A clean-out procedure involves a 3-step operation that targets large infestations of German cockroaches with the goal of exterminating or cleaning out the majority of the roach population at one time. Before beginning this pest elimination job, we must make sure that areas are cleaned with no grease or oily residue on surfaces about to be treated. Inspection and sanitation are the first two steps in any pest management program.

Leave no foods or utensils out in the open during this procedure. Put away or cover utensils, foodstuffs and food preparation areas.

• The first step in a clean-out involves spraying a residual product that kills roaches as they forage.
• The second step is to crack and crevice work.
• The final step in a cockroach clean-out is to fog the entire area.

The first two steps of a clean out agitates the roaches in what we call a flushing action. They are reacting to the tremendous increase in roach activity that occurs following a roach clean out job. Fogging the area will vastly reduce visible roaches.