Harris Bed Bug Killer, Diatomaceous Earth (4lb with Duster Included Inside The Bag)

THIS STUFF WORKS!!!!!!! I GOT RID OF THE BED BUG PROBLEM AND HERE IS HOW I DID IT!!! I got a new bedbug problem because of one of my previous 2 roommates who took over a bedroom in my apartment in quick succession. Soon after, an overnight guest visitor of mine complained promptly of huge rashes. I looked up and sure enough, there were HUGE bed bugs around the mattress. There were smaller bed bugs and almost transparent albino like little bedbugs, which showed they were reproducing. The room was about 9 ft x 12 ft. Before you begin the treatment, always remember to wear work-horse clothes you intend to sully and wash away because small bedbugs or eggs can stick to your clothes and you might unwittingly transport them out of the room to new areas. After every step you might want to head straight to the bathroom, put your clothes in a plastic bag to laundry or put them in scalding hot water for an hour. And then dry them at high temperature to kill any eggs that might have gotten on to your clothes while you were treating the room. 1) I took out the bedsheets and the pillow covers out. I took these pillows and blankets/sheets/bed-covers/pillow covers separately into separate plastic bags outside the house in a shed. They would be put in for washing after 2 weeks. (There is a reason to this - bedbugs start migrating after 5 days of not receiving food and 14 days is enough to starve them for the time being, before taking the bedcovers, sheets, pillow covers and blankets to the laundromat. I will come down to this again later. 2) after a lot of research, I sprayed, using the anti bedbug spray nozzle attached to the gallon, in every single little crevice, in all corners and seams of the mattress and the covers (which I had take over into the plastic cover outside). I also sprayed the bed frame in every little crevice, nook, cranny, joint and fold of the frame. I also sprayed the table and the floors under the bed frame, the walls as well! I left the room as is for the next 2 days. Checked it. Many bedbugs were still alive, but it appeared that they had weakened. 3) REMEMBER THAT THE MATTRESS AND the bed frame must be very dry before you progress to the next step! Now it was time for the diatomaceous earth to do its magic! I took a painstaking 1 whole day, from morning 11am to evening 5pm to work on this treatment. I used the diatomaceous earth GENEROUSLY with the nozzle, to put a huge load of dust into every single seam, corner, above and under the seam, or a fold, around the bed, at the inside above and inside under at the top of perimeter of the mattress and the under perimeter of the mattress. Effectively I had caked every single corner of the seams and folds and crevice of the mattress with the diatomaceous earth. If I found physically big bed bugs, i killed them. I killed every I could get my hands on. Remember every big bug is worth a thousand of the new generation. I used copious amounts of the diatomaceous earth in every book and cranny, crevice and fold of the bed frame, not just the mattress. Same thing for the walls, the study table next to it and even the FLOOR, around the legs, to prevent the bed bugs from migrating and I put huge powder perimeters around the bed and also at the room entrance to stop them from exiting the room and migrating to the living room where we sat for TV... I left the room untouched for about 8-9 days... the results normally say that bedbugs start drying out and dying in just 3 days and most start dying in 5-7 days, the eggs and larvae die out faster when they come in touch with the earth. I treated the room in this procedure with diatomaceous earth for a 2nd time, just in case, and let it alone again for another week. I was nervous if it had worked.... IT HAD WORKED!!!!! I HAD LITERALLY OBLITERATED the whole room with diatomaceous earth everywhere and let it work its magic for 2.5 weeks and now it was a roaring success!! My new flatmate who temporarily stayed in another guest room, upon moving in there, had zero complaints! I looked up the crevices and folds, I could see dead bedbugs dried out and their shells everywhere. This is the second time I have had a great experience with diatomaceous earth. I had done this exact same treatment in the year 2007 and it had worked very well!!!!!!! :) the room is free of bed bugs and i know how to defeat them! I have seen infestations far more serious than mine... I dont know how I'd take care of those. But my current infestation was a new one so it was probably relatively less spread out and easier to defeat. But I've won this battle twice now, once in 2007 and now in 2019! I am a satisfied customer and I know it works! You just have to be really thorough. Going back to the clothes, pillow covers, blankets, sheets, etc, I put them in scalding hot water in a bucket, then took them to the laundry to launder them and dried them at very high heat for 40 minutes. This destroys every bug and egg. The job was well done! My home is still bug free and I didn't sacrifice any furniture or linen or pillows. Good luck!

So far, so good! I dusted this powder in every nook and cranny of the bedroom, furniture, floor, molding, etc. I had already sprayed the black label Harris bed bug spray for stubborn bugs and eggs. It's been four days with no bites, which is a HUGE deal. Planning on re-attacking every week just in case. The pros: 1. Easy! I just used a plastic spoon to scoop the powder into the included squeezable duster. I also used a smaller brush duster to make sure it got into all the areas of my bedroom furniture. 2. Value! The product covers a huge area- I did the math and bought the big bag, and I will have enough to do the house at least two more times. 3. Works! So far the product is working! *bonus- it's taking care of the spiders and Japanese beetles too! 4. Odorless! I'm super sensitive to odors, and after the dust settled, I didn't notice any strange smell in the house. The cons- not horrible, but prepare for it: 1. Powder has a tendency to go everywhere- wear a nose/mouth mask and eye gear if you're clumsy, messy, and impatient like me. I ended up making the whole bedroom snowy white. Pretty sure that it was due to the fine powder and the duster clogged up at times (again, I'm impatient, so if you're meticulous and patient, you shouldn't have this problem!). Background- I tried EVERYTHING in the store, broke my old washing machine/dryer from hot washing/drying so much, spent tons on doctors trying to figure out where these blisters on my arms and hands were coming from, and started sleeping in head to toe clothes (socks on hands included)- horrible in the hot South. This has saved my sanity, though I was extremely skeptical it would kill anything. I was wrong. Bite check every morning reveals no new bites! If this keeps on the way it has started, I will name my next child Harris! (just kidding no more babies, but I might name my next fuzzy baby Harris).