Richard Fagerlund's soap/water/alcohol and DE procedures

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Richard Fagerlund's soap/water/alcohol and DE procedures

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Nobugsonme

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Posted 3 years ago
Thu Dec 10 2009 0:55:43
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This has come up before and so I thought I would direct everyone to this article.

Richard Fagerlund ("Ask the Bugman") is touting his ~~soup~~ soap/water/alcohol mixture again. See this SF Chronicle article of 12/9/2009). He suggests spraying it in all kinds of places and then spraying DE on top of it (NOT mixing the two as some have cited him as suggesting).

I do not agree that thermal treatment is a bad idea because it does not prevent reinfestation. Thermal and dust are not mutually exclusive, and getting rid of bed bugs swiftly and thoroughly has a lot to be said for it.

I am also not recommending this protocol. But this Fagerlund treatment comes up here from time to time and I wanted to link to it so people could read it in full.
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Posted 2 years ago
Wed Mar 30 2011 17:46:33
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If someone were to package and market the Fagerlund mix, what would you say is a reasonable price (from the perspective of a reasonably market-savvy customer, not from some high-minded moralizing) in USD?
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Posted 2 years ago
Wed Mar 30 2011 17:51:31
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This doesn't sound very good to me....he didn't even point out that you would have to let your box spring or mattress dry out before putting the encasement on. Wouldn't DE on the bed frame tear up the encasement? No cautions about working with DE.....I can imagine people getting into a complete mess with this
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Posted 2 years ago
Wed Mar 30 2011 17:52:18
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Also -I thought DE was rendered ineffective if it got wet?
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Posted 2 years ago
Wed Mar 30 2011 18:04:56
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bbgirl - 11 minutes ago »
Also -I thought DE was rendered ineffective if it got wet?

I actually have a bottle of liquid DE I am waiting to test although I am pretty sure from the foaming its not just DE and water.

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Posted 2 years ago
Wed Mar 30 2011 18:38:40
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Nobugsonme - 1 year ago »
This has come up before and so I thought I would direct everyone to this article.
Richard Fagerlund ("Ask the Bugman") is touting his soup/water/alcohol mixture again.

Yum, a typo.
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Posted 2 years ago
Wed Mar 30 2011 18:45:20
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Hot and sour might have some efficacy.
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Posted 2 years ago
Thu Mar 31 2011 0:27:42
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Thanks, Super.

I can actually spell, believe it or not, but I do a bad job when I am here, mostly because I am trying to read a lot and write a lot quickly.

I would not recommend the DE soup.
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Posted 2 years ago
Thu Mar 31 2011 17:56:28
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You do a great job. Typos don't matter (unless they're fun like this one was).
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Posted 2 years ago
Fri Apr 1 2011 12:21:03
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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - 18 hours ago »
Typos don't matter (unless they're fun like this one was).

Glad to oblige -- and thanks for the kind words!
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Posted 2 years ago
Fri Apr 1 2011 12:36:03
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Nobugsonme - 1 day ago »
Thanks, Super.
I can actually spell, believe it or not, but I do a bad job when I am here, mostly because I am trying to read a lot and write a lot quickly.
I would not recommend the DE soup.

What if it were seasoned with a bit of soy…at $100/ounce?
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Posted 2 years ago
Sat Apr 2 2011 1:02:42
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Not even with chocolate drizzled rugelach for desert, Cilecto.
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Posted 2 years ago
Fri Apr 15 2011 23:05:10
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David,
Did you ever end up experimenting w/ the liquid DE?

Are you done w/ the experiment?

I'd love to hear your results.
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Posted 1 year ago
Mon Jun 6 2011 9:31:21
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David,
I'd also love to hear if you'v had a chance to test the liquid DE. I sprayed some about a week ago, but I combined the soap/ethyl alcohol/water and DE together. I got a new metal bed frame a couple days ago so I will try spraying the soap/ethyl alcohol/water first and then spray the DE on top of it. Thanks to nobugsonme for your clarification.