What is an excellent Cockroach killing solution?

Question

I have done all type of Preventative measures include keeping all food stored away in sealed containers, using garbage cans with a tight lid, frequent cleaning in the kitchen, and regular vacuuming. I need some solution and as you guess this is an apartment, with dirty neighbors. How can i prevent myself by keeping them out??

Answer 1

First off, get yourself few bottles of boric acid just for roach control. Also, get some Raid roach spray, and a little bucket of spackle and quite possibly, some shrink wrap and weather stripping. Seal your place off like you want it to hold water, lol. I'm serious as a heart attack. Take all of your electrical outlets out and shrink wrap the hole you took them out of because the lil sneaks will come through the walls and out those holes. Pour boric acid in before you put them back. Take your raid and spray in the cracks crevices, nooks and crannies and pour boric acid in those places too. Patch up any holes like under your sink and around your pipes after you spray and put boric acid in 'em. It works like a dream. Once those little evil monsters even walk across that stuff, they take it back to the nest where their buddies feed off of it and they die. Also, any time you kill a roach, pick it up and throw it away because they come back for their dead to eat them. And make sure to weather strip around your doors and windows. I cannot stress that enough but boric acid is very effective and is much cheaper than bombs. Good luck!

Answer 2

moving away from the filthy neighbors. There were "creatures" when i bought my house. I just cleaned (vacuumed) then bombed the place. I ripped up most of the old carpet. And vacuumed again to get all the dead creatures. I am clean so I never had a problem. But again the dirty people no longer live here. Perhaps you can tell landlord? Cockroaches aren't a way to maintain good renters or attract good tenants. I don't know what type area you live in and if that's feasible. Good Luck!

Answer 3

**** Bleach and Water Mixture works the Best, but Only in the Kitchen or Bathrooms. (don't use it on carpeted areas)***

For living room and other room removal try these:

Hedge Apples (Osage Orange). Cut hedge apples in half
and place several in the basement, around in cabinets, or
under the house to repel roaches.

Flour, Cocoa Powder, and Borax*. Mix together 2
tablespoons flour, 4 tablespoons borax, and 1 tablespoon
cocoa. Set the mixture out in dishes. CAUTION: Borax is
toxic if eaten. Keep out of reach of children and pets.

Borax* and Flour. Mix 1/2 cup borax and 1/4 cup flour
and fill a glass jar. Punch small holes in jar lid.
Sprinkle powder along baseboards and doorsills. Caution:
Borax is toxic if eaten. This recipe may not be for you
if there are young children or pets in the house.

Oatmeal, Flour, and Plaster of Paris. Mix equal pans
and set in dishes. Keep out of reach of children and pets.

Baking Soda and Powdered Sugar. Mix equal pans and
spread around infested area.

Answer 4

Boric Acid, onions,flour, sugar, oil and water. Mix til like biscuit dough. Tear off pieces and roll in balls, put in the corners of cabinets, drawers, behind the frig.

Here's the exact recipe:In a large bowl mix 16 oz. powdered boric acid, 1 c flour, 1/4 c sugar, one small onion chopped, and 1/2 cup oil. Add water, a small amt. at a time to for soft dough. Keep out of reach of children (keeps well in frig)

Answer 5

Get on to your council complain heavily and if no response hire a proffesiniel buy person who will spray the house for you and most of them have a gurantee which so if these cockroaches still come after a few weeks the bugs spraying people will come again and do it free of charge.

Answer 6

First, call the landlord, in most states the landlord is responsible to make a good faith effort to keep them under control. I have used roach powder successfully in the past, in conjunction with monthly professional visits in my rental units. Also, if you are on speaking terms with your neighbor, you could discreetly ask them to clean it up. I had a renter that collected soda cans for recycling, and stored them in bags behind his unit, drawing an enormous amount of ants. When I asked him to store them elsewhere, he told me that he never thought that was the cause of the problem. When He moved them (we got a large barrel to keep them in, behind the garage), the problem was gone. Sometimes people don't realize that they are causing a problem.

Answer 7

Sprinkle boric acid around your baseboards, Diatamatious earth does the same.

Answer 8

i know some people down the other block who have a roach problem; the management told them to spray the places where they come out with white flour. use bleech and spray it around the areas where they come from.

Answer 9

GO TO WALMART AND GET SOME BORIC ACID IN POWDER FORM AND PUT ANYWHERE YOU ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ROACHES, THEY GET IN IT AND CARRY IT BACK TO THE OTHERS, VERY EFFECTIVE

Answer 10

get acid and pour it where you see them coming outand dont allow any child to go near it, or search for RAID its good too and can kill even flies.