bug spray. I like pyrethrins myself.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Schauss" <schauss@worldnet.att.net>
To: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2007 2:01 PM
Subject: [Shop-talk] Moth larvae in a vacuum cleaner
> (I believe that this qualifies as on topic because the machine in question
> currently resides in my garage because my wife is afraid to take it back
> into the house.)
>
> Yesterday we took some old wool area rugs out of our storage unit and
> discovered that they were infested with moth larvae. One of the rugs was
> damaged beyond repair, but the others looked like they were salvageable.
> We
> vacuumed these until it looked like we had removed all of the visible moth
> larvae and changed the dust bag in the vacuum cleaner. We are going to
> have
> these rugs professionally cleaned. Now our concern is that there may be
> some larvae left alive in the power head and the hose. What can I spray
> the
> insides of the vacuum cleaner with to kill any surviving larvae?
>
> Thanks,
> Peter Schauss
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