My new bookcase has fleas

[?HannahR]

I am doing a 4 shelf 1906 quarter sawn oak barrister bookcase for the
house, but the dear little old lady I traded for it with, had left it in
the rain for a few years, then moved it inside one of her "spare"
houses, where she harbors feral cats.
Yes, cats, wild cats.
None of them pissed on it, but they all had fleas.
Or at least, now, the bookcase has fleas.
Her whole frigging house had fleas!

(What IS it about the South and bugs? I HATE bugs!)

We have nuked it many times with flea spray, and today I stripped off
all of the old laminated luan on the inside of the shelves, and sprayed
it yet again into the joinery.

All the finishes are stripped, and it is almost ready for new luan
linings, and then some stain, puttying and shellac.

I need to bring it indoors, but I am afraid it will still have fleas!

Any ideas for a sure-kill flea treatment for antique bare wood?

 

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[?pacbellnet]

Kris Baker wrote:
>
> "HannahR" <k98k@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
>> I am doing a 4 shelf 1906 quarter sawn oak barrister bookcase for the
>> house, but the dear little old lady I traded for it with, had left it
>> in the rain for a few years, then moved it inside one of her "spare"
>> houses, where she harbors feral cats.
>> Yes, cats, wild cats.
>> None of them pissed on it, but they all had fleas.
>> Or at least, now, the bookcase has fleas.
>> Her whole frigging house had fleas!
>>
>> (What IS it about the South and bugs? I HATE bugs!)
>>
>> We have nuked it many times with flea spray, and today I stripped off
>> all of the old laminated luan on the inside of the shelves, and
>> sprayed it yet again into the joinery.
>>
>> All the finishes are stripped, and it is almost ready for new luan
>> linings, and then some stain, puttying and shellac.
>>
>> I need to bring it indoors, but I am afraid it will still have fleas!
>>
>> Any ideas for a sure-kill flea treatment for antique bare wood?
>
>
> Are you sure "it" has the fleas....or are they swarming around
> it? (I've never heard of wood furniture harboring them...but I'm
> in the dry Rocky Mountains. Few bugs.)
>
> Maybe something here will help. Is there a place where a
> cocoon can be hiding inside the bookcase?
> http://www.fleasmart.com/fleasrx.htm
>
> Kris

out of the cocoon adult fleas can hibernate up to one year without a
meal. maybe you could seal the case inside a big plastic bag and put a
flea bomb in with it (get one that kills eggs too). leave it sealed up
for a couple of weeks and that should get the poison into any little
cracks that may harbor the pests.

rhiannon

 

[stefen]

Place a bug-bomb or flea-bomb in a trash bag then wrap and totally enclose the bookcase in as many trash bags as needed and duct tape the seams.

Feel thru the bag for the bomb and set it off.

Caution...I would do this outdoors and away from any open flames (pilot lights, etc).

24 hours should be enough.

If that don't work then lite an M-80 and give all of the little buggers a heat attack