those darn moths!

[Smuterella]

My partner has clothes moths that are slowly eating away her wool rug and will, I'm sure, love my vintage clothes if I ever move in with her.

What is the best way to get rid of the little blighters?

 

[cookie]

My partner has clothes moths that are slowly eating away her wool rug and will, I'm sure, love my vintage clothes if I ever move in with her.

What is the best way to get rid of the little blighters?

Stay over at your own place...!!lol

 

[Smuterella]

yeah but, but

someone must be able to recommend a product to get rid of them. surely!

 

[LizzieMaine]

Do you have access to a large deep-freeze? If so, roll up the rug, and stick it in there for a week or two. Cold is the best way to kill moths without chemicals or odors.

 

[AllaboutEve]

Get rid of the rug right away if that's where they are living. Believe me they won't just stop there. The problem with chemical treatments is that they don't work particularly well as the moth eggs are so tiny that they fall to the bottom of the pile where the treatments don't always reach. I know a moth/beetle expert who has studied these beggars and believe me he knows his advice is to throw away any carpets or rugs that are infested.

The advice of the deep freeze is very sound as a less dramatic option, but my experience with moths is that they are capable of a great deal of damage.
If there is a carpet underneath the rug you will need to hoover and treat that too.

They are absolute blighters and can have a sudden HUGE unexpected population explosion at any time and you really don't want that to happen.

We don't want your gorgeous vintage collection chomped now do we !

 

[contentmentfarm]

SLA Moth Control Spray

I don't know if you can find this product in London, but if you can that would be the thing to use. I buy it through www.kilianhardware.com

 

[dhermann1]

Yes, moths can be a horror show, and once your home has them they can be hard to eradicate. The freezing option is good. For some wool clothes you can wash them with mild detergent and add a little keroseme to the wash. That will also wipe out the little monsters.
Worst case scenario: have all your wool clothes dry cleaned, or at least washed with kerosene, and fumigate the house.

 

[Smuterella]

the rug is huge, 100% wool and quite valuable, we are going to have to treat it

thanks for the advice people!

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