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| not1xor1:
--- Quote from: Gyro on August 05, 2019, 09:48:24 am ---Let's not forget that any bag of flour will develop weevils if left for long enough, it's impossible to filter out the eggs. Use until the black bits get too large. :) --- End quote --- A quick and safe (no chemicals involved) way to deal with that problem is to put the flour bag in a plastic bag and then in a freezer at -20°C for several days. You can also get rid of other kind of parasites (e.g. med flies larvae in fruit) at milder temperatures like 4°C. |
| paulca:
I have to confess I get infested once. Started to notice tiny dead bugs on the window sills. Then I spotted them walking across the kitchen ceiling. Eventually they were climbing across the TV, so I went looking. Box of cereal on top of the fridge. Caked in them. It had sat there unused for about 2 years. Took me ages. To get rid of them. They were just larder beetles though. |
| KaneTW:
--- Quote from: delongtrevor on May 22, 2020, 08:57:18 am ---The vacuum should be cleaned only with fresh water. If you will use chemicals like bleach, then it will be spread all over your house. --- End quote --- Bleach is in many household disinfectants and in many municipal water supplies. The residual concentrations won't do anything to you. --- Quote --- The bleach contains chlorine, the substance which cause cancer. --- End quote --- No, it does not. Some organochlorides are carcinogenic, but they are not produced in significant quantities by disinfectant action of bleach. Also, bleach contains sodium hypochlorite, not dissolved chlorine. --- Quote --- Other chemicals, which don’t contain chlorine, won’t kill the larvae. --- End quote --- Hydrogen peroxide will kill the larvae. If you don't want to go the chemical route, heat will kill the larvae. Lots of other things will, too. --- Quote ---I advise you not to use this vacuum at all and throw it away. --- End quote --- Clean the filter, clean the insides, and you're good. |
| Zero999:
It was left in the garden over winter and with the lockdown I'd forgotten about it, since I've not been there. I'll ask my parents about it. Hopefully the filthy buggers froze to death (unlikely as we had a mild winter, with hardly any frost) or pupated and flew away. |
| Wojciech Krolopp:
--- Quote from: taydin on August 04, 2019, 07:05:09 pm ---I would attack it with compressed air. But only if an air dryer follows the compressor. You don't want to humidify the filter and cause all of the dust to stick to it. Or if you don't have an air dryer after the compressor, you could wash the filter and then hit it with compressed air. --- End quote --- You can also put it on welding table and burn some 6010 welding rods. UV will kill everything. |
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