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Re: question on packing up books


--- In bedbugger@yahoogroups.com, "Leigh Manndel" <manndel@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm a new member here, who's recently discovered I'm the horrified
host of
> those darn bedbugs, I
> think I'm still in shock.
>
> anyhow, I have hundreds of gorgous books, that I would never part
with. I
> went thru the archives for the
> group, and discovered that the worst thing to do was store them in
cardboard
> boxes--is this really
> true??
> My plan was to put my books in Banker's boxes, and then enclose them
in
> plastic bags. I just looked
> at a bankers' box, and actually, they don't have those enclosed wavy
areas,
> just straight cardboard.
> But is the best box a plastic or Tupperware kind? Wanted to make
sure, as
> that will cost considerably more....
>
> Also, want to get a steamer for my clothes, but the only one I can
afford is
> the Salton Sea brand one
> for steaming clothes, at Walmart. I live in Vancouver, BC, Canada,
and
> things are a lot more expensive here. That model, for steaming
clothes, is
> $90, and they have an even smaller one for $30. Anyone have any idea
if
> this (the $90 one) would
> be sufficient for clothes and similar stuff, and do you need an
"industrial"
> strength steamer?
>
> Would much appreciate any replies, as hopefully, someone is taking me
> box-shopping" later
> today :-))
>
> Thanks so much,
> Leigh
>





Fri Jul 10, 2009 1:24 pm

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Hi everyone, I'm a new member here, who's recently discovered I'm the horrified host of those darn bedbugs, I think I'm still in shock. anyhow, I have hundreds...
Leigh Manndel
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Jul 3, 2009
9:09 am

You'll find disagreement here about cardboard boxes. We used both plastic & cardboard, but any cardboard we used was well sealed. Every corrugated edge was...
Dee Webber
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Jul 3, 2009
4:44 pm

If you plan to bag up the boxes for a 18 months or so, I don't see a problem with it. I think the idea is that the bugs can hide more easily in cardboard,...
Robin Lives
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Jul 3, 2009
6:33 pm

... host of ... with. I ... cardboard ... in ... areas, ... sure, as ... afford is ... and ... clothes, is ... if ... "industrial"...
esuelin31
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Jul 10, 2009
1:29 pm

Leigh...I am not familiar with a Bankers Box, but cardboard , by nature, makes an ideal harborage for bugs of all kinds...maybe Bankers boxes are corrugated??...
deborah november
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Jul 10, 2009
2:24 pm

Leigh, I meant to say ..maybe Bankers boxes are NOT corrugated..which would lessen the areas for harborage.....if you go online , onto bedbugger, there are...
deborah november
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Jul 10, 2009
2:31 pm

Leigh, I read on BedbugGuru.com <http://www.bedbugguru.com/> that bed bugs can hide in very small cracks and holes. Cardboard boxes will certainly provide...
davidhealey88
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Jul 11, 2009
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