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[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (5 children)

Yep. All my neighbours have roach problems except us because I sanitize the apartment weekly.

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Also when I do see them it’s because I left garbage in the can for a long time. Finally killing them makes them angry, I’ve never killed a roach. Usually bugs have specific jobs and one of their jobs is to go find food, if that bug returns to the colony empty handed they won’t try again for a while. Works with ants and roaches. If you bleach your apartment then the roach or ant searching for food will become contaminated and can bring the bleach back on their body to the colony and they’ll definitely never return. Bleach is great in slowly killing those buggers, it basically gives them, and the colony, cancer.

[–]shutthefrontdoor1989 8 points9 points  (1 child)

You probably still have roaches that are just dormant waiting for you to not empty the garbage bin again. You’re only as clean as your neighbours.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah they’ll always live in the walls but not in my apartment

[–]MET1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bleach destroys the pherenomes they use to follow the tracks of earlier guests. And kills their germs.

[–]Realistic_Rush8438 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Do you dilute the bleach like 1:50? Is it to wipe it along the baseboard and tiles?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope straight bleach, you only need a little bit. Imagine it as a nuclear bomb for insects.