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Best cleaning strategies
What is the best way to get rid of bed bugs without having to buy a new mattress?
What is the best way to clean your kitchen sink?
How often would you change the carpet in your house?
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>What is the best way to get rid of bed bugs
>without having to buy a new mattress?
Start by vacuuming your bed, washing all your sheets and bedclothes (including pads) with bleach or color-safe bleach in hot water, assuming that they'll stand up to a hot-water wash.
You can vacuum your mattress, if your vacuum cleaner is clean. Use a hand-held hose attachment, if you have one.
There are a number of powers and sprays that you can use on your mattress to kill bedbugs. You may have to sleep elsewhere for a night or two.
The most effective thing to do is to seal your mattress up in plastic for several days. That will suffocate the bed bugs. Of course you need to make the wrapping as airtight as possible. You should be able to get large rolls of plastic, or even a plastic bag large enough to put your mattress in, at a hardware store.
If you use a spray or powder and THEN wrap your mattress, that would be best.
Of course it's also important to wash yourself and your bedclothes at the same time that you do all this. Basically you need to make sure that there is NO haven for the bugs, or else they'll just re-infest your mattress. That means you'd be wise to clean your bedroom thoroughly, and vacuum any rugs near or under your bed.
>What is the best way to clean your kitchen sink?
Use any common powdered household cleanser - I use Comet, or Ajax - add a little water, and scrub with a sponge or a scrubby pad such as Scotch-Brite. Nothing beats elbow grease. Then rinse thoroughly.
>How often would you change the carpet in your
>house?
Me? Never, as long as it's clean and not badly worn. But my wife doesn't agree with me. :D
Good luck!
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1. Regular hoovering will remove bed bugs.
2. I rinse out the sink every evening with hot, soapy water and then dry it with a dish towel. Other than that, it depends what it's made of.
3. I've only ever changed carpeting because the colour scheme for the room was changing. Properly looked after carpeting lasts a long, long time.
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