Rockwell CimeXa Insecticide Dust (2) 4 oz. Bottles

Finally, a product that kills bed bugs! I have been battling this problem for months now and I used several different products with no results. I would get one night off with no bed bugs and then bam - there they were again. But with CimeXa they are dead, dead, dead! It did take about a month for them to all be gone, but once the bed bugs walked in the CimeXa, they were dead in a day or two. I have a wooden bed frame that my son built, so the bed is higher and the bed bugs made nests underneath in the two by four joists. I got under the bed and "puffed" (I bought a puffer) the dust in between the joists and the plywood top. I don't have a box spring, just a mattress sitting on a piece of plywood. I also lifted the mattress up at the corners as high as I could and "puffed" dust onto the plywood. I already had a mattress cover for bed bugs on the mattress, so that was covered. Since it took a while for the bed bugs to die - I also took a paint brush and "brushed" CimeXa onto the mattress corner sheet - on the edges - all around the sheet. I believe the bottle says not to put it on your linens, but I was desperate - I was so sick of getting bitten every night - that I did put it on the linen. I do believe that helped also. I did not have a respirator so I took a kitchen towel and wrapped it around my mouth and nose and I already wear glasses, so this helped. A respirator would be the ideal thing, but the towel worked well, and I got out of under the bed a couple of times to get fresh air. I also brushed it on my bookcase that is shoved right up against the bed in case they were there. I have never seen them in my dresser or the closet - only on the bed which is great! I do have cats, so I put a bunch of empty plastic totes under the bed so they cannot walk in it, just in case. As I roll around at night, I have noticed dust on the floor under the bed from what I put in the joists. This stuff dries out your skin and I don't want to have to worry about my cats. They are an awful little bug! Buy CimeXa!

It’s working. It’s all I’m using, although I bought Temprid as well. (Well, except for 91% isopropyl. More on that later.) I followed some advice on bedbugs that I found online. It said not to hold them off with poison or they may settle in and wait out the poison by going into hibernation for as much as a year. It said to keep being the bait and bringing them through the dust. However, they really do seem to drop from the ceiling, maybe to avoid the dust. That’s when they’re little and translucent. It’s like little ghosts getting you. You can’t even see those. But they had to go through the dust on the way back because they can drop, but they can’t fly, and I stay surrounded by dust. I used a lot of 91% isopropyl alcohol on the sheets and me. (It has to be to be 91%.) Lying on wet on sheets sounds awful, but it was always a relief and they dry fast. Sometimes I sprayed it on heavily three times a night. My hands got tired of spraying a lot, because I was drenching them. Went through a lot of alcohol. Cost a lot more than Cimexa. Used microfiber sheets because they hold the liquid more than they pass it through and they’re cheap so I could keep throwing them away every few days. (I just laid twin-size sheets on top. They didn’t have to cover everything. They just had to cover as much room as I needed. $5 a set at Walmart.) I surrounded them with dust and I applied another layer of fresh dust once or twice a week. I know that’s not supposed to be necessary. It’s taken a long time. I started Sept 11 and it’s Nov 10. Two months. Just me. No pets. I’m down to one or two a night—a long bright night. Neither they nor I saw any darkness until the last week. I kept at least dimmed lights on. I stayed up until 5–6 am, killing as many as I could because I couldn’t sleep. When I slept a few hours here and there, they got me, of course. But I haven’t needed to bathe the sheets in isopropyl alcohol for a week. (That’s sprayed right on them, whether on invisible ones on the sheets when I felt the itching or on visible ones. At 91% alcohol, it definitely kills them. It’s a good non-toxic spray-on. When it’s dry though, it’s effect is over. Aloe vera gel kills the itching. This is a lot, but I couldn’t get enough of reading stories and reviews (and re-reading them) on any site as I’ve fought this scourge. I hope this helps someone. It’s been awful. I don’t know if I’m reaching the end. I hope so. Good luck.

We got bedbugs New Year's weekend. We had a child staying over and I saw a bedbug run out of her blanket after she had been in our house about 3 hours. Her luggage was in a different room. So I got the bug and washed everything she brought and dried it all on high but alas to no avail. They were here and the war had begun. Because we had small children I purchased an ortho product because it was the safest spray and vaccummed our home relentlessly. Fast forward 4 horrible months later, expensive steamer, vacuum filters, giant ziplocks, mattress and box spring encasements, gallons of ortho spray, throwing everything that was not essential away and living out if ziplocks we heated treated the house. We rented heaters specifically for bed bugs and ran them ourselves. A week after the heat treatment my youngest got 3 bites one night. We were not able to heat treat the stairs because we ran out of time and another renter was waiting for them. We then applied cimexa to every room of our house including halls, bathrooms and the stairwell. I wore double masks and latex gloves when applying. It took me 5 days to do the whole house. It was so worth it. 2 months later. Not one single bite! If this ever happens to us again, I would immediately heat treat then apply cimexa. My husband, our small children, and I have had zero reactions to the cimexa. It's supposed to last 10 years undisturbed so hopefully I don't have to think bedbugs for a decade!

Overall this brand of Silica Dust has been great. We had a bb infestation in the building. We didn’t want to use the treatment that some used because they then had to throw away most if not all of their belongings once they did that type of treatment. We heard about this, got a duster, and used it as directed. It got rid of the bb’s in less than one day. Unfortunately, after a few years now, there was another infestation in the building. Where most had problems, we did not EXCEPT when it included roaches. We were not used to seeing them for years. Maybe only a few times a year we’d see one or two and that was usually in early summer, but then they’d be gone since we had the Cimexa around the apartment. This year there was a breakout in the building due to a tenant whom for whatever reason was unable to take care of their apartment. For about a week the roaches were regular. We saw where there were coming from through the ceiling pipe lines where we had previously filled with foam around the tiny open area between the pipes and the sheetrock. We couldn’t believe they were able to get themselves through it. Anyway, I digress. The Cimexa took longer to kill the roaches but it eventually worked EXCEPT for the large flying roaches. We had never ever seen them here. I’ve seen them in another country, but not here. Unfortunately, we had to put paste down for them and get rid of them outright whenever they’d sneak in through the window. So, for the most part, the Cimexa will work on most small insects. They’ll get rid of bb’s the quickest, the poor little pill bugs too (sorry, I like them), but roaches may take a little longer especially depending upon the size of them. I would highly recommend following the directions on the bottle, especially removing pets from the area when dusting. WEAR A MASK too when putting it down EVEN though you’ll be dusting close down to the area your dusting. Make sure no overhead fans are going, nor any air filters, basically anything that will carry the dust into the air. You can put them back on after the dust settles, maybe half hour or so. You may want to use gloves as it will dry out your hands temporarily. Never spray the dust in the air. Dust close and directly to where you want the dust. Also, DO NOT over dust. Too much dust is not recommended. Supposedly, the bugs will just go around it. Not sure if that’s true, but figured I’d mention it. Finally, reapply dust after vacuuming and moping if you want to have a continual line of defense. Wish we didn’t have to use this, but when you have infestations, kinda don’t have a choice. Good luck!

The is the second (third?) Time I have bought this stuff because it works. It takes care of anything and everything that it comes in contact it. Its super effective of practically any bugs it comes in contact with and I will continue to use this stuff.

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This product is effective, but when applying if you have pets apply the product very lightly and minimum with an angled paint brush where pets are not exposed. My recommendation when applying to wear a disposable mask. When bed bugs are exposed to the product in a few days they dry up and die. It's a little pricey, but worth buying.

this product acts as a repellant pushing bb into the walls-and so many people don't apply it correctly. It only works if you apply with a brush and such a thin layer the bugs don't see it-too many people apply it too thick and don't understand why it doesn't work. Now for other bugs-not sure if it works=probably would. but for bed bugs don't waste your time. use crossfire. Info from green akres pest control on youtube. he explains why he doesn't recommend dusts. Also this product gets into the air if you use it along the base of the mattress covered sheets every time you get in and out of the bed-now it helps-I would use it in couches way back down in the creases-but after dealing with bb for 3 months now-you really need to know what you are doing before you use this product. This product would work in walls of new construction-it's made for cracks and crevices-it's not for broadcast use=so if you came here looking for how to get rid of bed bugs-use crossfire-follow the 2 week treatment plan for 2 to 3 applications-you can't use crossfire on top of this powder-if you already put this powder down-vacuum it up with a shop vac not your regular vac-the dust is too fine and it will destroy the motor. then follow the label directions for crossfire. The reason I don't recommend this product for bed bugs is they can see this powder-you need to use something that doesn't repell them and kills them when they walk across it. which crossfire does. using repellents for bed bugs makes the problems MUCH worse-you want them to come out to you-walk across the crossfire treated frame/mattress/couch towards you and die from exposure to crossfire. This product does kill bugs but you have to apply it correctly.