PSA: My dad told me to just spray Raid everywhere and it cost me $400 in repairs

So I had roaches in my kitchen last summer in Austin and my dad kept saying just spray Raid along all the baseboards like he did in the 80s. I listened to him for two months and the roaches just got worse plus the smell was awful. Turns out I was just scattering them deeper into the walls and the spray was eating away at my vinyl flooring seams. Finally called a real exterminator who used gel baits and now I'm out $400 for new flooring. Has anyone else had older relatives give pest advice that backfired big time?

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ivan_harris2d ago

Same thing happened to me in Houston. The gel baits work way better because the roaches take it back to their nest and it wipes them out. Raid just makes them run somewhere else and damages your floors. Spend the money on an exterminator once instead of patching floors later.

fiona_hunt712d ago

and here's the thing nobody talks about - Raid is just straight up poison that sticks around on your surfaces for way longer than people think. if you got pets or little kids crawling around that's a whole other level of bad you don't want to deal with. plus that chemical smell triggers my migraines every time.

shanec612d ago

Is it really that bad though? I've sprayed Raid in my garage for years, never had floor issues. Maybe your vinyl was just cheap or already peeling.