For the past decade or so I have lived in over 13 different apartments. The only problem is that apartments are incredibly buggy and I may or may not have mentioned this before but I hate bugs. I learned that you can clean your apartment all day long and it won’t make too much difference because bugs don’t live out in the open. They live inside your walls. Adjoining apartment walls are like one big insect jungle gym. If your neighbors are slobs, any bug problems they might be having will undoubtedly spill over into your unit via adjoining walls. Even worse, if the previous tenants were slobs, no amount of fresh paint and new carpet slapped down by management can fully mask what already lies beneath.

The good news for apartment dwellers is that Talstar and Delta Dust have your back. I like to call them the Dynamic Duo. Think power. Think mass destruction. Think creepy, six-legged intruders writhing in agony, entombed inside your walls.

I have been using the combination of Delta Dust inside my walls and Talstar on my baseboards for five years now. The only bugs I have ever seen after a treatment are dead or in the process of dying. The best part is that one application of  Talstar every2 months and Delta Dust every 4 to 6 is all you need for general pest control.

By the way, these are the same professional strength products used by licensed pest control applicators. If that intimidates you, it might make you feel better to know that even a girly girl like me was able to figure it out and successfully apply this stuff on her own.

Here is what you need:

Talstar

Delta Dust

Chapin one gallon hand sprayer (to apply the Talstar over your baseboards)

Bulb Duster (to apply the Delta Dust under your baseboards)

“Aha, so I have to buy equipment. I knew there was a catch! Okay BugGirl, cut to the chase. What is this all going to COST me??”

I thought you’d never ask.

In total, you will pay about $116.47 for these four items. If that sounds like a lot to you,  consider that these products will be good for 12 to 18 months worth of applications. The pros would charge you $300 to $400 a year to do the same thing. That is a savings of over 75%. Also, half of this price is for the equipment which you can use over and over again for years to come. The next time you have to order – 18 months from now- you will save even more money because you will already have the equipment.

So it’s up to you. You could call in the professionals and pay ridiculously inflated prices to have them do it for you. Or you could just visit domyownpestcontrol.com and order what you need (with free shipping!), and do it yourself.

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