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A Detailed Guide To Cleaning Your Mattress
Are you a clean freak who is into deep cleaning every item of your house? If you are, this guide is for you, however, if you aren’t Perth Home Cleaners also offers professional mattress cleaning services to get rid of any stains or germs for you and freshen up your bed.
A comfy bed not only includes a good quality mattress, but also a nice bedsheet or a soft pillow, and obviously all of these aspects need to be neat and clean. This guide presents you with detailed information on how to clean your mattresses easily, so let’s get into the details.
Six Steps To Cleaning Your Mattress
1. Wash All the Bedding
The very first thing is to take off all the dressings on your mattress. Start with removing the pillowcases, bed sheets, mattress cover, and any other piece of cloth present on it. The next thing is to wash all these things. If they are machine washable, put them in the washing machine with an effective cleaning powder or detergent.
An extra tip is to use hot water. Washing on a hot cycle will help in removing dirt and stains, as well as help in removing dust mites. However always ensure that you can use hot water safely, without any chances of fading or shrinkage to your bedding – be sure to check any tags or labels present.
Most people question how frequently you should wash your bedsheets. The most suitable choice is to wash them once every week.
2. Check the Type of Damage
Various things can damage your mattress. Dirt, debris, stains, spills, bugs, and mites are the most common things that can affect the quality or feel of your mattress. It is important to carefully examine the type of damage and then come up with the best solution for that particular thing.
Similarly, the routine cleaning of your mattress is something different as it demands targeting every single thing affecting your mattress. For example, for removing stains you will use a good stain removing or cleaning solution. To get rid of bedbugs and mites, you will have to use other powerful chemicals. Then finally to remove any leftover bad odour, you can spray some refreshing deodorizer.
3. Start Vacuuming
Many people are confused about the most effective way to remove dirt and stains from your mattress. For me, there is nothing better than a vacuum cleaner. By using the upholstery attachment on your vacuum machine, you can vacuum your whole mattress just like you vacuum your floors.
Most of the debris is stuck in the sides and corners of your mattress, so make sure that you vacuum there thoroughly. Also, remember to keep stretching the fabric of your mattress so that no part of it remains unvacuumed. You can repeat this step every time you change and wash your bedding.
4. Use Baking Soda
Yes, baking soda, this thing can save you from long and tiring cleaning procedures. We normally place our mattresses in the sunshine and fresh air to get rid of odour, mites, and other things. Sunshine will also be beneficial in easily targeting bacteria and moulds on your mattress. If you cannot place it in the sunshine, you can simply use baking soda. The right procedure is to sprinkle a good amount of baking soda on both sides of your mattress and leave it still for a few hours.
This baking soda targets the acids and gets rid of the odour coming from your mattress. The longer you leave the baking soda on the better. Also, make sure that you have good ventilation in the room where you apply baking soda to your mattress. You can do this by opening the windows and doors to let some fresh air and sunshine into the room.
5. Flip your Mattress and Add the Protective Cover
One important thing is to flip your mattress and repeat all the cleaning steps on both sides. This will ensure that you have removed the dirt and mites from both sides, and not from only one. Many people miss this step because they think that the underside doesn’t have many stains or dirt on it. But this is false, there is a lot on the underside that you can’t see. A good amount of dirt, germs, and stains are residing on the underside of your mattress.
You should flip your mattress over every time you are changing the bedding. This will help increase the life of your mattress on both sides. Also, this will be beneficial in reducing the pressure and load on only one side of the mattress which can poorly affect its quality. Finally, after your mattress is properly dry, don’t forget to add its protective cover. This cover can protect your mattress from stains, spills and dirt.
6. Go for the Spot Cleaning Method
The best thing is to find the stain and spot clean it using multiple different cleaning techniques:
- Dip a clean cloth in some good quality cleaning solution
- Tap or rub this cloth on the stain
- Dip another clean cloth in cold water
- Now tap this cold water cloth again on the stain
- Repeat these steps until the stain is gone
While performing these steps, it is necessary to not apply the cleaning solution or cold water directly over the mattress, as this can cause more stains. Always use clean cloths for applying these solutions.
Twelve Tips to Make your Mattress Last Longer
We all understand the affiliation we have with our favourite and most comfortable mattress. Here are twelve tips that can help you in increasing the life of your mattress:
- Always cover your mattress with a great quality mattress protector to keep it safe from dirt, bugs, spills, and any other issues.
- Make sure that you are changing and washing your bed sheets at least once a week to keep your mattress clean.
- The support under your mattress affects its life, so either go for solid, or box springs as per your mattress type.
- Always treat your mattress nicely, avoid putting too much load on it, and don’t let kids jump on it.
- One thing we all miss is to regularly flip and change the side of your mattress, this helps in reducing the pressure on one side of the mattress.
- If you get any spots on your mattress, quickly run for a cleaning agent to get rid of that spot before it turns into a permanent stain.
- Most of us like to keep our pets on our beds, but their hair can get stuck deep in our mattresses, so it is good idea to get another mattress for them.
- Who doesn’t like to have a sweet breakfast in the bed? However those food stains can affect the look of your mattress, so try avoid them.
- Make sure that you are taking proper measures for preventing and removing different types of bed bugs from your beds and mattresses.
- Cleaning your mattress frequently is essential for the wellness of your mattress, and also for your health.
- Get a nice deodorizer to bring new freshness to your mattress.
- Don’t forget to consider and follow the instruction manual which came with your mattress. This will help to keep it maintained and clean for a longer time.
Time to Tuck into A Nice, Clean Bed
The task of cleaning is always satisfying for those who are into it. However, no matter how hard you try, you may still forget about your mattress.
To ensure the longevity of your mattress, and hopefully even improve the quality of your sleep in a nice, clean bed, follow our guide.
Perth Home Cleaners offer specialist, professional mattress cleaning services that can give your mattress a proper deep clean after years of neglect. Contact us to enquire about a free quote.
