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Post by liz on Jun 25, 2007 15:16:10 GMT -5
Thought i was being bright and I would steam the furniture ....all those tiny white lint ball ...l hatched and turned into those wavy fine white fibers as soon as the steam hit them... we were attacked...itched all night had hives, bites.look down and just see a little hole in my skin and blood coming out of it...the steam must do something but i think I will stick to the vacume...these bastards are relentless! I swear I can't wait to sell this place and cut and run..I am going to have all tile...all hardwoods...all leather...wear all silk (they don't seem to grab silk) I would buy a glass house if I could and walk around naked all day!!!I know doing this will not eliminate them...but it will cut them down cause right now they are attacking both internal and external!!!I can't get away from them...them...a doctor says that word makes us sound crazy!
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Post by bugsy on Jun 25, 2007 19:13:28 GMT -5
Thanks for the laugh liz. This is hilarious. You sound like me. One day we left the house for an all day trip and I stated that we probably shouldn't have left the dryer running...then we just looked at eachother and laughed.....we were both thinking the same thing.
~Bugsy
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Post by junebook on Jun 25, 2007 22:25:49 GMT -5
liz says, "Thought i was being bright and I would steam the furniture ....all those tiny white lint balls."
I have the same things, liz, and they drive me nuts. What works the best for me is, the half and half ammonia solution. I spray the furniture, cushions, and down in the cracks, and that kills the lint things and any eggs I've found. I do this every couple of weeks. I use the solution everywhere. Don't find them in my sinks any more because I quick-spray the sinks and countertops every night, before going to bed. I usually have four spray bottles (2 cup size) in different areas of the house. I'm thinking of getting 2 much larger sprayers so that I can easily cover more areas--such as the floors. The ammonia solution is the only thing I've tried that melts them all down. In under a minute, too.
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Post by josej on Jun 25, 2007 23:18:43 GMT -5
Liz, Bugsy, Junebook:
I just printed out your posts, gave it to my wife (KJ) who's now asking me to reply back.
LINT BALLS. You've got them on your furniture? We've also got them in all of our clothing. Especially on certain types of shorts, jeans, socks, and of course on the towels. For a long time I've suspected that bugs live in those lint-ball-nubby-things so I've been methodically removing all of them from our clothing. Takes a long time sometimes. And, this is ultra important. Check your pant pockets (you can turn them inside out) and remove all the lint that collects in there. That's another sure home for these bugs.
Then I wash all the clothes separately. Not by color like in the old days.... but by type: all the socks together, all the underwear separately, all the t-shirts separately... etc... or else they will cross-contaminate each other. I know it sounds nutz and me & my husband have had plenty of heated discussions over this... but it's true.
For the drier, I've been using a spray bottle with borax & water. This solution goes into the drier vent, into the inside of the drier, and even on the clothing before throwing them into the drier.
Junebook, can you give me the ingredients to your ammonia solution? That sounds like something we could really use on our furniture and kill the eggs. Thanks all. KJ
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Post by Roberta Louise on Jun 26, 2007 0:33:33 GMT -5
To josej You are experiencing what I have been putting up with for 11 years. I have had to throw out soooo many many clothes because of these lint balls. They have taken over all my clothes, furniture linen cupboards wardrobes etc. I am convinced that inside these lint balls is a mite that spins the threads of the material it occupies and the result is the lint balls I spray all my furniture with strong disenfectant every morning my coffee table, computer table, benches i n the kitchen. One thing I do know is that these things hates extreme heat and extreme cold. In the summer I leave my clothes o n the clothes line for 2 or 3 weeks. In winter I do the same thing it helps but doesn't get rid of them. I have put my clothes in a plastic bad in the deep freeze for two weeks and they were still there!!!!! You might balk at this but one lityre of bleach in the bath helps bring them out but you need to soak for at least half an hour. Very best wishes. Roberta.
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Post by Roberta Louise on Jun 26, 2007 0:51:46 GMT -5
HI Liz I k now exactly how you are feeling and I agree for some reason these things cann't cling on too silk or nylon. But I changed houses at my daughters instigation both of us thinking that this would eliminate the problem. It didn't Liz they came with me in the furniture bedding linen clothes etc. I have thrown away soooo many good clothes that I couldn't wear for 10 minutes before the itching started. I have started putting boiling water from the hot water jug into my clothes washing. It takes time and the power bill goes up but I am sure that it helps kill them as they hate extreme cold and heat. I keep three face clothes in the deep freeze and when the itching is bad I rub the itchy area with these frozen face clothes and that helps. I never wear the same clothes twice and wash my sheets and pillow slips every day and yes I may be a little better for doing all these things but it is very very tiring. I am exhausted by the afternoon after going through all this procedure. I hope that things get better for you. Very best wishes. Roberta.
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Post by browncircles on Jun 26, 2007 0:52:07 GMT -5
Think of a horrow show. Attack of the lint balls. Declare war on the lint balls. Do not touch them ever. Throw those clothes away. Do not touch dryer lint. Only use paper towels. Do I sound crazy yet? Keep you clothes in plastic bags. Lemon oil your wood.
We had this so bad here but after two years of battle I don't have hardly any. Our shoes had them on the inside. Huge ones around the heels. This is not normal lint, it is evil lint. Trust me, I'm delusional.
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Post by godog on Jun 26, 2007 8:07:04 GMT -5
Boy, I must be lazy compared to you guys. I pick them off the carpet and furniture, but that is it. I just do normal cleaning. It's a losing battle anyway. But, they don't attack me like they do you all, I guess. I don't have the itchies like everyone else and sleep just fine too. Boy, I am soooo happy for that!!! My worst battle is in the shower getting this out of my skin. I get so weary of it. Plus, once I'm all pasted up, I can't get out of the shower to answer the door or phone. My fear is that someone will catch me like that and be grossed out. All pasted up with worm blobs all over me. But it's not real worms. It's those cotton embryos that Toni posted about.
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Post by liz on Jun 26, 2007 10:11:32 GMT -5
I am laughing so hard! I know its not funny, but its so unreal! sometimes you just have to laugh hope you live thriugh it and someday write a bestseller about this this sci fi stuff......I value all your your tips! one other thing, wash your cloths inside out...they get stuck in the seams and then in your HOO HOO! I just noticed what looks like the clear cat whisker ones growing out of the top of my kitties head! not kidding...its getting are beloved pets too!
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Post by ANTHILL on Jun 26, 2007 12:33:33 GMT -5
In the beginning I had the biting lint that I suspected of having a critter inside and the fibers that were forked I was convinced that it was coming from my environment and went through a period of mad frenzied exhausting house cleaning that took a toll on my health even more than the parasite themselfs Slowly I began to realize that this was not so much from the environment but more from me I began to just clean the house like a regular person and concentrate my efforts on me being the X factor and working it from that angle and I am much better today having done so The world is full of microbes we have to live with them weather we like it or not To worry about all of them is like worrying about all the stars in the night sky all at once'It can be quite overwhelming I still have certain phobias left over from the days when the world was upside down like anything furry or fuzzy will give me the hebeejeebees but I am constantly working to normalize my life again and it is Work but I think I have come along way if I may toot my horn --TOOT--TOOT! things will never be the same and I will never look at life the same way but got to and want to live so I gotta do what I gotta do
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Post by liz on Jun 26, 2007 13:18:10 GMT -5
YOU KITTY DOESN'T LOOK TOO NORMAL EITHER ANT!! HEHHHEEEE!
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Post by browncircles on Jun 26, 2007 15:10:53 GMT -5
It comes from us but it can still grow the fibers in the environment. It got way out of control here with a leaky washer and leaky dryer vent. Way out.
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Post by belikewater on Jun 26, 2007 18:22:46 GMT -5
Ammonia pre-soak for the wash and a cup of vinegar in the rinse water should eliminate the fuzz-ball problem on clothing.
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