Best Way To Kill Them

🧨 THE 4-WEAPON ATTACK PLAN

🔥 1. HEAT = Instant Death

Bed bugs die at 120°F+ — eggs, babies, and adults. No mercy.

DIY Tactics:

* Dry clothes/bedding on HIGH HEAT for 30–60 min.
* Use a handheld steamer on mattresses, couch seams, baseboards.
* Leave infested items in a black trash bag in a hot car (130°F+ for several hours).

> 💀 Heat is your best friend. It melts them like butter on a skillet.

 

🧴 2. DIRECT SPRAYS = Fast Kills

For the bugs you can see and reach.

What works:

* 91% isopropyl alcohol (cheap + deadly, but flammable – use with care).
* Bed bug-specific sprays with pyrethrins or essential oils (e.g., EcoRaider, Harris, etc.).
* Hit mattress seams, behind headboards, furniture cracks, wall outlets.

> 🎯 Spray ‘em, watch ‘em twitch, then wipe up the corpses.

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🧂 3. DRY DUST = Long-Term Death Trap

This is your slow poison minefield.

Use:

* Diatomaceous Earth (DE) – safe for people/pets (don’t inhale).
* CimeXa – more effective than DE, less irritating.

Where:

* Sprinkle in wall cracks, mattress edges, behind furniture, under carpet edges.
* Leave it down for weeks – it scrapes their bellies and dehydrates them to death.

> 🐜 Once they walk through it — it’s over. Death by a thousand cuts.

 

🔁 4. REPEAT INSPECTIONS = Real Victory

They hide well. Eggs hatch every 6–10 days. If you don’t follow up, they’ll come back like bad exes.

Your Routine:

* Check every 3–5 days for 3–4 weeks.
* Re-spray and re-steam any hot spots.
* Use mattress encasements and bed bug interceptors under your bed legs.

> 🕵️ Be relentless. Pretend you’re a bed bug detective with a grudge.

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🚫 What *Doesn’t* Really Work:

* ❌ Foggers (“bug bombs”) – mostly drive them deeper into hiding.
* ❌ Just vacuuming – it helps but doesn’t kill them.
* ❌ Essential oils alone – not strong enough by themselves.

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🧠 Bottom Line:

To really kill bed bugs, you need to be:

* Thorough
* Consistent
* Aggressive