My process for cleaning to get rid of bed bugs

by Alexandra
(Wakefield, MA)

Step 1: Buy allergen covers, duct tape, steam cleaner, garbage bags.

Step 2: Bag all clothes in garbage bags, including those in dresser; strip the bed; seal all garbage bags with duct tape.

Step 3: Take all laundry to laundromat that is fine with specially washing clothes in hot water to kill larvae.

Step 4: Dry pillows on high heat; seal pillows in allergen covers; duct tape zippers shut.

Step 5: Wrap mattress and box spring in allergen covers; duct tape zippers shut.

Step 6: Freeze the alarm clock; possibly throw it out.

Step 7: Vacuum.

Step 8: Wash floors and furniture in mixture of water, tea tree oil, neem seed oil, and lemongrass oil. (You can go to Whole Foods for the tea tree oil and check around {GNC?} for the neem seed oil. But the 100% tea tree oil, as otherwise it comes diluted in alcohol, which, depending on what type of varnish/stain you have on your floors, may strip the varnish off of the wood.)

Step 9: Steam clean tempur-pedic mattress topper.

Step 9: Laugh maniacally.