Moths - The Horsemen of the Apocalypse

[Bespoke Gent]

Gents -

A serious question.

How do you store your bespoke suits, and is there a particular brand/store you always get your suit covers from? One with NO seemingly innocent 'gaps' (i.e. weakspots).

I am after one which even the most possessed, Satanicly inspired moth could not penetrate.

I ask you to pray for my new bespoke suit.

[carl browne]

The existance of insects capable of sustaining themselves on cashmere calls into question God's benevolence.

I store off season suits in the bag provided by the tailor, with a handful of moth crystals thrown in.

I also fumigate my closet once a season or so.

I'm a little uncomfortable with the fumigation products that that are a vairation on an aerosol can, and simply spray some kind of liquid into the air, for fear that droplets of the chemical will adhere to the cloth and damage or discolor it somehow.

I have discovered a product that produces a kind of smoke instead. It comes in a can along with a plastic cup. Instructions call to pour a little water into the cup, and then immerse the entire can into it. Sure enough, after a few minutes dry smoke comes billowing out.

It is:

http://www.killsbugsdead.com/fop_fum.asp

Seems to work.

C

[marcelo]

THE SPECTATOR: "Invasion of the moths: Rachel Simhon on how to get them out of the closet"

http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine ... oths.thtml

[Frog in Suit]

We were infested by moths last year. We saw them flit around, perhaps not daily, but too often for comfort.

We traced the source to some old rugs. We threw them out and vacuumed thoroughly. I then sprayed a product called “KO-cide”, which contains “Perméthrine” and “D-Tétraméthrine” (you understand this is all Greek to me, but it may mean something to the chemists among you). The can is full of terrifying warnings about flammability, “noxiousness to aquatic organisms” (We do not keep goldfish, only a cat, and I am pretty sure there is nothing “aquatic” about him.), etc…The product is to be sprayed from about a foot’s distance on to the sides and walls, and other surfaces, of the closets or rooms, not on the garments. It does not smell and does not stain. I sprayed my closet and the surrounding area, then the rest of the flat. Moths seem to have completely disappeared (unless they have mastered the art of camouflage…). The product had been recommended by our local dry cleaners. I now spray my closet every few months, the rest of the house occasionally, usually before leaving on holidays.

I shake my clothes, hang them for a day or two after each wearing, then brush them thoroughly before storing them on hangers in the original tailor’s plastic cover.

Paul Munday, at Meyer & Mortimer/Jones Chalk & Dawson, whom I consulted, told me that in their shop, they spray something (I did not ask what) every month, and shuffle the hanging garments frequently (every other week?); this disturbs the insects.

I think vacuuming often, and chemicals, are the only cure, much as I dislike the idea of chemicals in the house. But moths are EVIL !

I hope this helps.

Frog in Suit