Bedlam Insecticide Aerosol - Questions & Answers

Bedlam can take up to 24 hours to kill a bedbug that contacts treated surfaces and receives a lethal dose of the insecticide. You need to be very thorough and be sure to treat every crack, crevice, tuft, fold seam, gap and void in the infested room. We strongly recommend using more than one type of product as well. It is industry standard that in addition to an aerosol product such as Bedlam to use an insecticide dust such as Evergreen Dust to treat areas that are more or less inaccessible on a day to day such as cracks or crevices on box-springs, under and behind furniture, wall voids, under baseboards and under the lip of the carpet.  Bedlam can be used on the mattress, bed-frames, headboard, foot-board and any other piece of furniture that may be harboring bedbugs. Please take a few minutes to read over the Bedbug Treatment guide so that you may better understand what is needed to eliminate bedbugs in your home.

Please refer to the SDS for details on the specific chemical makeup and properties of Bedlam Insecticide Aerosol. The primary active ingredient is Sumithrin or D-phenothrin, a synthetic pyrethroid. Bedlam also contains MGK, a synergist to help with fast knockdown that is often added to natural pyrethrins or pyrethroids.

Encasements do not keep bedbugs from crawling onto your bed. They keep the bedbugs from infesting your mattress and boxspring and the encasements make it easier to inspect your bed for signs of bedbugs. You should move your bed away from the walls if at all possible and make sure you are treating all of the cracks and crevices in your room every 7-10 days until you do not see signs of bedbugs for at 30 days. We have linked our Bedbug Guide below and also our Inspection Guide so you can see what is needed to get rid of bedbugs.

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Absolutely not.  Bedlam is not labeled to be sprayed on your skin, nor is any professional pest control product that we sell.  You should take measures to decrease bed bugs from getting on your bed in the first place by using Bed Bug Encasements for your mattress and box spring and Climbup Insect Interceptors for the feet of your bed.

When we say vaccum often, we mean floors, mattresses, baseboards, etc. This will help to bring the bed bugs up to come in contact with insecticide. After vaccuming, be sure to discard of contents outdoors.

Bedlam will kill just about any insect that is sprayed with the product. Bedlam is safe to apply in a room used by infants and pregnant women when the product label is followed. We also recommend that you use Protecta Bed mattress, boxspring and pillow encasements to eliminate dust mite issues.

Bedlam is a very safe product when used as directed.  As with any product on our site, we always recommend that you keep your pet out of the room while you are treating. After the treatment is done, wait a few hours for the product to dry.  After that time, it is perfectly safe to let the pets back in the room.

You do need to necessarily need to leave the home after treatment.  It is recommended that pets, children and anyone not doing the treatment be out of the treatment area until the product dries which is usually about 30 minutes to an hour.

Bedlam cannot be applied to shoes or to garments that will be in prolonged skin contact.

You may use Bedlam Insecticide Spray and Diatomaceous Earth in conjunction with each other to treat for bed bugs. However, it would be counter productive to spray Bedlam Insecticide Spray on the same areas that have already been treated with Diatomaceous Earth. This is because Diatomaceous Earth must remain dry in order to be effective. We would recommend treating the mattress with Bedlam Insecticide Spray instead of the Diatomaceous Earth because the Diatomaceous Earth may go airborn and won't stay in place as well as the Bedlam Insecticide Spray. Diatomaceous Earth is best suited for areas that will be left undisturbed.

You may vaccum the treated area once the Bedlam has dried and settled. This normally takes about 30 minutes to an hour to have the product fully settle into the area treated. 

Bedlam Insecticide Aerosol will kill the listed insects that are in the treated areas during the residual period of two weeks. It will not keep the bedbugs from contacting the treated surfaces. For more information on a successful bedbug treatment program, please review our article on How to Get Rid of Bedbugs.

Yes, Bedlam Insecticide Spray can be sprayed on your mattress encasement. Delta Dust should only be used in the wall voids. Fenvastar EcoCap should only be used around the baseboards, cracks and crevices, around doors, corners, closets, cabinets, etc. For bed bug treatment only, it can be used around the inside of your bed frame. Diatomaceous Earth is a good product to be used along the carpets and baseboards. If you are seeing the bed bugs, we would recommend the contact killer Steri-Fab. Please also know that these treatments, except the dusts, need to be done more than one time so fully eradicate the bed bugs.

The sheets need to be placed in the dryer for at least an hour because bed bugs will die in temperatures of 120F and higher. Also, a good practice would be to vacuum in each room and dump the bag every night.

We would recommend reading this bed bug article. Please let us know if you have any additional questions.

The Bedlam insecticide spray would not actually be the best option for these items. If you are planning to enclose items like pictures and knick knacks in a storage tote or trash bag for treatment, you need to use the Nuvann Pro Strips. Each strip releases a vapor that builds up and fills the tote to kill anything within any crevice of the items inside it. Each container once sealed with the strip inside, needs to stay closed for 2 weeks. After that time fram you can remove all belongings and know they have been treated and the insects have been eliminated. Bedlam is something used for edges of dresser drawers, cracks and crevices of rooms and sides of mattresses and couch and chair cushions. Just as water would likely damage a picture or book, bedlam would do the same if you sprayed it on these items. Just spraying around the items does not take care of the potential insects inside each item that might not come out of hiding after you put them in the tote. Please let us know if you have any other questions.

It may take a few hours for Bedlam to dry. 

You will want to keep people, children and pets out of the area while treating with Bedlam Insecticide Aerosol. Everyone can safely return after the product has completely dried.

We recommend that you vacuum daily, steam treat once a week and apply BioDefense or Sterifab onn the surface. Bedlam should be applied around the cracks and crevices twice a month when your child is not present (room needs to be dry and properly ventilated prior to returning to areas treated). For more information on ways to treat, please check out our article on How to Get Rid of Dust Mites.

The sequence you use Gentrol Aerosol and Bedlam in does not matter. We would recommend that you use Bedlam and Gentrol in conjunction with an insecticide dust such as Eco Pco D-X dust. Bedlam can be used on sensitive areas and other areas where you need a fast knockdown. Dusts can be used on less sensitive areas and it will give a long lasting residual that will last at least 3 months. If you decide to use the dust and Bedlam together we recommend that you apply Bedlam first, let it dry and then apply the dust.

Bedlam Insecticide Aerosol is labeled for fleas. Spray around beds, furniture and pet’s habitat. Spray pet sleeping quarters,bedding, floor and floor covering where pets are kept.

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Bedlam Insecticide Aerosol can be applied to cracks and crevices, tufts, folds and seams of the mattress. Once fully dry (and room is ventilated properly) it is safe to replace linens on the bed and safe for those that sleep in the bed.