Rest Easy Bed Bug Spray
The first step in bed bug control is keeping them from following you home in the first place. This "green," all-natural product claims to kill and repel bed bugs. Spray the mattress and your suitcase. It comes in a twin-pack of travel-sized spray bottles. The spray has a strong cinnamon odor, and should be left to dry before you sleep on it. See also: more bed bug sprays
Double-Sided Carpet Tape
Once home, bed bug control should be focused on the first battle front: your bed. A bed bug is wingless and has to crawl up to you; control them by making that impossible. Ensure nothing from your bed (including sheets and blankets) touch the floor. Then, use the barrier method of bed bug control: cover the legs of your bed with double-sided carpet tape. A bit trickier but still effective is duct tape, sticky side out. You can also put the bed legs in glass jars or metal cans. Add talcum powder to non-sticky surfaces for extra bed bug control.
Bed Bug Control Mattress Covers
The next important bed bug control step is to protect your mattress. A favorite bed bug hiding place is in the seams of your mattress, close to the food source (you). Seal off the mattress with a bed bug-proof mattress cover. As an added bonus, besides bed bug control, the covers will protect against mites as well.
Bed Bug Control Pillow Protector
Likewise, you'll want to cover your pillows in protectors designed for mite and med bug control.
Bed Bug Control Duvet Cover
Bed bug control casings also come in sizes for your duvet. Remember, don't let the duvet or sheets touch the ground. The key to bed bug control is not letting them get a leg up -- block their pathways up to your bed.
Bed Bug Control Box Spring Cover
When you are protecting your bed, don't forget a bed bug control cover your box spring.
SofaSafe Bed Bug Control Sofa Cover
As tempting as it may be when you have a bed bug problem, don't sleep on the sofa. You risk spreading the bed bug problem even more, making them harder to control. If bed bugs are already in your sofa, encase it in a cover like the SofaSafe bed bug control cover.
BugZip Garment Bag Size Bed-Bug Resistant Suitcase and Clothing Encasement
BugZip bed bug control covers come in a variety of sizes. They are meant to protect your clothes and even your suitcase from bed bugs. When you're traveling, use the smaller-sized drawer liner encasement to protect clothes while in a drawer or even in your suitcase. At home, the larger sizes can be used to keep the bed bugs from moving from your bed to your clothing. Use the largest size to pack infested suitcases and leave outside in hot weather; the heat will kill bed bugs and even their eggs in a few days.
