Tackle Bedbugs with Steam Cleaners in Your Living Room | Kärcher UK

The application of steam cleaners is a supporting measure. When used properly they can reach eggs of bedbugs that sit on furniture, walls and floors and kill them with their water steam. It is important that the nozzle is slowly guided over the area so that the steam has enough time to heat and penetrate deep into the surface. Working from top to bottom: Curtains or blinds are steamed first, then the lower-lying objects such as beds or couches.

Compared to insecticide spray, the steam application penetrates better into narrow gaps, gets through fabrics and is not toxic. The hot steam is also able to kill off all life stages of bedbugs, including eggs.**

** Source: Journal of Economic Entomology, Volume 116, Edition 1, February 2023, Pages 12–18

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