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So, I'm building a tiny home, and I've long been impressed with the effectiveness of diatomaceous earth for pest control.

Lately, I've been pondering long term protections against insects for the tiny home, and began wondering if DE was the way to go. My thought was that after the house is framed, and either before or after insulation goes in, I dust around it, then the dry wall goes up. Visually, it would be better than dusting around baseboards after the fact, if we did get bugs.

I know DE doesn't burn, so I don't think there's a fire hazard, but there's also the question of long-term effectiveness. I know it becomes less effective when damp and clumped, so maybe over time the humidity would render it ineffective. How long it lasts also becomes a factor... years? Then definitely worth it. A few months? Not worth it.

Thing is, I haven't really found much about this being a common practice, so I'm open to the idea that I'm just missing something blatantly obvious to others.

What do you all think?

Help! I’m trying to be consistent with taking DE…

I was thinking making a pitcher of it each week might help me be consistent, since it’s one less step for me to do.

Does anyone have reason to believe that mixing DE in water and drinking it over the course of a few days is less “effective” than mixing a tsp in water right before drinking it?? 🙂

Suddenly, I’ve a mealybug and spider mite problem.

I’d been chasing the mealy bugs around with alcohol and a q-tip, but they’re getting away from me.

Time to bring in the big guns. I just ordered some food grade diatomaceous earth, but I’ve no idea how to put it to use.

Yes, google is my friend, but I’d like to think reddit is, too.

Appreciate any guidance you’re willing to share.

Can I put diatomaceous earth in my oven? Moved into a new place that has a roach problem. Find them crawling in clean cast iron pans I store in the oven (not the drawer on the bottom, pans are to heavy). I was thinking a nice coating all inside the oven would be a good idea but I have no idea what it would do to the burner.

I am just looking for ways to prepare in taking FG de and how I can mix it up. I also wonder if my 7 year old son would be safe to eat 1/2 tsp in applesauce with me. All the help is appreciated 😊

How do I know if there isn't Any dangerous dust particles after vacuuming, I only used 8 ounces and I really wished I wouldn't have, I feel like I damaged my lungs forever and I feel like it's all still flying around and I just can't see it, my kids are back home is this safe?I vacuumed with my vacuum then went out and rented a shop vac can I still use my old vacuum? For my house ? I did take it apart and hosed the parts I could outside. Someone please help me I have Soo much anxiety been crying practically all day😭 some websites say "prolonged" use can be harmful some say "large amounts" can also be bad , but what's the timeframe of "prolonged" what's classified as a "large amount" When is it safe to breathe in my house after vacuuming the 8 ounces I used??? Please help me!

I was trying to get rid of bedbugs and ended up with a very visible layer of DE all around the room I was treating, including in the carpets and mattresses. Will spraying or coating these surfaces with water and wiping them get rid of the DE? I have not hoovered the room yet. Are there any other (not too costly) suggestions of getting rid of the DE?

Hi I accidentally bought the garden v instead of the food grade. Is it still safe to put on my cats fur?

I moved into a new place that (SO UNFORTUNATELY) has bedbugs, and I'm fighting them as hard as I can - I applied a light dusting of DE around all the edges of the walls (laminate flooring, no carpet) to make sure they have to walk through it to get to me (and I have barriers around the all the legs of my bed as well).

Anyway, not here to talk about that part of things - I'm noticing that as soon as I lie down to sleep, my mouth is just BONE dry. I drink water, and it doesn't help. I am thinking the DE is sucking all the moisture out of the air in my bedroom. I'm wondering this:

Is it OK to use a humidifier in there with the DE spread out, or will that sort of negate or cancel out the effects of the DE? I really feel like it's greatly reducing my quality of sleep and I would really like to feel like I slept well one night at this new place.

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Thanks!

can i put this stuff in my hair and leave it in for like 10 minutes to kill lice?

Does anybody know if its ok to drink DE in hot water vs lukewarm?

I rent a ground level apt that was being over run by large water bugs. Many suggested I use Diatomaceous Earth to kill them. I sprinkle some outside, along the perimeter of the house, on the window sill, and inside the house. If it rains, I reapply outside. After 2 months, I noticed a reduction of bugs. Problem, I see we walls are getting stained white. This what the wall looks like beneath the window where I put Diatomaceous Earth. The wall near the ground is starting to look like this. I tried to clean with soap and water but nothing happened. How do I get this off the walls please????

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I am trying to get rid of fleas in house. I was told DE on carpets would help overtime. I started applying a little heavy handed because I was dumping the powder in a strainer that I guess was too wide and it fell in latge amounts on certain areas. Within a few seconds these appeared I thought they were but the visibke powder ON the carpet so I brushed them around but nothing happened I even vacuumed, in vain. What happened?

I have taken DE previously for a long period. I was deployed to Afghanistan in the army. I was consuming 1tbs of DE daily in applesauce. (Yum, dusty applesauce!) I was made fun of for eating dirt. Well, the joke was on them because I was the only person out of about 25 people not to get dysentery. I didn’t even know the other people were sick until I was asked how I was doing with the sickness everyone had. I figured it was because of the DE I was eating. I then had to give everyone about a weeks worth of DE. They all quickly started feeling better but complained about the taste. I didn’t tell them about the applesauce unless they saw me eat it. I was never made fun about the DE afterwords.

So I spread diatomateous earth in this room that was preiously a garage. I have since swept and mopped multiple times around the perimeter of the room. However, there is still small amounts of DE dust in the floor hinges when I kick them. Is it good to go back in there, or should I buy a humidifier to eliminate the remaining dust? If that is a bad idea, I am open to suggestions

Hi guys! I got my package from Amazon and I got excited to kill the spiders. Now my whole apartment is dusty, I have powder all over my desk, bed, kitchen, etc. Is this safe? It's Food Grade and I made sure to not inhale it too much. Also covered up my food and dog food. I'm just worried I'II die from some disease or worse my dog die. It does say it's meant for animal feed. Also, how can I clean all the dust without making it more dusty? I keep getting it everywhere. Also- my water cup got a little dirty with the dust- so I need to disinfect it?

I visually saw 1 flea on my bed and I bought some DE.

But how should I apply the DE? Do I just spread it on my bed while sleeping on it? Or do I spread it around the bed? These fleas jump super high I am not sure if putting DE around the bed helps.

Any suggestions!

Has anyone taken this product and found it helped POTS symptoms. I have bad brain fog, fatigue, dizziness, and ESPECIALLY bad stomach issue. Lots of nausea and stomach pain. I wonder if anyone has dealt with this stuff and found DE helps

I have a 1.5 acre lot that hasn't been mowed in 23 years. I want to blow DE around the lot to kill as many ticks as possible. I'd prefer something like a hand-held leaf blower modified to do this job. Any suggestions?

I took 2 tsps of DE 10 days on 10 days off for 90 days to cleanse my body of any potential parasites and heavy metals. The first round I took only 1 tsp, and had major brain fog at the beginning. For the 2nd 10 day cycle —> now, I took 2 tsps and continued on that way, and never felt any effects of it. I would take it in the morning with a cup of water, drink a cup of water after that, and not eat for at least an hour.

Now I’m seeing all the other health benefits of it and I want to continue taking it, but I’m seeing so many different ways of how to take it? What’s the actual best amount to take, and can I take it daily forever— is that ok to do?

I applied some DE around the perimeter of my room and furniture, i let it wait for roughly an hour to settle, it is my first time using it which i applied a bit too much but i tried spreading it around more.

So even if i applied too much, is it still safe to sleep on that room?

f you know about the effectiveness of Diatomaceous Earth food grade for cockroaches (in India), I would like to hear your opinion.

Three days after sprinkling DE where I normally see cockroaches in my house, I saw more of them where the DE was sprinkled and they looked shiny and waxy so there did not seem to be drying out of the skin/exoskeleton due to DE.

So now, how do I know if the DE is working or failing?

I feel very stupid and angry at myself. Last year around October I began using a ‘pesticide grade’ diatomaceous earth (which I’m told is not very much different from the food grade stuff) It’s pretty much the first time I’ve seen the product, everything on the amazon page says it’s safe, non toxic, and effective. I had ticks and roaches in a very small, not well ventilated apartment. Like 500 sqft or so.

I sprayed it with a bulb sprayer thing, mainly in the kitchen but some in my bedroom closet as well(the closet doesnt have a door separating it from the room so it may as well have been right next to my bed) in fact I put the bag of it in my closet too and the flimsy packaging didnt close at all. I didn’t think much of it at the time. What’s worse is that I work from home, so I eat, sleep and work all in the same place. I’m essentially breathing this stuff in 24/7

After about 6-8 weeks I start experiencing chest pain. Shortly thereafter I look into DE and am certain it is the culprit. I should have cleaned it up sooner, my vacuum was a very cheap handheld vacuum as well, likely blowing it back into the air. I bought a HEPA vacuum in January and it seemed to have cleaned it up pretty well. I wiped up most of it with a wet cloth prior as well.

Prior to this Ive never heard about silica, what it is or what it could do, and of course now I feel like I know everything about it. I’m going on more than 6 months of constant chest pain, burning/itchiness and what feels like pins and needles every few minutes. It’s non-stop and constant. I went to the pulmonologist in February and they basically laughed in my face. Apparently it’s not likely I have a problem because it’s not occupational and not over the course of 10 years or more. I believe that Ive inhaled a dangerous amount.

Any help or advice is appreciated, after much research it appears there is some sort of lung washing procedure which is effective at getting this crap out of one’s lungs. Hopefully I can find a doctor receptive to my concerns.

Me and my gf had bed bugs, she got some DE from her job and shook it all over the floor and the base of our bed frame, and on the windowsills. We’ve been out of the room a few weeks bc we got an exterminator to take care of the rest of the bedbugs. Today we were cleared to re enter the room so we cleaned up the DE. I noticed dust being kicked up so I looked up the dangers of inhaling DE. I panicked and grabbed us some surgical masks, the only masks we had in the house. I put an air purifier in the room and left it running as we cleaned everything up. She was sweeping and vacuuming the DE. I decided to spray the last remaining bits of it to wet it to not kick up more dust. We were in there for a bit, maybe an hour?

I am freaking out rn I have bad anxiety and I’m a hypochondriac so maybe it’s placebo but my throat feels a little dry and tight. Not much of a cough though. I looked it up and surgical masks are apparently not effective at all against dust. Idk I’m scared I feel like I just sat in a room with asbestos for an hour, am I going to be okay?