Re: No matter what I try, I can't kill the mites in my clothing.

[Guest guest]

I threw out all my cotton and rayon clothes and bought polyester and

nylon clothes. And like someone else posted earlier (was it rat

goddess?), I only have enough clothes for one week. It sucks, I had a

great wardrobe that cost a lot of money.

Even with my polyester clothes, I still soak them in the washing

machine with detergent, bleach, borax and white vinegar, for a minimum

of one hour in hot water.

Your clothes may be hopelessly infested with eggs. The eggs seem to

get into those hard to reach double seams, etc. Regarding the plastic

bags you store your clothes in, do you spray the inside of the bags

with rubbing alcohol or something? Maybe the bags are somehow

infested. If all else fails, dump the clothes and start over.

Hopefully someone else has better advice for you.

Best wishes,

myrtle

>

> I soak them overnight with borax, ammonia and vinegar. Dry them for

> over an hour in a dryer that has been sprayed with 91% alcohol(lint

> trap also)and then put them in sealable plastic bags. Before wearing I

> put them in the microwave. Within minutes of getting dressed, I'm

> bitten. Today I tried Holly's suggestion and put my clothes in a 200

> degree oven for 20 minutes. This time it was about 45 minutes until I

> started to get bitten. Now when I'm home I usually go naked. I'm not

> bitten as much. The minute I put on clothes, I'm under attack. I

> don't know what else I can do.

>

[Guest guest]

Boiling my jeans, simmering for an hour, has been a complete kill.

Everything else I soak overnight. Might it be that the crawling is from

mites already on your skin and the pressure of clothes just sensitizes

you to it?

ES

>

> I soak them overnight with borax, ammonia and vinegar. Dry them for

> over an hour in a dryer that has been sprayed with 91% alcohol(lint

> trap also)and then put them in sealable plastic bags. Before wearing

I

> put them in the microwave. Within minutes of getting dressed, I'm

> bitten. Today I tried Holly's suggestion and put my clothes in a 200

> degree oven for 20 minutes. This time it was about 45 minutes until

I

> started to get bitten. Now when I'm home I usually go naked. I'm not

> bitten as much. The minute I put on clothes, I'm under attack. I

> don't know what else I can do.

>

[Guest guest]

I agree with E...maybe try boiling with some oxygen based cleaner like sun or oxiclean...double whammy!> >> > I soak them overnight with borax, ammonia and vinegar. Dry them for> > over an hour in a dryer that has been sprayed with 91% alcohol(lint> > trap also)and then put them in sealable plastic bags. Before wearing> I> > put them in the microwave. Within minutes of getting dressed, I'm> > bitten. Today I tried Holly's suggestion and put my clothes in a 200> > degree oven for 20 minutes. This time it was about 45 minutes until> I> > started to get bitten. Now when I'm home I usually go naked. I'm not> > bitten as much. The minute I put on clothes, I'm under attack. I> > don't know what else I can do.> >>

[Guest guest]

No whamy no whamy.. STOP

Hahaha.!

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 5:19 pm, dammitgrl2001 wrote:

> I agree with E...maybe try boiling with some oxygen based cleaner like

> sun or oxiclean...double whammy!

>

>> >

>> > I soak them overnight with borax, ammonia and vinegar. Dry them for

>> > over an hour in a dryer that has been sprayed with 91% alcohol(lint

>> > trap also)and then put them in sealable plastic bags. Before wearing

>> I

>> > put them in the microwave. Within minutes of getting dressed, I'm

>> > bitten. Today I tried Holly's suggestion and put my clothes in a 200

>> > degree oven for 20 minutes. This time it was about 45 minutes until

>> I

>> > started to get bitten. Now when I'm home I usually go naked. I'm not

>> > bitten as much. The minute I put on clothes, I'm under attack. I

>> > don't know what else I can do.

>> >

>>

>

>

Adam

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[Guest guest]

Great point . When your hanging in the buff, do you feel

anything hitting you or crawling on you. I'm constantly doing the

environment or is it me thing. My friend, who's house I was at when

my buggies found me, hung out in the nude all summer. I swear his

buggies were much worse than mine, he had all sorts of red mountains

on him, cause I covered up.

b

> >

> > I soak them overnight with borax, ammonia and vinegar. Dry them

for

> > over an hour in a dryer that has been sprayed with 91% alcohol

(lint

> > trap also)and then put them in sealable plastic bags. Before

wearing

> I

> > put them in the microwave. Within minutes of getting dressed, I'm

> > bitten. Today I tried Holly's suggestion and put my clothes in a

200

> > degree oven for 20 minutes. This time it was about 45 minutes

until

> I

> > started to get bitten. Now when I'm home I usually go naked.

I'm not

> > bitten as much. The minute I put on clothes, I'm under attack. I

> > don't know what else I can do.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Why don't you shake it up a little and try a different washing routine.

I seem to have pretty good success with Dr Bronner's peppermint liquid

soap, borax, arm and hammer washing soda, and a few drops of an iodine

solution(it may discolor your clothes a bit)in hot water. I then buy

Bounce free and pour tea tree, cedar and eucalytpus essntial oils to

the bounce. I then add 2 to each dryer load. I purell wheneever I touch

my laundry. I aso nuke my clothes. I " think " my clothes are Ok.

b

>

> I soak them overnight with borax, ammonia and vinegar. Dry them for

> over an hour in a dryer that has been sprayed with 91% alcohol(lint

> trap also)and then put them in sealable plastic bags. Before wearing

I

> put them in the microwave. Within minutes of getting dressed, I'm

> bitten. Today I tried Holly's suggestion and put my clothes in a 200

> degree oven for 20 minutes. This time it was about 45 minutes until

I

> started to get bitten. Now when I'm home I usually go naked. I'm

not

> bitten as much. The minute I put on clothes, I'm under attack. I

> don't know what else I can do.

>

[Guest guest]

I've been curious about the same thing. How do you know it's the

clothes that are making you itch, or just the mites that are still on

your body? How can a mite live through normal washing and drying?

> >

> > I soak them overnight with borax, ammonia and vinegar. Dry them for

> > over an hour in a dryer that has been sprayed with 91% alcohol(lint

> > trap also)and then put them in sealable plastic bags. Before wearing

> I

> > put them in the microwave. Within minutes of getting dressed, I'm

> > bitten. Today I tried Holly's suggestion and put my clothes in a 200

> > degree oven for 20 minutes. This time it was about 45 minutes until

> I

> > started to get bitten. Now when I'm home I usually go naked. I'm not

> > bitten as much. The minute I put on clothes, I'm under attack. I

> > don't know what else I can do.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Yeah, I get hit even when in the buff. Not as much when clothed, but

it still happens. These f'rs live through my showers. Maybe sitting in

a tub is better, but then I've heard the bastards just run for cover

on your head. Can't win for losing.

> > >

> > > I soak them overnight with borax, ammonia and vinegar. Dry them

> for

> > > over an hour in a dryer that has been sprayed with 91% alcohol

> (lint

> > > trap also)and then put them in sealable plastic bags. Before

> wearing

> > I

> > > put them in the microwave. Within minutes of getting dressed, I'm

> > > bitten. Today I tried Holly's suggestion and put my clothes in a

> 200

> > > degree oven for 20 minutes. This time it was about 45 minutes

> until

> > I

> > > started to get bitten. Now when I'm home I usually go naked.

> I'm not

> > > bitten as much. The minute I put on clothes, I'm under attack. I

> > > don't know what else I can do.

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Make sure when you bake the clothes that you feel the inside layers to

make sure that the heat has penetrated all the way through the

clothing. Sometimes it takes more than 20 min. They may also be getting

back on you from the environment, or your own skin. What are you doing

to get them out of your skin? DE is the best way to get them out of

your carpet. Good Luck

>

> I soak them overnight with borax, ammonia and vinegar. Dry them for

> over an hour in a dryer that has been sprayed with 91% alcohol(lint

> trap also)and then put them in sealable plastic bags. Before wearing

I

> put them in the microwave. Within minutes of getting dressed, I'm

> bitten. Today I tried Holly's suggestion and put my clothes in a 200

> degree oven for 20 minutes. This time it was about 45 minutes until

I

> started to get bitten. Now when I'm home I usually go naked. I'm

not

> bitten as much. The minute I put on clothes, I'm under attack. I

> don't know what else I can do.

>

[Guest guest]

Regarding whether the bugs are coming from your clothes or skin, if

you have just bathed and have no crawling on your skin, and then put

on an article of clothing and immediately feel crawling, it is most

probably in the clothing. At the height of my infestation, it was

hard to tell the difference, because I was doing so many things wrong.

I was re-using infested towels, not cleaning the bugs off in the

laundry, etc. (sorry, my mind goes blank a lot). Before I dumped all

my cotton and rayon clothing, I would find that every morning I would

start to have mites crawling on me like crazy at 10:00 a.m. I thought

it was a special hatching hour for them until I finally realized that

the eggs were in my clothes, and they were hatching about 2.5 hours

after I put on my work clothes. After I switched to synthetics, I

didn't have that problem anymore, so that's how I verified that the

bugs were coming from my clothing. The bugs coming out of my skin

would feel like " worms " crawling in my skin, not big skampering mites.

The bugs coming from my clothes and my office chair felt like big mites.

The eggs seem to get stuck in the cotton and rayon, and do not get

destroyed in the wash. You have to cook them to kill them. Perhaps

if I had cooked my clothes, I could have destroyed the eggs, but I

didn't have the time or energy to cook my clothes, and I don't have a

microwave. To save my sanity, I dumped everything.

I understand that mites can float on water, which is why you have to

be careful about bathing when you're infested, because they'll float

on the surface of the water and then get on you as you emerge from the

water. I always shower and clean myself up before I bathe. If you're

really infested, perhaps a shower-bath-shower might get them off you.

Be sure to clean up the bathtub after you use it. Spray rubbing

alcohol or a bleach solution to kill whatever is in the tub.

Otherwise you'll get bit up the next time you go in there.

myrtle

> > >

> > > I soak them overnight with borax, ammonia and vinegar. Dry them for

> > > over an hour in a dryer that has been sprayed with 91% alcohol(lint

> > > trap also)and then put them in sealable plastic bags. Before

wearing

> > I

> > > put them in the microwave. Within minutes of getting dressed, I'm

> > > bitten. Today I tried Holly's suggestion and put my clothes in

a 200

> > > degree oven for 20 minutes. This time it was about 45 minutes

until

> > I

> > > started to get bitten. Now when I'm home I usually go naked.

I'm not

> > > bitten as much. The minute I put on clothes, I'm under attack. I

> > > don't know what else I can do.

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Try bathing first and soaking your head. Put stuff like tea tree, epsom salts and aplle cidar vinager in your bath. Lice comb your hair with conditioner and shower after your bath. This make it harder for them.

J.

From: buggeredbymites <buggeredbymites@...>Subject: Re: No matter what I try, I can't kill the mites in my clothing.bird mites Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 11:15 PM

Yeah, I get hit even when in the buff. Not as much when clothed, butit still happens. These f'rs live through my showers. Maybe sitting ina tub is better, but then I've heard the bastards just run for coveron your head. Can't win for losing.> > >> > > I soak them overnight with borax, ammonia and vinegar. Dry them > for> > > over an hour in a dryer that has been sprayed with 91% alcohol> (lint> > > trap also)and then put them in sealable plastic bags. Before > wearing> > I> > > put them in the microwave. Within minutes of

getting dressed, I'm> > > bitten. Today I tried Holly's suggestion and put my clothes in a > 200> > > degree oven for 20 minutes. This time it was about 45 minutes > until> > I> > > started to get bitten. Now when I'm home I usually go naked. > I'm not> > > bitten as much. The minute I put on clothes, I'm under attack. I> > > don't know what else I can do.> > >> >>