As you know, domestic bugs are very harmful and dangerous for humans, so you must fight them.
Vinegar is one of the most affordable means to deal with bedbugs, as it is available in almost every home and has a low price.
Today we are analyzing the question: does the vinegar help from bedbugs? Consider the basic folk recipes based on it. Tell us how to remove the bugs with vinegar and is it possible?
Can I kill bedbugs with vinegar?
Vinegar has been used as a way to control bedbugs for a long time, so it can be called one of the old folk remedies.
IMPORTANT! Vinegar does not kill bed bugs to death, but only frightens them off with the help of its smell. However, if you use it correctly, then you can forget about bloodsuckers for up to six months.
In terms of efficiency, it is significantly inferior to modern insecticidal drugs, but it is advisable to use it in the following cases:
- When the house has small children or pets.
- When a family member is allergic. By the way, there are safe means for people and animals.
- When the family does not have the opportunity to leave their homes for the time of disinfection.
In response to the smell of acetic acid, theyquickly leave the territory, treated with vinegar, and do not return there until such time as the aroma completely disappears. The effectiveness of this procedure depends on the concentration and amount of acetic solution.
Bloodsuckers can die from this folk remedy only if they are in a jar of acetic acid. Essence corrodes body tissue, and they die.
Use with other substances
To enhance the effect of vinegar, can mix it with other substances. In this way you will get a more poisonous mixture that can rid you of parasites completely.
If a mix vinegar with naphthalene and 90% alcohol, you get a solution that can kill the bug in case of contact with his body. However, the evaporation of such a liquid does not give any result and does not interfere with the bugs to lead an active life at night.
Walls, baseboards and furniture can be process with acetic acid and turpentine mixtureby spraying it with a spray bottle. Hitting such a solution leads to the death of pests in twelve seconds.
Pretty good performance shows the combination of vinegar with a decoction of wormwood. This mixture is necessary to handle the legs and the body of the bed, ventilation vents, windows and door frames.
Preparation of the room before processing
Before you begin the treatment of the room with anti-bed bug vinegar, you must do general cleaning. Disassemble all beds and wash bed sheets at high temperatures.
Take the pillows to dry clean and put the mattresses in the cold or treat them with steam. Bedbugs have a detrimental effect of both high and low temperatures.
Move all furniture away from wallsto free up access to baseboards. Do not forget to carefully inspect all the furniture on the subject of living in her colonies of insects.
Remove books from the shelves and remove small children and pets from the apartment. Remove all decorative elements from the walls and treat them with vinegar from the inside.
How to poison bedbugs with vinegar? The treatment of the room should be done with a spray gun or a brush. Watering should be abundant. Particular attention should be paid to the places where you found bugs.
When you finish processing, do not forget to air the room. After a few hours, do a wet cleaning.
Vinegar has the following advantages:
- Availability, as you can buy it in any store.
- Low pricewhich is significantly different from the cost of insecticides.
- Security, as vinegar does not provoke the occurrence of allergies and does not have a toxic effect on the human body when used in the amount that is necessary for getting rid of bugs.
The disadvantages of vinegar include:
- Strong smellwhich will remain in your home for a long time.
- Low efficiency, because after processing the premises with this remedy, bugs can return to you very soon, and vinegar does not work on the eggs of these insects at all.
Vinegar can be used as a temporary or prophylactic measure. And to get rid of bedbugs completely, it is necessary to call specialists from the disinsection service.
If you call professionals expensive for you, here is a list of effective means for self-treatment of the premises: Spray Clean House, Raid, Raptor, Combat, if the infection is already too strong, then Geth, Hangman or Karbofos will help you.
