Treat Bed Bugs

I finished vacuuming my whole bed frame, including the screws, holes and crevices. Now I want to reassemble my bed, but I want to put something in the crevices to both kill any bugs that I may have missed and to prevent any from getting in there again.

Can I use Windex to kill bed bugs?
And should I put cooking oil or Vaseline in the crevices to make the surface unaccessible to them?

If you use Windex, you have to spray directly on bed bugs. Most people misunderstand how sprays work.

Also if you use oil or Vaseline, you have to put all over the mattress and sheet, which easily get absorbed and does not prevent bed bugs from reaching you.

I think bed bugs are hiding in the mattress or in the crevices. They are very good at hiding. What you need to do is to use a steam cleaner on the mattress and all the bedding items. They cannot live with the heat over 120 degrees. Then wash all lines with hot water.

what we used when we had a bed bug infestation was BedBugPowder. After using a steam cleaner, we put the powder all over the mattress and floor lightly before you put the sheet on. the stuff worked great, and it did not bother us at all because it is 100% organic. No chemical in it.

You can put oil or vaseline on the frame, but you really need to make a barrier between you and bed bugs with the powder.

Good luck!

I want them to stay gone, has anyone had any experience with this?

No experience, but I did have lots of little bites once that stopped after I washed the sheets. =)

The following is from the Mayo Clinic website…
"Once your symptoms are treated, you must tackle the infestation. First, you'll need to freeze pajamas, sheets and other bedclothes for at least 24 hours or launder them in hot water of at least 97 F (36 C). Vacuum the area of infestation daily and freeze the vacuum bags for 24 hours. Insecticide sprays such as dichlorvos, permethrin and malathion must be used around cracks and crevices in your home. Lawn and garden insect control sprays may contain these insecticides, and garden stores may have permethrin. However, this difficult task likely requires a professional inspection of the bedbug habitat and subsequent extermination."

They have a lot of other good information about Bedbugs. I put the website under "Source." Good luck!

i have a California king bed with a feather mattress on top of it. Every now and then my back breaks out or looks like something bit me. Im not sure if its back acne or bed bugs. Every night before i goto bed i take a shower so im not sure…any suggestions??
i am a 18 year old guy and sometimes one or 2 bumps appear on my ass

Do you put moisturized lotion after shawer? If not, you should and see your back still breaks out.

If you still have bites, after putting lotion, and the bites look like the picture below, then you have bed bugs.

Wash all your bedding items with HOT water and use a steam cleaner on the mattress. Bed bugs cannot live with the heat over 120 degrees, so that step kills live bed bugs on the bed.

After everything is dried, apply BedBugPowder on the mattress and on the floor (if carpeted). the powder is available on the site below and is humans and animals safe. It is 10% natural powder and does not contain any chemical ingredients.

We had a really bad bed bug infestaion years ago and used the powder. Before that we used sprays, foggers, and bombs…everything, even a professional exterminator. But bed bugs kept coming back until we used the powder.

Good luck and do not forget to put lotion after shower!!

i recently just found out that i have bed bugs. it is soo frustrating and itchy. i am very stressed about the situation because i do not want to use chemicals on a place i sleep on. i also do not want to pay for an exterminator. i need help please. i have sleep deprived. thank you!

Try vacuuming your mattress thoroughly on both sides, & end for end. Remove the sweeper bag immediately & put it in a garbage bag & toss it outside into your trash receptacle. Next, spray the mattress well with Lysol spray & let it dry completely. Invest in a zippable mattress cover as well as zippable pillow covers. (put pillow cases on the pillows as you normally do)

I think the one I saw might have been an immature bedbug. It was black and about half the size of my pinky nail. Could this have been a bedbug? How do I get rid of them?

toss your mattress, clean your room, keep clothes off the floor, wash , scrub…