[Noisebridge-discuss] [DRAMA] Bedbugs in SF

[Ever Falling]

"Heat is your best option..."

what i take from this: KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!

On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Ceren Ercen <ceren at ercen.com> wrote:

> FWIW, I will put $100 down as a bet that we have at least bedbug eggs
> in the couches. It's statistically nearly impossible for this to not
> be the case, especially being in the middle of high-density housing.
> Those little fuckers can and will travel 100m a night to nibble on
> delicious bloods, and they literally can survive a year without
> eating.  They follow CO2 exhalations and heat.
>
> For anyone that's concerned, just get used to dealing with bedbug
> mitigation/prevention like one would ants/termites/fleas. Really, you
> californians are so spoiled with your lack of bi-montly fire-anthill
> poisonings, annual termite inspections, flea-killing diatomaceous
> earth yard-dustings. (oh god I do NOT miss florida)
>
> http://imgur.com/6CYcZ.jpg <- bedbug on mattress fibres.
>
> Bedbugs, as adults, look like a very flat, small lentil. completely
> visible to the naked eye, except when they crawl between the fibres of
> a mattress - and they can, because they're so flat.
>
> Your best bet is to occasionally check your mattresses' seams for tiny
> little blood poo spots, and surprise them with evening inspections.
>
> Taking a steam iron, HOT, around the edges of the mattresses is a very
> effective to kill both them and their eggs. Heat is your best option,
> both in washing your clothing, and treating un-washable items like
> furniture.
>
> Five star hotels have to deal with this stuff, so do we. And this is
> better handled as a practical matter, and not one of "oh god oh god
> don't tell me". Sorta like STDs.
>
> Anyone have a hand-held draperies-style steam iron? I don't know if
> the heat guns would melt the polyester. it wouldn't hurt to give the
> couch and cushions a going-over with a heat blast, I'd be happy to do
> or help in the off-hours.
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