Help! How to Get Rid of Raid
October 26, 2010, by Debra Lynn Dadd
Question from lohrn4
My husband KNOWS I am against using chemical poisons anywhere in or near my home, so he hides the RAID. About a week ago it finally started raining (nonstop) in sunny California and the ants started pouring in. This morning, before I got up, he sprayed my kitchen and "cleaned" the counters, opened windows and doors (it's cold outside). But when I came home after dropping him off at work, I could smell the RAID. He also sprayed in a cabinet that has dishes and such things as my juicer and blender. What is my best solution for cleaning everything, even for items that have intricate pieces to them or are not supposed to be immersed in water?
Debra's Answer
I don't know the answer, but I can tell you how to find out.
Every pesticide has a substance used to "clean up" the pesticide. Contact Raid and ask them how to do this.
I did this once before and the clean up substance turned out to be ordinary household chlorine bleach. Though the bleach was toxic, it did remove the pesticide and then the bleach quickly dissipated.
So call Raid and find out what to do.
These are archives of Q&A asked by readers and answered by Debra Lynn Dadd (from 2005-2019) or Lisa Powers (from 2019-2020). Answers have been edited and updated as of December, 2020.