Killing Bed Bugs with Heat and Steam Cleaners

Killing Bed Bugs with Heat and Steam Cleaners 




Here is another resource for killing bed bugs with heat:

HEAT TREATMENT

Heat treatment is what you will likely do with most of your belongings.  Heat treatment is extremely effective and properly done will kill 100% of bed bugs in all life stages (including eggs, nymphs and adults.) Home dryers on high heat reach bed bug killing temperatures so this is a great option for clothes, pillows, cushions, towels and any other items that you can put in a dryer. Make sure to run your dryer on high heat for at least 45 minutes. We highly recommend using the dryer when possible as it is usually faster than heat treating them another way, although the dryer does have limitations in what you can put inside.

• For belongings that are not safe to treat in your dryer like dry-clean only clothing, suitcases, books, shoes, etc. you can heat treat in the ZappBug. We offer three sizes of units so take a look and see what best suits your needs: ZappBug Heater, ZappBug Oven 2, ZappBug Room.
• Check out this video showing how to heat treat with your dryer.
• Debagging Your Items For Heat Treatment
• When you are removing your belongings from bags to heat treat them, it is very important to remember to follow proper protocol. We talked about this in Step 1 Establish a Safe Zone, but it is so important we repeat it here.

• The wrong method of debagging is to place your bagged belongings on the floor and then lift out the items for placement in ZappBug or the dryer.  As you are lifting items out of the bag, bed bugs can fall off and spread.
• If you are using ZappBug, place the entire bag in ZappBug, before removing any items from it. This way if any bed bugs fall off your items as you are lifting them out of the bag, they will fall into ZappBug and be killed when you start the heat treatment.
• If you are using a dryer, be sure to upend the entire bag, into the dryer.
• After Heat Treatment: Storing Your Belongings
• Remember that after you heat treat your items you will want to store most of them in a sealed bed bug proof bag or container to prevent bed bugs from re-infesting them.  This is especially true for your clothes, but it is also a good idea for other belongings.
• For this purpose, we love giant Ziplock bags. These are not the Ziplock bags used for food storage. These are much larger and are designed for storing personal items. They work extremely well because you can easily seal and unseal them to quickly access your belongings.
• You can also store your items in plastic bins, provided you take into account several factors. We explain everything you need to know about plastic storage bins in Bed Bug Proof Storage.

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