What can be done with clothes from an apt with cockroaches. Plastic bag? for how long? washing machine?

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kathleen

What can be done with clothes from an apt with cockroaches. Plastic bag? for how long? washing machine?

Apt with cockroaches. Can they get and stay in clothes for a long time?

Treament advise needed as how to get them out of clothes with out having the bugs travel to another residence.

How to treat clothes info needed. Put in plastic bag outside? How long? Washer and dryer advice please.

Thank you,

Kathleen

Status: Open Jan 16, 2013 - 12:03 PM

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RonDawson

Jan 16, 2013 - 12:39 PM

Kathleen, if you have cockroaches in your apartment, and they are infesting your clothes, then by all means, get some garmet bags from your local Supermarket and seal the clothes up. Cockroaches normally don't eat or infest clothes. They will infest kitchens, bathroosms, etc, because they are looking for food and water.

If it makes you feel better, dry the clothes (if possible) on high heat for a few minutes, then take them out and shake them. This will hopefully cause the roaches to drop or fall out. Then seal them in garmet bags.

The best thing to do is to treat the apartment with Dupont Advion Roach Gel Bait - http://www.epestsupply.com/product/35...

We also have a complete section on how to get rid of roaches - http://www.epestsupply.com/cockroache...

Let me know if this helps.

Ron

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kathleen

Jan 18, 2013 - 05:09 AM

Ron,

Thank you or the help. I have washed the clothes in the apt in hot water and dried them in the dryer.

The cockroaches seem to also be in the bed room (my son renting the apt is certainly not the neatest person in the world by any stretch of the imagination.)

The room will be empty for 10 days due to travel. Is there anything you would suggest to treat the bedroom with? Or still concentrate in the kitchen and bathroom? Would the cocroaches add his room to a heavy population of bugs?

Thank you,

Kathleen

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RonDawson

Jan 18, 2013 - 07:06 AM

If the room is going to be empty, does that mean it will be totally empty or he will just be gone? The best thing to do for the room is to make sure that there is no trash, food, dirty dishes, etc that the roaches could feed on.

Using a bait gel such as Maxforce Cockroach Bait - http://www.epestsupply.com/product/CH...

is the easiest thing to do. Just place small pea size placements in the cracks under the baseboards, around windows, closets etc. The cockroaches will eat this bait and then die. Cockroaches will also consume each other and they will die when they do this too. This is the domino effect that many roach baits have.

As long as the room is empty, clean and roach free, the roaches will just go somewhere else. They are always looking for food, water, etc. This is why the entire apartment needs to be treated using the baits.

Source: http://www.epestsupply.com/cockroache...

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kathleen

Jan 18, 2013 - 04:27 PM

Ron

Thank you again for your help. We are going to clean out and clean up the bedroom.

Also I am taking your advice and ordering the Maxforce gel.

Sounds like a clean room and this product will do the trick.

Sincerely,

Kathleen

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