DO NOT USE THE SWIMMING POOL GRADE DE.
You are better off buying DE from the neighborhood
You are better off buying DE from the neighborhood
Went all out in dusting DE all over the house. The only area pending is the garage, but have pretty much dusted areas around the baseboard - accessible areas that can be later vacuumed easily. If the area was not accessible via vacuum, did not dust them.
Regarding DE - I would suggest using an N95 mask (available in Home Depot) while
applying the DE. If inhaled, it is not good at all for the lungs. Use a "mustard
container" or a parmesan cheese container to sprinkle them, focusing on areas
which don't receive foot traffic. Open up the wall sockets and spray inside as
well and around the baseboards.
With hardwood, dusting with DE is straightforward.
With carpets - I would suggest creating zones with blue tape
that are not to be walked upon - and dusting those areas only with DE. Leaving
them on for a few weeks is advisable . You would need to ensure that your
asthamtic kids are not around during the vacuuming - whenever they occur. Ashma
and bed bugs ==> you should consider switching to hardwood. Ideally, I would not
put any DE on carpets, keeping your asthma child in view
--- In bedbugger@yahoogroups.com, "..> wrote:
>
> i've been reading about "putting DE everywhere" is that safe? My kids have
asthma and I thought it was not a good idea to put it all over the carpet b/c
you can kick it up and breath it in. Plus with all the vacuuming we do, don't
you just vacuum up what you put down. Right now we have it around the bed and
along the baseboards.
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