When the exterminators come and spray your kitchen, are you supposed to clean up the empty cubboards

[applegrove]

or do you let the chemical stay there and put the food away on top (in sealed containers)? Does anybody have experience with this?

[ret5hd]

1. I believe you are supposed to lick the cupboards.

[applegrove]

2. LOL!

[Denninmi]

3. I would certainly wipe them all down with a good soap solution.

Who wants all of that residue around their dishes and food?

Wear rubber gloves to avoid absorbing the residue through your skin.

[irisblue]

4. an idea

I'd wash the insides, but I'd put fresh shelf paper down before I put my food containers back. You take the food containers out of a cupboard, put them on the counter and transfer the chemical residue to your countertop. Can you check with the exterminators for advice, they would know the dry time & effective time for their chemicals. Good luck, this sounds like a long job

[emilyg]

5. Have you considred using boric acid for bugs.

[applegrove]

6. How do you put it down? Do you have to clean it up?

[emilyg]

7. I buy a mixture of boric acid

and something else in it - comes in a big squirt tube. Put in under sink, in cracks, around pipes. I don't clean it till I change it. It's called Roacj Away. They are many different companies who make the same stuff. Walgreen's, Walmart, etc. carry it.

[Arkansas Granny]

8. I've been told that you wash the area of the shelves where the food or dishes sit, but don't

wash the edges and corners, which is where the buggies like to run and hide. You want the residue to stay there.

[applegrove]

9. That is what I thought.

[SalenaKennedy]

10. Ask the exterminators

Ask the exterminators before they leave. If You are not satisfied by their answer and still have doubts clean it up. Use tea tree oil as a solution for cleaning.

[Scuba]

11. Welcome to DU!