Best way to clean a mattress set....?

Question

Just bought a new set and would like your tips on keeping them nice and clean... and please don't say "by not sleepin on them" because it's a day late and a dollar short for that, lol.

Answer 1

well you could spray some water to make it soaked.Then you let it dry.When it is dry you've got a fresh and good matress.

Answer 2

Alright princess. If you want to keep it really clean then get a mattress cover, the kind that you buy to keep the urine away from the mattress when your kids are potty training. They come in all mattress sizes. If you don't want to do this then make sure to change the sheets a couple times a week, get a mattress pad, and take a shower before going to bed. In the spring and fall spray it with Lysol until wet and let it dry in the sun. Sunlight kills all sorts of creepy things that make their way into your mattress.

Answer 3

When you change the sheets spray Febreeze on the mattress. Use a matress pad to protect it. Vacuum the mattress about every three weeks. If you do get something on it immediately use a spot carpet/upholstery cleaner on the area.

Answer 4

You do NOT want to apply moisture, EVER. Do not steam clean as the residue that remains dries very, very, slowly and will only intensify and promote future growth of microbials. There are very, very, few professional mattress cleaning technicians in the U.S., but should you have one in your area, use him or her. The new "dry-method" cleaning process is very inexpensive considering the benefits achieved and usually costs in the $120-$150 range for a 3 or 4 bedroom home. The technicians are generally very knowledgeable and can offer additional tips to control indoor allergens.

The U.S. EPA has declared indoor air pollution to be their #1 focus, replacing outdoor air pollution. Cases of asthma, asthma deaths (especially among young children), and other respiratory illnesses have increased, year after year, since 1980. The EPA has a new website this year (2007) to inform the general public (www.noattacks.org) and have produced public service announcements (PSA's) available to the media for broadcasting.

EVERYONE is subject to the ill-health effects of unhygienic mattresses, but in varying degrees. Healthy persons who suffer from no allergies should have their mattresses cleaned every 6 months. Persons who suffer from allergies should have mattresses cleaned every 4 months and if an asthmatic lives in the home...every 3 months. One should also consider the number of household pets and personal cleaning practices to truly determine the frequency.

Over 4,000 mattress cleaning businesses have sprouted up across Europe in the last 12-15 years due mostly to the fact that the vast majority of recent medical and university research took place in Europe. It's no coincidence that Europeans have spent drastically less $$$ for allergy meds over the same time period.

There are some mattress cleaning practices that you can perform yourself if there are not any professional mattress cleaners in your area. First, using the very best vacuum cleaner you can get your hands on...preferably a HEPA-rated vacuum (not just one that uses HEPA-rated filters), vacuum your mattress thoroughly. If by chance you have a "sucky" vacuum cleaner, tote your mattress outdoors, lean it against a tree or your home and beat the crap out of it with a 2x4, big branch, baseball bat, tennis racket, 9-iron, or whatever. When I say "crap" I mean it...literally! Then vacuum the mattress with your "sucky" vacuum cleaner carpet attachment. Allow the sunshine to naturally cleanse the mattress on each side for as long as possible.

Tote the mattress back inside and with a pump-type spray bottle VERY LIGHTLY mist the mattress surface with an all natural, non-flammable, non-toxic, non-pathogenic, odorless, hypo-allergenic, Enzyme Cleaner. If it takes more than 5 minutes to evaporate...you have "misted" it too heavily.

For your pillows, take them, a large heavy duty plastic trash bag and your "sucky" vacuum cleaner, outdoors. Put a pillow into the trash bag. Attach the crevice tool to the vacuum hose and insert it into the bag with the pillow. Use your free hand to gather the opening of the bag around the vacuum hose so as to seal off the bag. Turn on the vacuum cleaner and let it suck all the air out of the bag (and out of the pillow). Turn off vacuum...let pillow resume shape and repeat. You'll be amazed as the pillow shrinks to the size of a loaf of bread. Lightly mist the pillow as you did the mattress, again very sparingly so that the enzyme solution evaporates within 5 minutes.

Be very wary of even the best vacuum cleaners that use HEPA filters. A recent 3rd party test of the top rated HEPA vacuums, as listed in a recent Consumer Reports magazine, show air particles to skyrocket each time the vacuums were powered on. This is the reason why I suggest you vacuum your mattresses outdoors rather than indoors. Microscopic dust still spews from even the best HEPA vacuums on the market. NONE of the Consumer Reports' "best" vacuums (equipped with HEPA filters) are endorsed by the American Lung Association (ALA), not Bissell, not Dyson, not Oreck, Sanitaire, Hoover, or even Kirby.

A professional Home Indoor Allergen Control specialist will focus on the one piece of furniture in your home that harbors the most allergens. It's also the nastiest, grungiest, piece of furniture in your home and it's where you spend a third of your life, sleeping and inhaling allergens...your mattress and bedding.

Professional mattress cleaners utilize specialized tools with the latest technological advancements. They can perform a $25 test (sometimes, free of cost) that reacts to guanine, a potent and harmful allergen produced by dust mites and found in fecal pellets, eggs, molts, dust mite secretions, and dead dust mite body pieces. The test is indicates the size of a dust mite colony within a mattress.

Should the test prove the need for a cleaning, a HEPA-rated vacuum (the only vacuum manufacturer that IS endorsed by the ALA), a portable ultraviolet germicidal irradiation light wand, and an enzyme cleaner are the correct tools needed to perform the "dry-method" cleaning process.

You should also have the necessary items on hand for the inevitable "oops" when a stain could occur. Visit the link immediately below so you can be prepared for the day that STAIN HAPPENS!

http://www.sterilmattress.com/mattress_stain_removal_tips.html

Answer 5

Steam-cleaning works best due to the heat it sterilises it.