Bed Bugs - Sealing a wood floor

If you are dealing with an exterminator who specializes in bedbugs, they will treat the floor. It doesn’t need to be sealed.

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DouglasAlan | 9 years and 1 month ago

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So yeah, we’re dealing with bed bugs. If we can’t wash it, spray it, powder it or bake it, we’re throwing it away. I’ve also caulked all the gaps in the baseboards and door moldings, and we’ve dusted inside all the outlets. The only potential cracks we have left are in the old wood floors themselves in the gaps that have formed over time between the slats. I could address each crack individually with wood fill or beige caulk, but that would literally take days.

Is there anything I can just pour on the floor to seal it? Would simply poly work for this? Could I get away with just wax, which would be less permanent but less trouble? Any suggestions are appreciated.