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Antibacterial wipes
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ritanna3
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Posted 3 months ago
Tue Aug 4 2009 21:40:13
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Has anyone else heard of wiping down wooden furniture with antibacterial wipes to prevent bedbugs from going in there? This maintenance lady at my apt. was telling me that this would keep them from going back in my furniture after treatment, but I really don't know if she has any idea what she is talking about. She grew up in the Ukraine and said that they had bedbugs when she was young and her dad would spray their mattresses with keronsene to get rid of them! Not sure I would resort to that ha! But I am restless and was considering this antibacterial idea and wanted to see if anyone else has tried it....
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buggyinsocal
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Posted 3 months ago
Wed Aug 5 2009 10:35:56
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I'm not a PCO or an entomologist, but I can't imagine what good using an antibacterial wipe on any furniture would be when it comes to bed bugs. It's possible that it would work as a contact killer--but in that case 91% rubbing alcohol or Murphy's Oil Soap would do the same thing.
Of course, you shouldn't use any of those things if you're being treated by a pest control pro until you've asked your PCO first if it's okay to do so. PCOs know what chemicals have been applied where, including what if anything has been done to your furniture, and even simple actions like mopping the floor or using a steamer to clean if taken after treatment can make the application of substances less effective. That's why it's so important to talk to your PCO and find out exactly what you can and should as opposed to what you can't and shouldn't do after treatment.
So in short, not only do I think it would be ineffective, I wouldn't even put it in the category of things that won't work but won't hurt and so why not. It's certainly not going to keep bed bugs out of the furniture. And it might make any professional treatments less effective. So it doesn't sound like a good plan to me.
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