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How to Rid Your Bed of Bed Bugs

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By Zahzel Ehows
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Clean Bed
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How To Rid Your Bed of Bed Bugs

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Disinfectant spray
  • Vacuum Cleaner
  1. Step 1

    How To Rid Your Bed Of Bed Bugs, Dust Mites and anything else. I do these steps every week and never have any bed bug bites. Also, helps to rid your room of carpet and any curtains. Replace with wood floor and shutters.

  2. Step 2
    Bite from Bed Bug
    Bite from Bed Bug

    Take off your sheets. Strip the bed down to the mattress.

  3. Step 3
    Happy Bed
    Happy Bed

    Spray your mattress, pillows and all around with disinfectant spray. Take your blankets off and lay out in the sunshine. Sunshine - Heat (Dryer) removes bed bugs.
    Wash your sheets in HOT water.

  4. Step 4
    Vacuum Bed
    Vacuum Bed

    Vacuum Bed and Pillows. If you have to stand on top of the bed and vacuum like you do your floors.

  5. Step 5

    Now you can put your fresh hot sheets and blankets back on. Double pillow cases on your pillows.
    If you want you can find special covers for your bed and pillows.
    Now you can lay out your lingerie and prepare for a evening of fun.

Tips & Warnings
  • Vacuum and spray every week.
  • Change and wash your sheets in Hot water every week.
  • Copyright Zahzel Rose.

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on 6/8/2009 Great tips on How to Rid Your Bed of Bed Bugs

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on 6/8/2009 My father's girlfriend is a technician for Terminex and she says bed bugs are a serious problem. I make sure and ask the hotels we stay at what pest service they use because the cheap motels don't pay for this important service. great tips as most people don't think about this.5*

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on 5/25/2009 We usually vacuum the mattress regularly as a precaution, but this sounds like it would work too. 5*rec

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on 5/24/2009 I've never had this happen to me but good article.

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on 5/17/2009 Great tips on exterminating bed bugs--I'd always thought they were just a myth, but apparently they're making a bit of a comeback so it's really important to know how to get rid of the bitting bugs!

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