In fact a vinyl mattress cover can help prevent bed bugs altogether.
Can you get bed bugs with a mattress cover.
Can you wash bed bug mattress covers.
They re basically like putting your entire mattress into a huge ziploc bag.
Standard mattress covers designed to simply protect mattresses from dust and bodily fluids will be ineffective against bed bugs.
If you ve experienced a bed bug infestation in the past a vinyl mattress cover will help you get rid of bed bugs.
Bed bugs cannot bite through mattress covers since their sucking part of the mouth is not long enough as to penetrate through.
Bed bug mattress covers can be washed to get rid of any odor.
Mattress protectors on the other hand only cover the top and sides of the mattress like a bedsheet.
The encasement should match the size of the mattress or box spring.
It makes it much more difficult for bed bugs to survive killing them much more quickly.
For bed bugs you need six sided protection.
Bed bugs can t get in or out as they re too big to crawl through the zipper.
Then put a bed bug proof encasement over it to keep it protected.
How do bed bugs matress covers work.
As their name suggests mattress encasements cover the entire mattress.
If the infestation hasn t gotten out of control you can remove or kill the bed bugs in your mattress by vacuuming it.
Any other mattress cover is only for spills or dust mites.
No you don t necessarily have to replace a mattress if it s infested with bed bugs.