Please can you advise me lovely people? Sorry it's not a parenting question (I am childless but hope it is still ok to be on here.)
I have a large wardrobe which had clothes moth in it about 18 months ago. (At the same time the moths had a good old go at my downstairs carpet, which is wool.). This was back in the year (2 years ago?) where the whole of the UK was struggling with carpet moth. (Not sure if that is the same as clothes moth). Anyway, the carpet moth seems to have given up.
I lost a few of my favourite things in the wardrobe and went to war with the moths. First I took out all of the jumpers and checked them and bought plastic boxes. They are now kept in my bedroom. (The wardrobe is in my spare room.) I separated everything left in the wardrobe into hanging bags (not moth proof of course but I thought some segregation might help!) As I went along, I checked all clothes for obvious signs and threw out three or four things.
I got hangy things made of cedar from Amazon and sprayed them and sprayed the whole of the inside of the wardrobe with moth spray. I have repeated this every three months (although I have not checked the clothes every three months).
Yesterday I discovered that they are back. They have eaten a cheap cotton dress to bits and the lining of a much-loved not cheap vintage coat (still wearable though the lining is in shreds). I don't think moths are very discerning.
How do I get rid of this problem for good? It's getting expensive. The only thing I can think of is to empty the entire wardrobe, freeze every single item of clothing which is natural fibre (this will take months), spray the wardrobe again, repack the cloths into the bags and hope for the best.
Is there some kind of more drastic measure I could take (that won't take months, like freezing everything).
Help!
Many thanks, Naomi