Using Boric Acid To Get Rid Of Cockroaches

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People sometimes make jokes about how cockroaches are seemingly impossible to kill, but if you have ever dealt with a cockroach problem yourself, you have probably seen this as being a lot less funny, and have instead seen this as completely true - and as a serious problem; the main reason many people find that cockroaches are so difficult to kill is because they can quickly build up an immunity to different poisons - but one thing they cannot build up an immunity to is boric acid!

When it comes to boric acid, the first thing you should understand is that it is much better to put down on your floors than any insecticide you could use, as - unlike the poisons in insecticides - boric acid is really not any more harmful to humans and pets than table salt; furthermore, boric acid can be purchased for only a few dollars, which is certainly better than what you will spend on a big jug of insecticide.

You will purchase boric acid as a powder, and it will be important that you make sure it remains a powder (that is, you will want to make sure it does not get wet) in order for it to continue working; take a large paint brush, and spread the boric acid along the places where cockroaches are likely to roam, such as along baseboards, and in cracks in the wall, realizing that the thinner you spread the boric acid, the better.

Although cockroaches will not ingest boric acid on purpose, the positive charge of boric acid will cause it to cling to the antennae and legs of cockroaches, and when these pests clean themselves (which, believe it or not, cockroaches actually do!), they will ingest the boric acid, which will essentially cause their body to quickly become so dehydrated that they die.

Furthermore - because of the fact that cockroaches are not killed immediately by boric acid - the ones that end up with this chemical on them will bring it back to the nest, and soon the others in the colony will become infected by it as well; it is not the fastest-acting solution, but it is by far the safest, and is by far the most effective - and within about two weeks, you will have wiped out the entire colony of roaches!