Bed bugs on clothes are nothing to worry about it’s just a part of do it yourself pest control. It’s, for the most part, an inexpensive way to kill bed bugs.
Step one the washing part will kill some of the bed bugs. Step two drying is where most of the bed bugs will die. The heat is what will do the most damage.
This is a time-consuming process, but a much-needed step unless you decide to just throw out your clothes into a plastic bag and sealing it up to immediately to take to your outside garbage.
Assuming you don’t want to throw out your clothing which I wouldn’t want to do either …
… bed bugs on clothes can be taken care of with the simple step by step instructions in this post.
How To Wash Clothes Exposed To Bed Bugs
The steps you need to take before washing your clothes are to first sort your clothes. Then wash your clothes with bed bugs and lastly drying them.
You will also want to make sure to store your clean clothes.
You don’t want to expose your clean clothes to the ones exposed to bed bugs.
Sorting Your Clothes
- Place each item of clothing that is infested with bed bugs into its own plastic bag.
- Remember to seal the bags in order to prevent bed bugs from moving into other areas of your home.
Washing Your Clothes
- Tip each bag into the washer then and seal the empty bag.
- Wash on the highest temperature available
Drying Your Clothes
- When clothes are ready to be placed in the dryer make sure to again use the highest/hottest setting.
- Dry for at least 30 to 45 minutes on High Heat
- If you don’t want to wash the clothes you can because your only concern is killing the bed bugs place your clothes into the dryer
Storing Clothes
- Immediately place the clothes coming out of the drying into a plastic bag.
- Keep the clothes in the sealed plastic bag until you are home if you went to a laundromat.
- Only remove your clean clothes out of the plastic bag if you have controlled the bed bugs in your home.
- If you still have bed bugs then keep the bag sealed and only take out the clothes you need to wear to prevent them from getting reinfested.
Conclusion
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Here is the recommended temperature to kill bed bugs if you are interested you can read more about it here.
For those items of clothing that could get destroyed by placing them in high heat, there is another option. You can place them in the freezer for a couple of days to kill the eggs.
Make sure to be cautious about placing your clean clothes back in where they could be exposed to bed bugs.
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