HOW TO CLEAN A MATTRESS?

Keeping our mattress clean is essential for a quality rest. To give us an idea, Clean Couches Sydney specialized in the hygienic treatment of fabrics, affirms that people can lose on average around 1.5 liters of sweat and 1.5 grams of skin scales every night. And if up to 10,000 mites can live in one gram of dust ...

Is it important to keep our mattress clean?

Mattress Cleaning Sydney - If we add to this that heat and humidity create ideal conditions for the proliferation of fungi and bacteria, it is clear that we must take the hygiene of our rest seriously.

Although dozens of tips, tricks and recommendations on how to clean our mattress circulate on the internet, from My Mattress we want to start by recommending the correct protection of your mattress , because prevention is the key to keeping your mattress clean and dry.

1.Protect your mattress with a cover.

Choose the mattress cover that best suits the person who is going to rest on it . You have all the options: waterproof, breathable, padded, thermo-regulating protectors, but as long as they have a bacterial treatment that ensures that it is hypoallergenic.

2. Ventilate your room.

Once we have our mattress perfectly protected with its cover, let us also take into account the environment, the room. Keep your bedroom ventilated , 10 minutes a day is enough, and shake out the sheets and pillows, all before making the bed. And if you have humidity problems in the room, it is even more important to maintain this daily routine. Our mattress will remain as the first day thanks to these small actions, and mainly thanks to the protector.

3. Do a proper maintenance of your mattress.

It is also important to see the mattress maintenance recommendations that all manufacturers offer in their warranties. Let's take into account if it has to be turned or turned periodically (it is recommended to do it due to the change of season) and let's take advantage of those occasions to remove the protective cover and leave it a few minutes ventilating. This is the ideal time to vacuum the mattress, a perfect way to keep the fabric clean and the best way to clean our mattress. Of course, we do not recommend the use of steam cleaners or steam cleaners, as they use water, and if the water does not dry well afterwards, it will cause the appearance of moisture and bacteria. In addition, if our mattress has memory foam, this material will deteriorate with the water and the heat of the steamer, it will wrinkle and lose its properties.

Several tricks on how to clean a mattress.

If, despite these tips, your mattress has become stained, there are several ways to clean it. Our mattress can easily get stained mainly from sweat, but also from urine, blood, vomit ... the mattress is exposed to all kinds of bodily fluids.

Use dry foam as the best method for cleaning any type of fabric or upholstery, be it your mattress or your sofa or armchair. We recommend dry foams especially for mattresses with padding, this welcoming layer that can be filled with fibers, latex or memory foam . Padded mattresses shouldn't get wet, so dry cleaning is the best remedy. They are usually presented as a spray. Spray the surface of your mattress evenly, leave it on for a few minutes, and brush well afterwards. Leave the mattress airing and it doesn't hurt to vacuum it afterwards to make sure the upholstery is clean and dry.

One detail, depending on the upholstery of your mattress, brushing it excessively will cause the appearance of those ugly "balls", "balls" or "balls" of fabric.

For specific and localized stains, we recommend any ammonia solution with surfactants . Depending on the stain, it is thrown directly on it or diluted in water and applied. If we use this method, remember to leave the fabric completely dry. You can use a hairdryer if you see it necessary.

And up to here our advice. You will read and hear about cleaning tricks for your mattress that use water, vinegar, soap, hydrogen peroxide, bicarbonate and even milk !! We do not recommend experiments or strange mixtures , your mattress is something serious, essential for your life and health issue.

Clean Couches Sydney offers a professional Mattress Cleaning in Sydney that may ensure fully clean and hygienic conditions in the most important room (Bedroom) in your house.