MEL - Re: Menthol crystals in the laptop

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Hi Mel,

I simply scatter the raw crystals in my keyboard on my laptop, and the immediate surrounding areas. The crystals are small enough to go inside the keyboard. The crystals eventually disappear as the menthol evapourates, so you will need to replenish them every 2 days or so. Be careful about wiping your nose and eyes after touching the menthol. Remember, they can go to your hands from other parts of your body quite quickly.

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From: Mel <iggydoll@...>bird mites Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2008 9:01:16 PMSubject: Menthol crystals in the laptop

Hi J. S. well, thank you for that tip. How do you do this? I bought the crystals, but i have to wait until i can buy the coffee cup heater for them, to use it in my car. Can you explain a little bit how you use them in the laptop. and elsewhere. thank you.mel

From: kihunrc <kihunshin (DOT) com>Subject: Re: Does heat hatch the eggs?bird mitesDate: Tuesday, November 4, 2008, 6:02 PM

Pamela,I was thinking about how I heat treated my cars using halogen lights and it hit me that you can try to recreate the effect in your home if you have a small enclosed space... such as a walk in closet (hope you have one).If you do this, I would do a test run first. Use as many halogen lights as you can to get the temperature up (I would top off the total wattage at around 1500-1600W) and place a towel underneath the closet door to reduce heat loss. If you can successfully get the temp to 130F or higher, then I think you have a shot. Then you can unbag your "dirty" clothes inside and heat treat them as many times as necessary. What would make it harder than doing this in a car is that unlike a car, you cannot leave the heater on to greatly help the process. The exit temp of my car heater was 120F so that's a great starting point. I suppose you can run your home heater and even

tho it probably tops out at 90F, it's better than nothing. You can also run a small space heater (the kind that blows air, not the still radiant kind) to get the initial temp of the closet up but don't use the space heater and halogen lights together as it is dangerous to keep the heater running in such a high-temp environment. I have a small 8" fan I picked up at Walmart long time ago that I can run to circulate the air to help heat distribution. It's now fall so you won't see any fans at Walmart but you may be able to find them elsewhere. You can monitor the closet temp with a wireless digital thermometer.If you have a sprinkler inside of your closet (I do so I can't do it!) DON'T DO IT!!!But then again, if you're gonna do heat treating, I suppose the better way is to just dump your dirty clothes in the car instead and heat treat it along with the car! Then you'll be taking much less

chance of infesting your house by bringing your clothes in. Car should be a lot easier to heat anyway...kihun> >> > Hi everyone,> > > > > > > > I think the dehumidifiers are working wonders for us! It has been > 5 weeks.> > Like Jeanine, are big problems seem to revolve around clothes, the > laptop,> > and the cars.> > > > > > > > My questions for Jeff or anyone is whether it is best for me to > stop keeping> > my clothes in plastic bags in the plastic bins? I mean, they are > not getting> > dehumidified there. Is it best for me to go back to hanging > clothes and> > using a dresser like a normal person? Can you imagine? LOL> > > > > > > > We have our clothes

packed up in bags that have CO2 in them, and > then packed> > in boxes and have been stacked in the garage. Is it best to keep > all the> > cotton clothes bagged up and away from live mites so they cannot > breed in> > them, or is it best to bring all of the clothes into the house so > that they> > get treated by the low humidity, too?> > > > > > > > Thank you for your input,> > > > > > > > Pamela> >>

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