DIY - Evicting Unwanted Houseguests

Señor Cockroach has plagued my apartment. He and his 10,000 buddies have been kings of the kitchen for far to long.

We must defeat them.

Failure is not an option, the exterminator is not an option, and moving is not an option. We must, therefore, take matters into our own hands. With that, I give you - Roach Eviction - The DIY.

Materials:
Seeing that I've tried all conventional approaches in killing Sr. Roach, it was time for me to get scientific on his thorax. Raid will kill on contact, but who's got the time to wait around for roaches to walk by. Those bait traps work...barely. The only way to get them out...is to use chemical warefare.

Here's the list and your visual checklist:

1. Drill with the smallest bit you can get - If all else fails, you can drill them to death.
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3. Small shampoo bottle, empty and clean
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5. Boric Acid - 100% acid man, none of that sissy 40% B.S.
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7. Flash Light - for looking for the buggers or their poop
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9. Rubber gloves and a mask - depending on how you feel about boric acid
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11. Glue Board - These barely work too. But they are better than bait traps.

All told you should have spent under 10 bucks on the weaponry. If you've spent more you might be at Gracious Homes.

Prep:
Drill some tiny holes into the top of the shampoo bottle. Any one who read my previous article about Gold Bonds Medicated Powder, and took that article to heart will know where this hole-punching idea is going. Once the holes have been drilled, begin filling the bottle with the boric acid until you are about 3/4 of the way from the top. Close the shampoo bottle, and wash up, cause that boric acid sucks.

Pro Tip: Oh and if you're doing this at the same time your reading, next time wear the mask and gloves.

Plan of attack and implementation:
Using your trusty flashlight, find where those roaches are congregating. You can usually recognize their hideouts by their poop lying around. Ah yes...roach poop...looks like pepper.

Begin by holding the bottle in such a way that with a quick squeeze you can get a burst of powder in a cloud like form. The goal here is to create a incredibly thin layer of dust on the floor for the roach to walk through. If the piles are too big, they will walk right around it. The boric acid is pretty much perminent so you don't need to add or replace it unless the area gets wet. Oh, and if your following along at home, you should have used your mask prior to this step.

Pro Tip: Since Boric acid goes to work on the roach nervous system, don't use this method on counter tops, around pet food bowls or on sandwiches. For those areas, use the glue board.

The Pro's Secrets: Though the glue board smells like vanilla candy, it's not. And is it very sticky, my my, veeery sticky...trust me.

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