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