Roach problem

[He Man]

 >:(Roaches, cant get rid of them. Any recommendation of products out there? Apprently dupont makes some killer insecticides for roaches, and well. dupont = the ferrari of chemicals. I found about 300 of small little babies crawling around the kitchen floor when i woke up this morning. Ive been using off the shelf items and none of them work. I need something with Death Star like power.

http://www2.dupont.com/Professional_Products/en_US/Products_and_Services/Advion_cockroach/index.html

[Rameses]

I need something with Death Star like power.

Gasoline and a match.

Sorry, that's all I can think of.

But I guarantee it would work.

[He Man]

hahah, ive already done that...well not with gasoline.

I have one of those butane soldering pens with an open flame. i light her up and just go at it. one quick pass is enough to kill anything.

[DesmoTull]

Borax laundry soap. 

[Howie]

Boric acid works pretty good, slow, but effective, and relatively safe for you and pets.   It kills them slowly, so they track it back to the nest on their feet before they die.  The results will take a few days, but it works.  Ah, simulpost.  The active ingredient in Borax Laundry Soap that kills roaches is boric acid.

[the_Journeyman]

I've also heard boric acid also works on fleas ~

JM

[somegirl]

Boric acid is good for ants too.

Get it in all the cracks where the bugs come in.

[Fresh Pants]

If it's a case by case basis, I found the "Fantastic" brand surface cleaner works really well. When I was a kid in Hawaii (roaches aplenty), I used to come up with all sorts of ways to kill roaches. Airsoft guns were the most fun, but I found Fantastic worked well. Maybe it contains boric acid? After chasing and spraying a roach, it would be dead within a couple of minutes, and the floors were clean.

[NuTTs]

Don´t know how to kill them, all I know is the holiday condo we were in in Orlando was plagued with the buggers. One even came out to say goodbye the morning we left...


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH... hate the things!!! 

[Pakhan]

+1 to boric acid
Don't leave any attractants out like food or papers.  They love paper especially in dank areas.  Clean surfaces often.
Roaches breed 100+ litters, they can survive eating their own feces, keep in mind this will be a continuing process that doesn't stop over night.
If your in an NYC rental the landlord should be providing once a month exterminator service.
Contact your landlord and inform him about the issue.
If your neighbor is the problem seal up all holes and talk to your neighbor, inform your landlord.  If that doesn't work contact DOH.

I deal with these things all the time and we provide exterminator service to all of our tenants monthly.

[He Man]

i used boric acid and pj for those sugar ants (that smell like oranges!) i live in a house in nyc, so no landlord.

I did not know they eat their own feces.....that...is quite disgusting. they eat what they poo, and poo is what they eat....

I bought the  Advion gel and hopefully that will get rid of most of them. I read the MSDS on it, and its much less toxic than the bug spray and since its not aersol it wont spread like a bad case of herpes.

[lethe]

Work with them not against, train them properly and you can have an army.

[ducpainter]

Roaches will survive...

forever.

[lethe]

Roaches will survive...

forever.

Exactly, an unstoppable, immortal army that can survive on rations that it carries in it's own ass.

[Grampa]

Work with them not against, train them properly and you can have an army.

gazakly