Heat Gun Against Bed Bugs

One of our readers sent in this the other day.

Heat gun against bed bugs. The impractical thing about treating a property with a heat gun is that you will have to heat up small zones of the property and slowly move your progress until you have treated every corner. The public has an urgent need for materials and methods to red. Kills both adult bed bugs and eggs in 1 treatment.

Heat gun can be used for getting rid of bed bugs that are hidden in large areas like mattresses beds and upholstered furniture in a bedroom. At this temperature adult bed bugs and eggs can be eradicated quickly provided the bed bugs and their eggs have direct exposure to the lethal temperatures. With all the air movement created by the fans the dead bed bugs can end up in all corners of the treatment area.

The heat treatment process typically takes between six and eight hours. The bed bugs will run away from the powder because the silica that is present has sharp edges that could cut into the exoskeleton of the bug. We also recommend that you clean the fecal stains wherever possible.

That heater warms the unit to 120 degrees or more to kill bed bugs at all stages of life. However you cant treat a bed bug infestation with a heat gun. After being heated to the lethal temperature of 118⁰F bed bugs become flat and light.

Keep a fire extinguisher at hand. Heat is also deadly to bed bugs throughout all. The heat gun she is referring to is a Wagner Heat Gun.

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