keeping your home bug free is nearly
impossible but that doesn't mean you
can't try your hardest to make it
possible
discovering an infestation of bugs is
pretty disturbing and one of the worst
creatures of all is the notorious bedbug
that bugs live in your home and have an
annoying talent of being able to sense
body heat emitting from humans and
animals and even the carbon dioxide you
exhale this means they'll be able to
detect you in a room usually when you're
asleep and take enjoyment from biting
your skin all over that bug survived by
feasting on human blood which is as
disgusting as it is frustrating who gave
them permission to take your blood and
leave itchy bumps all over your skin you
certainly didn't so you'll need to show
them who's boss and get rid of them as
quickly as you can
luckily you don't have to resort to
using toxic chemicals that could be
harmful to your home and family to get
rid of bed bugs there are plenty of
natural methods that prove just as
effective with one of the more popular
of these methods using baking soda so
what is baking soda baking soda is an
ingredient that most of us have in our
cupboards for those frequent cake baking
emergencies it consists of sodium and
bicarbonate ions being completely
natural baking soda is one of the safest
cleaning formulas you can use in your
home it's safe to eat
for a start it also won't irritate your
skin when it comes into contact with it
generally baking soda is a better
alternative to getting rid of bed bugs
than most commercial products which
often contain chemical pesticides that
are toxic to humans as well as pests so
how does baking soda work when you're
trying to control a pest in this case
bedbugs baking soda works in a number of
different ways one digestion first while
baking soda is perfectly safe for
consumption by humans it's a different
story for insects when baking soda warms
up as it does when it's being digested
it changes composition and its chemical
bonds break down this causes it to
release carbon dioxide in gas form which
will burst the lining of a bedbugs
intestines killing them to exoskeleton
damage we might not notice it ourselves
but the tiny grains of baking
SOTA are actually pretty sharp in many
cases these can be sharp enough to cut
into the underside of a bed bugs
exoskeleton which can cause enough
damage to eventually kill the insect 3
dehydration one of baking sodas most
useful properties is its ability to
absorb odors and moisture when you
sprinkle baking soda over a bedbug area
it'll suck the water out of any insects
it comes into contact with dehydrating
the bedbugs to the point of death
bedbugs don't need to ingest the baking
soda for this to happen
simple contact with the powder will be
enough so how do you use baking soda on
bed bugs there are three favorable ways
of doing so one baking soda paste to
make a paste out of baking soda mix the
ingredient with water in a bowl until
you achieve the consistency of honey
then use a brush and paint the paste
wherever bedbugs might hide such as on
mattresses Springs couches and armchairs
make sure to get inside holes crevices
and cracks every few days vacuum up the
dried paste and start again until your
infestation is gone - baking soda
sprinkle simply take a handful of baking
soda as it is and sprinkle a layer all
around the furniture and inside cracks
and small spaces vacuum up and repeat
every three days remember that a vacuum
is important for removing bed bugs from
your home instantly by using it daily
you'll catch the bugs that come out of
hiding 3 baking soda piles that bugs are
incredibly sneaky they can hide in
places other than your bed and then
crawl up the legs of your bed frame to
get to you you can prevent this issue by
making piles of baking soda all around
your beds legs which the bugs would have
to crawl through to reach you do the
same thing with the couch piling baking
soda around its base remember baking
soda is one of the safest and most
natural ways of removing bedbugs from
your home and this simple ingredient is
proof that there's no reason to resort
to harmful chemicals to kill the insects
keep in mind that bedbug infestations
are one of the hardest to fully
eliminate if you use it correctly
infrequently baking
soda can kill bedbugs although it won't
instantly you'll need to stay on top of
the application but on the plus side
there won't be any kind of dangerous
chemicals sitting around your home I
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