How to clean the mattress at home

It is pleasant to rest on a clean, fresh bedroom linen, but no less important is that under it. It will be about how to clean the mattress at home.

The simplest thing is that when the mattress gets stained with a new one, hygienists are advised to change it after 7 to 10 years, you can dry-clean, but it is convenient to clean the mattress from stains with available means at home quickly and efficiently.

On a bed we not only sleep, sit, but, sometimes, we eat, children tumble on it, cats and dogs bask. The longer it is exploited, the more dust, stains, odors.

In most cases, a vacuum cleaner is used to remove dirt.

Allergists recommend to get rid of dust, dust mites with a vacuum cleaner with special filters or detergent, and if it is not there, wet the sheets, press them well, lay them on the entire sleeping surface of the mattress and beat out the dust (even a tennis racket).

Getting rid of stains of all kinds at home

Soda and your favorite essential oils are suitable for creating a natural dry cleaner.

For all types of mattresses: wadded, children's, coconut, orthopedic, spring dry cleaning is suitable. Before you begin cleaning, you must thoroughly vacuum the mattress. A simple and effective way to keep the mattress clean, add 1-2 drops of your favorite essential oils to 1-2 packs of soda, mix the whole sleeping surface with an aroma-soda composition through a sieve with a thin layer for at least 6-8 hours, then vacuum. Soda absorbs excess moisture from the surface, disinfects, and essential oils will give a light scent.

We carry out dry cleaning of the mattress at home

How to clean the mattress from urine

If the urine stain is fresh, you must quickly remove the mattress topper, put it to rub off. From the mattress to remove residual urine with a paper napkin.

Remove stain with paper napkins

Then apply a 1: 3 solution of vinegar and water with a sponge or a sponge (vinegar will remove the smell), sprinkle baking soda, it will absorb liquid residues for 10 - 15 minutes, apply hydrogen peroxide (sold in pharmacies) diluted in water in a ratio of 1: 2.

Fill the spray bottle with a solution and apply to the surface

Soda, under the action of acid foamed in a cool foam. After 2 hours vacuuming the mattress, and wait for complete drying, at least 10 hours. This method is suitable for removing fresh ammonia spots of humans, children, animals.

For dried urine stains try using a recipe of 1 tsp. citric acid, diluted in a glass of water, generously treat the pollution, dry, after exposure to acid, the dried spot should fade.

Citric acid will help to cope with an old stain

It is necessary to apply this recipe with care since acid is an aggressive substance and can corrode the surface of the mattress or spoil the filler.Never use chlorine-containing agents, a dirty spot may fade, but there is a high probability of the appearance of stains and ammonia smell will disappear, but a specific, sharp, heavy and unpleasant one will take its place.

How to clean the mattress from blood stains

There are features of removing blood stains from the mattress:

• to use cold, ice-cold water without soap (from the warm blood protein to curl and “stuck” in the fibers of the fabric, it will be difficult to remove the dirt);
  

  Cold-moistened cloth should be applied to the stain for 30 minutes.

• the movement of a dry sponge or cotton pad from the edge of the spot to the center;
• constantly blot the stain, do not let the moisture spread to a clean place.
  

  Blot a stain with a towel or a special rag

There are several ways to remove old blood stains.

1. Soak a soaked place with cold water, apply oxygen bleach for 20 minutes, rinse, then fade. This technique is suitable for removable mattress covers.
   

   Oxygen bleaches can be used on removable covers or mattress covers.

2. Make a pastelike mixture from baking soda and 2: 1 sea salt, moisten the pollution with very cold water and rub it in with your fingers, without going beyond the clean area. The exposure time of the mixture is 30 - 60 minutes. , depends on old age spots, remove the remnants of a napkin, rinse with cold water, vacuum and remove to air dry.
   

   Mix soda and sea salt and put on the spot

3. Hydrogen peroxide 3% applied to the dried blood and dried from the edges of the cotton pad, to prevent spreading, repeat, if necessary, several times.
   

   You can use hydrogen peroxide, which is in any medicine cabinet

4. Similarly, use ammonia 3%, only moisten the dirt first, then apply ammonia around the edge and gradually move to the center of the spot.
   

   Ammonia can also be used to remove old stains

How to clean a children's mattress from vomiting

Quickly remove the vomit from the surface, wipe the mattress pad with acetic or citric acid 1: 1 to water, dry with a hairdryer.

Old stains of unknown origin try washing with a 1: 1: 1 mixture of laundry detergent, dishwashing gel, carpet detergent into abundant foam, treat the mattress with it and dry it with a hairdryer.

We process the mattress with whipped foam, dry it up, remove the rest with a vacuum cleaner

How to clean the mattress from mold

Very dangerous mold contamination, especially for people who are prone or allergic because mold is a strong allergen. With a large mold cover, throw off the mattress. It is necessary to fight it.

It is possible to remove mold from the outside of the mattress using special means, but they are not effective if the infection is deep.

If dry cleaning is not available, then there is a popular way.

1. Dry the mattress, preferably in the sun.
2. Treat the surface with acetic or alcohol solution.
3. To dry
4. Treat any disinfectant solution.
5. To dry

Traces of cosmetics removed with a cotton pad moistened with alcohol.

We moisten a cotton pad with alcohol and remove makeup stains.

From sticking chewing gum get rid of with the help of cold. To do this, something solid (not to wet the surface) to freeze, attach to the chewing gum, when it freezes, try to pick it off.

Contaminants from red wine go well when applying dishwashing gel diluted with water.

Dishwashing liquid must be diluted with water and applied to the stain of wine.

Drops from nail polish will easily relieve acetone, but attention, if the surface is colorful, can fade.

Nail polish remover with acetone will help to remove nail polish

Traces of fat remove starch (any) + salt.

A mixture of starch and salt is used for fat stains.

Yellow spots are amenable to stain remover and oxygen bleach.

To avoid stains after washing, the treated area should be dried with a hairdryer, and if they appear, they can be whitened with a white laundry detergent.

How to rid the mattress of unpleasant odors

Parents of young children, pet owners, relatives of sick people are worried about the smell of urine in the house. If you or your loved ones are not allergic to smell absorbers, try using a smell absorber for pets. Apply it on the stained area as many times as necessary to achieve a positive result.

The odor absorber is designed to absorb and eliminate unpleasant odors from pets in the house.

Otherwise, rub the children's dry powder on a fresh urine stain, remove it after a while and dry it with a hairdryer.

Iodine does a good job with ammonia odor, but it is not suitable for white mattress covers.

Iodine solution can be used on dark things to combat odors

The moldy smell removes bleach (sold in online stores), dilute it in warm water and cover the entire surface, dry it, then vacuum it.

Disinfectant - bleach

The smell of sweat disappears from saline. Apply over the entire area of ​​the bed, then take out to dry in fresh air.

Tobacco smell is removed with the help of soda, it should be abundantly sprinkled on the mattress and after 48 hours clean with a vacuum cleaner.

How to wash the mattress

At home, the mattress itself is difficult to wash (due to its size, especially the properties of materials-fillers). Dry cleaning or limit surface cleaning mattress pad, the choice is yours, but you should consider the type of mattress, the nature of pollution, before cleaning, read the instructions about the care of the product.

Care Tips for Basic Mattress Types

Cotton: it must be constantly aired, turned over, vacuumed every 10 days. Use special cleaners, it can be cleaned with aqueous solutions, but it will dry for a very long time.

Foam rubber: it is allowed to wash at a temperature of 40 ° C, but gently squeeze, foam rubber can deform. Recommended natural drying, avoid direct sunlight.

Coconut: must have a mattress pad, clean only with a dry method, constantly airing, vacuuming.

Orthopedic: necessarily removable cover often consists of a spring block and different fibers. The mattress itself is turned over, vacuumed, aired.

For all types of mattresses recommended in the summer to make for natural ventilation.

Extend the life of the mattress simply by performing simple manipulations:

• at least 1 time in 2 weeks to change clothes, vacuum, knock it out, clean the bed frame;
  

  Drying the mattress with a vacuum cleaner is an easy, but effective and therefore mandatory method of care.

• orthopedic turn at least 1 time per month;
  

  Mattresses need to be turned in order to evenly distribute the load.

• buy a quality mattress toppers;
  

  A good mattress or cover prevents the penetration of dirt on the mattress, as well as its easy to remove and wash

• Wet cleaning is tolerated only by foam types, but there are limitations in thickness;
• Do not use aggressive household chemicals, because there is a high probability of the appearance of stains on the surface and you can spoil the "insides"
• use recommended care products, do not forget about people's advice.

Have a nice, healthy stay and clean, fresh air around you. Without a doubt, use folk methods - they really help in the fight against dirt.

If you can not independently cope with cleaning the mattress - it is worth contacting experts

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