Bedbug repellent “Clean House”: effectiveness, pros and cons

Many people mistakenly believe that bedbugs are a thing of the distant Soviet past. Meanwhile, their population is not decreasing. They are still found in dirty basements and in elegant apartments with expensive renovations. Sanitary conditions do not play any role. If vermin come to your door without knocking, read the reviews about “Clean House” for bedbugs. This will help you decide on a means of eliminating insects, act correctly and without delay.

The “Clean House” bedbug repellent is one of the five most popular insecticides that can kill bedbugs in an apartment or house. The opinions expressed by Internet users are sometimes radically different. Some claim that the product is effective, others claim that it does not work at all. The truth always lies somewhere in the middle.

Chemical composition

calls it a new generation insecticide. This group includes poisons intended to kill insects - both flying and moving on the ground. The insecticide contains two pyrethroids.

1. Cypermethrin. A contact-intestinal substance that, when entering the body of an insect, paralyzes its muscle tissue. At first, the bug ceases to control its own movements, and after a short period of time it dies. The insecticide kills both nymphs (larvae) and mature individuals.
2. Tetramethrin. A contact substance also designed to combat various “household” insects, ranging from fleas and flies to bedbugs and moths. Upon contact with arthropods, they are instantly paralyzed.

Combining two representatives of the pyrethroid group into one drug leads to an increased effect, which can negatively affect fish and reptiles living in the house. Therefore, before starting baiting, it is necessary to remove the aquarium or terrarium from the apartment for a while.

Pyrethroids are synthetic analogues of pyrethrins. The latter are natural insecticides contained in some representatives of the flora. For example, in Dolmatian chamomile or chrysanthemums.

How to prepare for processing

Before processing you need to do the following:

1. Do some general cleaning. Before processing, you need to remove all dirt and dust to increase the effectiveness of the dust. It is necessary to open all hard-to-reach places, since bedbugs most often hide in cracks. If you don't do this, the powder won't work.
2. Move, or better yet, disassemble and remove the furniture. Insects often hide in upholstery, under mattresses, etc. For this reason, you need to carefully treat not only floors and baseboards, but also furniture. This also applies to dog and cat beds.
3. Remove the mattress from the bed. Place it at an angle to the wall.
4. Turn over the carpets. Bedbugs often live on the back side, so it must be accessible for treatment.
5. Remove any decorations from the walls. Insects are often found behind paintings.
6. Open the outlets. Bedbugs can live inside.
7. Remove skirting boards if necessary.
8. Wash all textiles. To destroy parasites, high temperature conditions should be used.

Before processing, you need to carry out general cleaning.

Release forms

The effectiveness of the insecticide under discussion depends on several factors. First of all, it depends on the number of insects in the house and the extent of bedbug infestation. An important factor for achieving the best results is the competent choice of the form of the drug. There are four such forms in total:

• aerosol;
• dust;
• gel;
• spray.

Aerosol

Peculiarity. Aerosol “Clean House” for bedbugs is the most popular form of all existing ones. This is due to the ease of use of a bottle of household poison. The contents of the container do not need to be mixed with anything; you don’t have to worry about spilling it. Simply press the valve and spray onto potentially dangerous areas. A three-second spray is sufficient to treat one “square” area.

How to use

1. Remove the stopper from the bottle.
2. We direct to the area where the parasites were noticed.
3. Spray for a few seconds.
4. After 15 hours we repeat the procedure.

Cypermethrin in the aerosol contains 13%, and tetramethrin - 2.5%. Particles of poison entering the airspace become harmless to humans and warm-blooded animals within a couple of hours.

Dust

Peculiarity. Bedbug dust “Clean House” is a powder that has an unsightly gray color. It is designed to spread in places where bedbugs are concentrated. But, judging by user reviews, it has proven itself much better in the fight against cockroaches and moths. Due to the reduced concentration of active substances, compared to an aerosol, more powder has to be used. A 50-gram package is enough to treat half a standard room in an apartment.

How to use

1. We put on rubber gloves and a respirator.
2. We open the package with dust so as not to accidentally spill its contents.
3. Sprinkle powder on bedbug nests.
4. After three to four hours, we wash off the powder, having prepared a soap solution in advance to thoroughly wash the places where the dust was applied, as when working with poison in the form of chalk.

The dust contains 0.2% cypermethrin and 0.02% tetramethrin. However, the composition of the powder is supplemented with another component - piperonyl butoxide, the concentration of which is 10%. Having become part of the liquidation “trinity”, the substance significantly prolongs the effect of the two toxic components. This means that dust treatment can be done once and, as a rule, does not require repetition.

Spray

Peculiarity. Clean House Bed Bed Spray is a relatively new form of insecticide. It differs from an aerosol by the same pressure inside and outside the bottle. While for aerosol these indicators are different. In addition, the latter sprays larger particles - approximately 5 microns, while aerosol particles are about 2-3 microns in size.

How to use

1. We remove the limiter.
2. We spray a few times to the side to bleed out the air.
3. We aim the nozzle at the parasites and spray their habitats.
4. If necessary, pour the contents of the bottle into a garden sprayer and work with it.

It is believed that liquid preparations in the fight against bedbugs are more effective than “Clean House” powder for bedbugs. Therefore, if you have dust in the house, you can prepare the spray yourself. To do this, you need to dissolve 5 g of dry substance in 0.5 liters of water, pour it into a sprayer, and carry out the treatment in a well-known way.

Gel

Peculiarity. Gel “Clean House” is found on the shelves of supermarkets and hardware stores less often than other forms of poison. However, this particular form is considered one of the most promising. First of all, due to low toxicity. At the time of treating the house, the family does not have to leave their home walls at all - even pets can stay inside (provided that you prevent them from coming into contact with the insecticide). The person doing pest control only needs to wear rubber gloves and a respirator. Protective clothing is not required.

How to use

1. Apply a thin layer of gel to the areas where bedbug nests are concentrated.
2. Leave it for two weeks.
3. After the specified time period, completely rinse off the remaining product with water.
4. Apply a new portion of gel.

“Clean house” from bedbugs: instructions for use

Before spraying the drug directly, the room must be wet cleaned. You also need to check the room by opening the window and door. Children or pets must leave during pest control activities.

Remember to use protective equipment to protect yourself. Namely:

1. Use glasses that fit tightly to prevent the drug from getting into your eyes.
2. Use a long robe or overalls and rubber gloves
3. Buy a respirator or at least a gauze bandage. If you have to process large areas, you must use a gas mask.

Furniture and other objects should be moved away from the wall before spraying the drug begins, all soft parts should be removed, and the mattress should be turned over. It will be necessary to treat the back walls, joints, corners, and all places where parasites accumulate.

Before use, shake the can and spray. In this case, you need to cover every surface, paying a lot of attention to usually closed areas. There is no need to spray the aerosol into the air - then you will have to wait a long time for it to dissipate. Apply it specifically to surfaces.

Preparatory stage

Despite the fact that liquid and dry forms of insecticide are used differently (dust is not applied to vertical surfaces), the preparatory stage, regardless of the chosen form, is always the same, consisting of five steps.

1. Cleaning. Before the liquidation operation begins, the apartment must be thoroughly cleaned. The floor should be washed with a damp cloth soaked in clean water, without adding chemicals. The dust needs to be wiped off and the carpets need to be vacuumed.
2. Clearing the premises. It is advisable that all warm-blooded creatures, including household members, leave the apartment. Only the “exterminator” should remain in it. If fish or reptiles live in the house, and it is not possible to remove the terrarium or aquarium, these objects should be covered with something on top.
3. Removal of bed linen. Sheets, pillows, blankets and mattresses must also leave the house. Send them to the balcony or to a bench in the yard. The fabric tends to absorb insecticides that are sprayed or thrown, which then come into contact with your body.
4. Isolation of products. Food should not come into contact with poison. Therefore, at the time of spraying the aerosol or spray, it must either be eaten or sent to the refrigerator.
5. Moving furniture away. Cabinet and upholstered furniture must be moved away from the wall. The back surfaces must be processed. Perhaps a nest of bedbugs has already appeared on one of them, or will appear in the near future if you ignore this requirement.

Precautionary measures

Chinese dust and other analogues can have a negative impact on health and cause allergies, so when using it, you should follow important safety precautions:

• you need to wear a respirator;
• It is necessary to protect hands and other parts of the body. For this purpose, long sleeves and medical gloves are used;
• It is recommended to protect your eyes with plastic glasses;
• windows open in the room;
• at the time of treatment and after it, the apartment should be empty for several days;
• during disinfection, you should not eat or drink, and you should not do this for about an hour after the procedure;
• A few days after treating the floors, all surfaces need to be washed and the room ventilated.

If you are allergic to powdered products, then they should be replaced with a suspension or gel. Otherwise, serious health problems may arise.

Advantages and disadvantages of the drug

There are many ways to get rid of bed bugs. But not everyone can be trusted. Ultrasonic repellers, for example, have long proven their uselessness. They repel mosquitoes, but in the case of bedbugs their effect is useless. The reason is simple: blood-sucking arthropods do not communicate with ultrasound, which means they cannot hear the signal coming from the device. Various traps also have no different effect: they catch only a tiny part of the population. “Clean House” preparations are much more effective, but they are not without their drawbacks. The table will tell you about the pros and cons of the product.

Table - Advantages and disadvantages of the “Clean House” insecticide

The product will definitely not help in the fight against bedbugs if the room is infested with them. In this case, you need to take drastic measures. For example, resort to the services of SES. The remedy for bedbugs “Clean House” helps when blood-sucking parasites have just appeared in the apartment.

Useful materials

Read other articles about bedbugs:

• Pay attention to such home control means as repellers and traps.
• Find out the main reasons for the appearance of bloodsuckers in the apartment, namely bed parasites.
• What do house bugs look like and how to get rid of them using various methods?
• Find out why they are dangerous for humans? How to recognize their bites, especially in children, and how to properly treat the damaged areas?
• To effectively combat these insects, find out what species there are, how they reproduce and feed, where you can find their nests and can they live in clothes?
• Read more about folk remedies, in particular vinegar and temperature effects.
• Effective preventive measures.
• Study several review articles about modern means of control, in particular against bed bugs. Check out the list of products that are safe for people and pets, and also find out how to properly prepare your apartment before treatment.
• If you cannot cope with parasites on your own, we recommend turning to professionals. They have effective destruction technologies and will be able to help you in the shortest possible time.

Negative effects on humans

A “clean house” is relatively safe. However, if precautions are not taken, the poison can harm living beings (in particular, humans and pets).

Toxic effects on people occur when inhaling insecticide vapors or through dermal contact with it. It has been scientifically proven that there will be no serious consequences for a warm-blooded creature when touching the poison. The maximum is a skin rash that will go away quickly. But if it enters the stomach, a group C carcinogen, which is tetramethrin, can cause the following symptoms of poisoning:

If one or more of the listed symptoms appears, the patient should get access to fresh air and take a sorbent. Even before the ambulance arrives, the drug will begin to act on toxins, break them down, and remove them from the body.

Recommendations for using dust against insects

Unlike other powdered products, dust for fleas, bedbugs, cockroaches and other parasites is used only in dry form, not otherwise. Processing sequence:

1). Preparing the space for processing. Remove everything unnecessary from the rooms, securely pack food in film, limit access to the room for children and animals. Provide personal protection: use rubber gloves and a gauze bandage or respirator.

2). Since we are dealing with powder, you can use a brush to spread it. You need to start sprinkling from the back side of carpets, baseboards, thresholds, and don’t forget the facing panels.

Next, sprinkle cabinets, chests of drawers, doorways, and ventilation grilles. Pay special attention to shedding of upholstered furniture. Try to sprinkle the powder into the joints, cracks, joints, and gaps between parts of the body.

3). When the entire room has been treated, the dust will need at least 3-4 hours to complete its task of killing bedbugs. It is recommended to leave the premises at this time. Also, be sure to wash your hands and face, change clothes (wash your work clothes). When you return, start airing the rooms and start cleaning.

To clean smooth and other surfaces, you can use a soda-soap solution; this should also be done while wearing gloves. Use a vacuum cleaner to clean upholstered furniture. As for small cracks, spaces under thresholds and baseboards, the dust should be left here so that it continues its protective and preventive function.

4). The dust is not particularly toxic and is practically safe for people. But since inhaling even minimally poisoned air is still undesirable, it is still better to leave the treated premises for a while.

Price

Affordable price is one of the most important advantages of the brand of household poison under discussion. The cost of different forms of insecticide release is reflected in the table (data as of January 2022).

Table - Cost of Clean House products

All products from the “Clean House” line against bedbugs contain chamomile extract, which enhances the effect of the pyrethroid tandem. During the pest control period, it is better to take small children away from home for a few days. It should also be noted that tetramethrin and cypermethrin are extremely toxic to creatures inhabiting bodies of water, both natural and artificial. Therefore, they should be used with extreme caution near water.

Before starting disinfestation, you must read the instructions for using “Clean House” against bedbugs from beginning to end. Not only the final result depends on this, but also the safety of you and your loved ones.

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Professionals

There are different situations in life, and a case may arise when you simply cannot get rid of insects on your own. That is why I would like to introduce you to professional organizations, such as “Clean City”, which are engaged in the destruction of bedbugs and other pests. The “Clean City” disinfection station has proven itself over the past 5 years in the fight against bed bugs. In their work, they use modern equipment and proven preparations that can easily destroy not only the insect itself, but also the laid eggs. The organization carries out its activities in some large cities of Russia.

Characteristics of the insecticide

Dust “Clean House” is a grayish powder that has a powerful insecticidal effect. It is packaged in 50 gram packs. At a consumption rate of 5 mg of product per 1 sq. m. one pack is more than enough to disinfest a small room (about 10 sq. m.).

Dust works by contact. Penetrating into the cockroach’s body through the digestive tract or chitinous membrane, it affects the insect’s nervous system, causes paralysis and leads to rapid death. “Clean House” has a complex effect and simultaneously infects a lot of other parasites - bedbugs, ticks, fleas, ants and even flies. It can be used as an addition to the main insecticidal agent - aerosol or gel.

Important! When using dust, you cannot expect instant results. It will take several days for the bulk of the cockroaches to become stained with the poisonous powder.