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HI, recently on Oprah she had a guest who had read all 37 encyclopedia's, something like 40 thousand words, definitions? anyhow he mentioned that there is no way to get rid of bedbugs, they basically eat all the dead skin cells that fall off your body, and apparently there's alot of those as well. I think I was happier thinking there was a way to kill them, but personally I love my memory foam, maybe it's a false sence of security [where bed bugs are concerned] but I would think it would be a less than satisfactory environment than a regular mattress... What ever happened to the Rainbow [water bowl] vacuum promising to get rid of bedbugs... lol....

Thankyou for someone coming up w/ a forum like this..I was frantic as I had just purchased my first couch in 15 yrs and it's the new micro-fiber but feels like soft suade. ONE of my cats decided to initiate it with a hairball the first week, we caught it before it went thru my cover 'towel' --yep i'm a neat freak... I was worse before I got the cats...they taught me to be a little more relaxed lol. Anyhow I found several solutions and thanks to the one above who mentioned "Mr.Clean eraser" --i had one hidden for emergencys. Well as i said I lucked out the first week, second week comes along and well another BLOT at first couldn't recognized. I was about to hang my son [whose almost 20] who had already been caught eating while sitting on the couch. [He'd been warned, and he can see the tv. from the kitchen table.] anyhow apparently I realized the color of the stain was similiar to the previous and concluded it had to been something a cat threw up. Unfortunate because it sat a couple hours before I got up it seeped thru the mattress pad/sheet cover. OH forgot, it's a click clacki sofa bed couch... thought that would protect it, unfortunate it didn't and I was so upset. I had purchased what I thought was some kind of scotchguard spraying/guarantee, but thru the forums i'm wondering if it's only some type of "insurance". I called the showroom where I bought it and they said they would have someone come out and check it. Their guarantee co. had changed recently... basically got the run around. I tried first wiping off but left what looked like an oily stain. I was nervous but felt what have I got to lose, tried the Mr.Clean sponge [even thou it' tends to fall apart] and vacuumed the loose peices after. Now looking at a big square thinking "what have I done?" I went to get one of those dry clothes that soaks up liquid and wala, kept wiping it down, multi-directional and to my surprize it looked like new again.

Now for other' suggestions, Bounce is wonderful for many things, including wiping over furniture to keep static down. We use them over the cat's as well. One long hair cat loves the vacuum brush [with vac. on] go figure... i'm not complaining. I personally think a few of them are slight def. Anyhow We also bought a new table and chairs [Chair's w/ micro fiber to match the couch] and the table had ton's of styrofoam packing peanuts...oh what fun. Bounce again to the rescue. Wipe, Vacuum; We keep several sticky lint rollers around, I was shocked when my mom showed me her cat' loved it going back and forth. I'd tried the one way "with the fur" but they actually like a good massage. Some of the roller may need to go over something / couch or such first so it's not as sticky, depending on the cat's preference for "stickiness".

we are very protective of the cat clawing. keep several claw tree's, etc -depending on how many you have, we have 7 cats inside and a small wild colony outside that was here when we moved in. It wasn't by choice, someone abandone'd a "rare" mommy. As long as you have seperate rooms; room to roam. I don't believe in {in/out} cat it's either / or..not both. In our case because the wild bunch outside may have disease. Anyhow I got a great deal for my sofa bed in micro fiber under 500 at mcmahans. It has a storage area under and fold down to make into a bed... very comfortable.

Thinking of putting a survellance camera facing the couch to find the culprit :) think that is going to far? lol...

Oh How long do those nail caps stay on the cat' we have one [of the babies] whose my baby pursian, but she's a lil diva [el] and average cost for clipping, I'm with the one above who it's like that cat with a million knives when we try to come close to touching. We'd have to sedate her. Or us... lol