Foaming of Active Termites
Foaming equipment uses air to expand a mixture of finished product, thus enabling the product being foamed to increase the contact surface area. This adds a lot of versatility to a liquid pesticide. We can now use known effective liquids to perform very thorough void treatments and active gallery/ nest injections.
The product expansion ratio of 30 to 1 fills gaps and crevices, delivering a lethal dose of imidacloprid directly to the termites and leaves a long lasting residual.
This technology has certain advantages even when compared to dusts:
- The smaller the access holes, the better – Because foam forces itself through the entire space, you will get amazing horizontal or vertical coverage without needing a large access hole. As long as the hole is fairly “airtight,” the foam will continue to force itself outward until it can’t penetrate any further, giving complete and even coverage.
- Both liquids and dusts have a tendency to get over applied. When we apply liquids, we are bound to have runoff. Dusts have a habit of finding holes that will end up contaminating a non target contact surface.
The greatest advantage of foams is their ability to get great penetration. It can be used doing pinpoint treatments to small insect breeding sites that are not accessible by other methods.
Foam treatments and other technologies will lead to more targeted treatments for termite control.
