Follow the steps below.
You need this to create a barrier between you and the bed bugs in your mattress while you sleep. This will help stop the bed bug bites so you can get some peaceful sleep!
Get the mattress covers here:
Also wash all your bedding on high heat tonight — at least 120°F for 30 minutes in the dryer. This kills any bugs and eggs in your sheets, blankets, and pillowcases. Put the clean bedding back on over the encasement.
Do this tonight. You'll sleep better than you have in weeks.
Place interceptor traps under every leg of your bed. These are simple plastic dishes that bed bugs can climb into but can't climb out of.
They do two things: they block bugs from crawling up to your bed from the floor, and they tell you how bad your infestation is. Check them weekly and write down the count. When trap counts drop, you know the treatment is working.
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Also move your bed at least 6 inches away from the wall. Tuck in all bedding so nothing touches the floor. Remove anything that creates a "bridge" from the floor to the bed — phone charger cords, blankets, clothes.
Now you go on the offensive. You need two things: a spray that kills on contact AND keeps working after it dries, and diatomaceous earth powder for long-term defense.
Use a professional-grade spray along mattress seams, bed frame joints, headboard cracks, and baseboards. Spray twice a week for the first month, then once a week for months 2 and 3. Don't stop early — eggs hatch in about 2 weeks, so consistency is everything.
What you need (pick one or use both):
Apply a very thin, barely-visible line of food-grade diatomaceous earth along baseboards, behind bed legs, and in cracks between floorboards. It kills bed bugs by dehydrating them — any bug that walks through it is dead within a few days. It keeps working for months as long as it stays dry.
What you need:
If you do all three steps, here's what to expect:
The solution is in the process, not the products alone. Eggs hatch in about 2 weeks — if you stop spraying and washing too early, you risk a resurgence. Keep spraying, keep washing, keep checking for 3 full months. Keep the encasements on for at least a year. And when you travel, always check the hotel bed before unpacking.
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