Have you ever thought about how often you should clean your mattress? We have a lot of contact with our mattresses, yet we don’t clean them as often or as well as other items. Think about it; you clean your clothes after every wear, but we take a while before we clean the mattress. Mattresses are mostly indoors and probably will spend at least a third of your life on your bed.

Because we clean mattresses less frequently and keep them indoors most of the time, they become perfect hosts for dust, sweat odours, dead skin and harmful microorganisms. It is crucial that you clean your mattress frequently and properly. Here’s how to clean your mattress.

Vacuum it

You can hand vacuum your mattress more frequently than you thought it possible. It’s an effective way to get rid of allergens and other unwanted creepers. Here’s a tip. Make it a ritual to vacuum the mattress weekly, on a weekend morning, and if you have kids, have fun while at it. It’s their chance to jump and bounce on your king size bed. It draws the dust and dust mites closer to the surface; then you can run the vacuum slowly over the mattress and allow it to inhale all the dust and mites.

Spot Clean

There are occasions when your mattress could get an annoying stain. It could be sweat or bedwetting stains on your kid’s single size mattress in Singapore. Sweat stains and stains from other body fluids are seldom, but they can happen.

You can remove these stains before they get an opportunity to chemically bond with the mattress fabric by rubbing a mixture of liquid dish soap and baking soda on the stain. After a few minutes, rub it off with a clean cloth. Alternatively, you can make a mixture of lemon juice and salt and apply it to the stain, and after an hour or so, clean it off with a clean cloth.

Deodorise

Spot cleaning will probably leave your mattress with a few wet spots and some odour. But don’t ignore that. Instead, sprinkle some baking soda over the entire mattress and allow it to sit for a while. Baking soda absorbs any excess liquid from the surface along with odours. After that, use a vacuum cleaner to clean the baking soda, including the crevices on your memory foam mattresses, making sure you remove all the powder.

Air it Out and Beat it

Perhaps the best and easiest way to clean your mattress is exposing it to sunlight and fresh air. If you have a single mattress size, it’s easier to haul it through the stairs or the hallways of your apartment building out to the yard or the balcony where it’ll get plenty of sunshine.

If you have a king size bed or a queen size bed in Singapore hauling it through your building could be a hassle but, it’ll be worth the effort. While the mattress is out there, beat it with a broomstick and let the dust and the mites come to the surface and fall off the mattress. After a day of airing, use a vacuum the mattress before putting it back.

To conclude, use these tips to clean your mattress more frequently and sleep better.