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JONATHAN BERLIAND & GRAHAM WARREN
other areas. It also removes the food that larvae eat such as human and pet hair, lint and other dead insects.
Make sure you vacuum inside suitcases and handbags too just in case you brought home more than souvenirs on your last trip away.
Once you’ve finished vacuuming, dispose of the bag in a sealed rubbish bag and place in an outside bin. If you don’t do this, there’s a risk the moths will hatch inside and fly out
Wipe the area with soap and water and leave to dry. Seal areas where moths may be hiding, such as cracks in flooring, shelves, and skirting boards.
Brush down all your clothes with a high-quality Caraselle lint roller, stiff brush or vacuum brush attachment to remove as many eggs or larvae that you can. Remove and discard the vacuum cleaner bag into an outside rubbish bin.
Wash clothes on a delicate /hand-wash setting (definitely no higher than 30 degrees) and then place in a clothes dryer. If the clothes are made of delicate materials such as wool or silk, place them into a sealed bag inside your deep freeze for seven days.
The late Gaden Robinson, a renown moth expert who worked at the Natural History Museum told Which? that washing or dry- cleaning your clothes “is as effective as using pesticides”. He also advised: “Deep-freeze clothes in sealed plastic bags for a week to kill off pests.”
It's important to note that now clothes are frequently washed at lower temperatures the larvae (which does the damage) are not killed off – saving the environment but not clothes it seems!
As a result the most effective action you can take is to regularly dry clean and / or wash your garments AND to use our Acana / Modelli Moth Killer products. That way you will be giving your home the maximum protection possible.
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