Reddit reviews Southern Homewares Pesticide Diatomaceous Earth Hand Bellows Powder Duster - Garden Powder Bulb Applicator - Great Against Bedbugs & Insects

Roaches don't just magically appear, they were almost certainly there before; it's just a matter of where they had to hide previously vs. now.

Clean everything. Vacuum/mop all the floors, wipe all horizontal surfaces, empty sinks and wipe clean thoroughly. Basically deep clean the entire house. Hire a maid service if need be. They have a food source somewhere; find it and eliminate it. Don't leave dirty dishes in the sink, rinse them. Don't leave crumbs or dirty plates on tables or floors. Don't leave any sort of candy or other food wrappers laying around. Have kids? Check everywhere they are likely to have wiped their hands for smeared remnants of food.

Go get yourself a big old bag of food grade DE and a duster. Spray that shit in all cracks and crevices in the house; around/under/behind cabinets in the kitchen and bathrooms, under baseboards (especially exterior walls), and around any gaps in window and door frames. If your bathroom floor is uneven, feel free to get it into any crevices under the toilet if it's not caulked down.

It's cold and wet this time of year, so unfortunately DE bombing outside isn't going to help much. Come spring/summer if you hit a dry spell in your area be sure to examine the exterior of the house for cracks, crevices, and gaps where pests can get in and either find a way to fix them, or bomb them with DE. Unfortunately DE doesn't not work well in really humid climates or when it's wet - you may need to reapply occasionally.

I'm still organizing it, but my "kit" includes:

• DSLR Camera, prime lenses, camera bag
  
  
• Wooden yard stick (Scale bar and setting depth of field)
  
  
• IR remote control for camera (more steady camera triggering)
  
  
• Tripod on casters for faster shot setups
  
  
• Athlete's foot spray ($1 each at the dollar store)
  
  
• Developer's spray / Dulling spray
  
  
• temporary/removable rubberized paint (basecoat before spraying perm. paint) example
  
  
• Multi-colored textured spray paint Example
  
  
• Powder duster for applying inexpensive dust to objects. I haven't perfected this process. It's messy and the powder can change appearance between camera shots and spoil your entire photoshoot. I'd still like to figure out a better way because flour, baking soda, baby powder, and other dusty substances are far cheaper than spraypaint and athlete's foot spray.
  
  
• retractable kabuki brush for applying powder. I'm still experimenting with this, but it's a standard item included with the NextEngine 3D Scanner and they recommend applying talc powder to a lanolin base.
  
  
• Smart phone with lightmeter app, depth-of-field calculator app
  
  
• "Muslin" quick-clamps to drape a bedsheet behind object to diffuse lighting
  
  
• log book for optimal camera settings (dry erase board is faster for me)
  
  
• dry erase board for snapping a pic of my settings
  
  
• stickers for registration marks. I have only tried ordinary circular stickers without the computer generated encoded targets and have so far been disappointed with the results.
  
  There's probably more, but that's all I can think of for now.
  
  FUTURE ITEMS:
  
  
• $10 Lazy susan turntable from Ikea
  
  
• CNC controlled camera gantry for automated image capturing
  
  
• Field monitor for easier camera focusing. It's much harder on the small camera display.
  
  
• WiFi enabled camera or a WiFi enabled SD memory card
  
  
• A light tent - preferably with an entire setup with variable LED lighting from reddit user /u/Iontrades_
  
  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iontrades/lite-studio-all-in-one-photo-studio-and-3d-scanner
  
  
• Green screen backdrop for experimenting with the automask feature in 3DF Zephyr software. I may also experiment with other backdrop colors, threadcounts, and thicknesses to optimize contrast (between the workpiece and backdrop) and optimize lighting.
  
  
• Experimental mixture of white baby powder, black pepper, and acetone to make it stick together. I haven't tried this yet, but I'm hoping that the acetone would help it stick to the workpiece and quickly evaporate.

You'd think the frequency you're getting bit, that you'd see one somewhere by now.. kinda sounds like there's a few fleas still lingering. My brother had a flea issue and bought this trap and said it started catching fleas within 15 min. Can't hurt to get one or 2 to use in the rooms you're noticing bites in.

He was also dealing with a bedbug problem at the time and used this CimeXa Powder and it helped a ton also. He used a 1" angled paint brush to apply the powder to the cracks and crevices and a powder duster to dust larger areas.

Do yourself a favor, and pickup some diatomaceous earth and a powder duster to rid yourself of the those little demons. The BIL had them and had bug bombed and had 2 different exterminators try to kill them... But was still infested. We grabbed these, dusted ALL over anywhere they were or could hide.... Been rid of them over a year now since that single dusting we did.

Below are the ones that we picked up. But your local Walmart/Lowes/Home Depot should also have similar items.

Safer Brand 51703 Diatomaceous Earth Bed Bug, Flea and Ant Crawling Insect Killer, 4 lb https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01D60GAW2/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apa_bFW3xb766GY6M

Southern Homewares Pesticide Powder Duster
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00967J4PK/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apa_PCW3xbN0CE3J9

This is the one I got for myself for my house/family and it worked a treat! It is, however, 10lbs of the stuff.... It should last us several lifetimes!

Also, add a duster to the list. You should keep people/pets away and wear a respirator/dust mask when using the duster to apply DE, but dusters spread much more evenly/finely and can get in cracks/bedding/furniture better. To apply DE to pet fur, just pour it on (try to avoid their nose/mouth area).

Well if you are applying to voids and normally inaccessible place the animals should not be an issue. If you get particulates on the ground then you will need to mop it up. Cats are biggest worry cause they lick their paws. I'll edit in a link to the duster I have.

http://www.amazon.com/Southern-Homewares-POWDER-DUSTER-Pesticide-Powder/dp/B00967J4PK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1463546315&sr=8-1&keywords=dust+blower+pest+control

get this https://www.amazon.com/Southern-Homewares-Pesticide-Powder-Duster/dp/B00967J4PK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1472999551&sr=8-3&keywords=pesticide+duster

put a light coating of d.earth down once a week, you shouldn't even see it really on the floors. but with that duster it is easy to get into every single crack and outlet.

read this website https://www.epa.gov/bedbugs

fuck bedbugs they are the god damn worst.