First of all keep children and pets away from the work area.
Heat gun to kill bed bugs.
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.
Keep a fire extinguisher at hand.
How it works heat treatments work by raising the temperature in your home work space hotel or office to above 120 f.
I must share my experience with your readers.
Its in my honest opinion as ca commercial applicator that the heat treatment is a marketing gimmick.
Killing bed bugs with heat.
Our laboratory tested and epa approved technology creates heat convection currents which transfer energy throughout the room.
Never lay the gun down while its on.
I had them for a long period of time before i figured out what they was.
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.
You have to take a few precautions before you start using the heat gun.
Can you kill bed bugs with a regular heat gun.
Hot dryers and portable heat chambers can be used to kill bed bugs in infested household items.
Don t hold the gun any closer than 4 inches from the surface.
Cool the gun down before turning it off and putting it away.
Greentech heat solution s state of the art technology allows you to achieve a proven thermal kill for bed bugs.
However you can t treat a bed bug infestation with a heat gun.
The heat gun she is referring to is a wagner heat gun.
May be worth a try.
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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.
The heat emitted from the gun is more than enough to cook bed bugs and their eggs.
However those machines cant guarantee to get cubic inch in your hotel room apt or home.
Yes will it kill the bed bugs if kept above 139 degrees for over 2 hours yes.
For instance heat in the form of steam can be used to treat bed bugs in carpets behind base boards and on upholstered furniture.
I was infested with bedbugs in a horrible way.
Helpful hints use the gun on the lowest heat setting since 200 degrees is hot enough to kill the bugs and destroy their larvae.