rooms are not infested just because they do not have any bites. Many people do not react at all.

If you want to continue the conversation, please come to the forums! Thanks.

]]> By: AM http://bedbugger.com/2006/11/08/updated-118-faq-how-do-i-deal-with-clothing-during-treatment-for-bed-bugs-and-for-a-while-later/comment-page-2/#comment-14601 AM Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:19:36 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/11/08/updated-118-faq-how-do-i-deal-with-clothing-during-treatment-for-bed-bugs-and-for-a-while-later/#comment-14601 In Nov., I discovered BBs. PCO was called in, clothes were bagged/laundered according to tips on this website, then re-bagged, room was vacuumed, bed pulled away from walls (although hard to do in tiny NYC apt), double-stick tape wrapped around bed legs, etc, etc. I lived out of XXL Ziploc bags for a month then relaxed. A month later, Jan. 28: woke up with 2 bites in a row on my foot under the sock I'd worn that night. I immediately began repeating the process even though I found no bugs or signs ANYWHERE. My roommates (who are on opposite side of apt.) have never been bitten and I don't spend much time in communal areas. I'm planning on repeating this whole process again, but wanted to hear all of you tell me I was jumping to conclusions... Should the entire apt. be treated or just my room? My mattress/box spring are already encased from the last time, so now what? I'm currently experiencing bad asthma symptoms from cold, do I really want chemicals sprayed in my living space? Any other tips for sophomore BB-victims? In Nov., I discovered BBs. PCO was called in, clothes were bagged/laundered according to tips on this website, then re-bagged, room was vacuumed, bed pulled away from walls (although hard to do in tiny NYC apt), double-stick tape wrapped around bed legs, etc, etc.
I lived out of XXL Ziploc bags for a month then relaxed.

A month later, Jan. 28: woke up with 2 bites in a row on my foot under the sock I’d worn that night.
I immediately began repeating the process even though I found no bugs or signs ANYWHERE. My roommates (who are on opposite side of apt.) have never been bitten and I don’t spend much time in communal areas.

I’m planning on repeating this whole process again, but wanted to hear all of you tell me I was jumping to conclusions…

Should the entire apt. be treated or just my room?
My mattress/box spring are already encased from the last time, so now what?
I’m currently experiencing bad asthma symptoms from cold, do I really want chemicals sprayed in my living space?

Any other tips for sophomore BB-victims?

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2006/11/08/updated-118-faq-how-do-i-deal-with-clothing-during-treatment-for-bed-bugs-and-for-a-while-later/comment-page-2/#comment-12748 nobugsonme Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:28:17 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/11/08/updated-118-faq-how-do-i-deal-with-clothing-during-treatment-for-bed-bugs-and-for-a-while-later/#comment-12748 bugged out, After washing the items from the drawers, did you put them back IN the drawers? You should not do this. Keep the cleaned, dried items bagged until you are sure your problem is over. It is a judgment call whether you need to do everything in the closets. If this is just your second treatment (and 2 weeks later is about right) then that is the most important thing. But I would only wear fresh clean clothes from a bag when leaving the home (not things I was sitting around in). Read the FAQs on how not to spread bed bugs (in the <a href="http://bedbugger.com/faqs/travel" rel="nofollow">travel</a> section). bugged out,

After washing the items from the drawers, did you put them back IN the drawers? You should not do this. Keep the cleaned, dried items bagged until you are sure your problem is over.

It is a judgment call whether you need to do everything in the closets. If this is just your second treatment (and 2 weeks later is about right) then that is the most important thing. But I would only wear fresh clean clothes from a bag when leaving the home (not things I was sitting around in). Read the FAQs on how not to spread bed bugs (in the travel section).

]]> By: bugged out http://bedbugger.com/2006/11/08/updated-118-faq-how-do-i-deal-with-clothing-during-treatment-for-bed-bugs-and-for-a-while-later/comment-page-2/#comment-12745 bugged out Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:49:03 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/11/08/updated-118-faq-how-do-i-deal-with-clothing-during-treatment-for-bed-bugs-and-for-a-while-later/#comment-12745 PCO came out about 13 days ago and is coming again tomorrow. The first time he told us just to wash what was in the drawers and not what was hanging. The problem is that I just found 4 bugs today and a few on the sticky traps he left. I obviously am rewashing everything. Should I include what's hanging in the closet too? I'm so confused. PCO came out about 13 days ago and is coming again tomorrow. The first time he told us just to wash what was in the drawers and not what was hanging. The problem is that I just found 4 bugs today and a few on the sticky traps he left. I obviously am rewashing everything. Should I include what’s hanging in the closet too? I’m so confused.

]]> By: sapmb85 http://bedbugger.com/2006/11/08/updated-118-faq-how-do-i-deal-with-clothing-during-treatment-for-bed-bugs-and-for-a-while-later/comment-page-2/#comment-12392 sapmb85 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:01:02 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/11/08/updated-118-faq-how-do-i-deal-with-clothing-during-treatment-for-bed-bugs-and-for-a-while-later/#comment-12392 Thank you so much for both comments. It seems everytime I try to do something right, I always get knocked back down, but now I feel better now. Thank you so much for both comments. It seems everytime I try to do something right, I always get knocked back down, but now I feel better now.

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2006/11/08/updated-118-faq-how-do-i-deal-with-clothing-during-treatment-for-bed-bugs-and-for-a-while-later/comment-page-2/#comment-12372 nobugsonme Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:19:22 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/11/08/updated-118-faq-how-do-i-deal-with-clothing-during-treatment-for-bed-bugs-and-for-a-while-later/#comment-12372 No-- not if they have traditional type zippers. (Ziploc bags, on the other hand, have an airtight seal if used properly.) You're right that rope holes are also a problem. Tape works to a degree but I personally would not trust it to stay on. And make sure your plastic container back-up containment is airtight. First instar bed bug nymphs are 1 mm long. That's really small. No– not if they have traditional type zippers.
(Ziploc bags, on the other hand, have an airtight seal if used properly.)

You’re right that rope holes are also a problem. Tape works to a degree but I personally would not trust it to stay on.

And make sure your plastic container back-up containment is airtight. First instar bed bug nymphs are 1 mm long. That’s really small.

]]> By: sapmb85 http://bedbugger.com/2006/11/08/updated-118-faq-how-do-i-deal-with-clothing-during-treatment-for-bed-bugs-and-for-a-while-later/comment-page-2/#comment-12370 sapmb85 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:42:05 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/11/08/updated-118-faq-how-do-i-deal-with-clothing-during-treatment-for-bed-bugs-and-for-a-while-later/#comment-12370 Does anyone know if viynl storage zipbags are just as good as the ziplock bags. I was not sure and as a precaution, I took my bags (vinyl) of clothing and put them in a plastic container. Also the bags had rope holes, so I cut out the rope and taped the holes inside and out with duct tape. Does anyone know if viynl storage zipbags are just as good as the ziplock bags. I was not sure and as a precaution, I took my bags (vinyl) of clothing and put them in a plastic container. Also the bags had rope holes, so I cut out the rope and taped the holes inside and out with duct tape.

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2006/11/08/updated-118-faq-how-do-i-deal-with-clothing-during-treatment-for-bed-bugs-and-for-a-while-later/comment-page-2/#comment-12328 nobugsonme Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:13:18 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/11/08/updated-118-faq-how-do-i-deal-with-clothing-during-treatment-for-bed-bugs-and-for-a-while-later/#comment-12328 sapmb85, Read the <a href="http://bedbugger.com/faqs/travel/" rel="nofollow">FAQs listed under travel</a>, which will be of relevance (they're really about avoiding moving bed bugs from place to place). sapmb85,

Read the FAQs listed under travel, which will be of relevance (they’re really about avoiding moving bed bugs from place to place).

]]> By: sapmb85 http://bedbugger.com/2006/11/08/updated-118-faq-how-do-i-deal-with-clothing-during-treatment-for-bed-bugs-and-for-a-while-later/comment-page-2/#comment-12320 sapmb85 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:27:33 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/11/08/updated-118-faq-how-do-i-deal-with-clothing-during-treatment-for-bed-bugs-and-for-a-while-later/#comment-12320 My parents are coming over to my apartment to help wash my clothing, any advice as how to prevent them from taking the bugs back to their home? My parents are coming over to my apartment to help wash my clothing, any advice as how to prevent them from taking the bugs back to their home?

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