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You Might Be Sleeping On a Filthy Mattress
Have you ever thought about what lurks inside your mattress?
All those hot sweaty summer nights, the kids spilling juice, and let’s not forget dust mites. Let’s face it, the mattress you sleep on is filthy.
Mattresses can harbor dust mites, dead skin, dirt, and other debris, which means they need to be cleaned regularly – especially if you or someone in your home suffers from allergies, if you have pets or if you are a midnight snacker (or if boyf/hubby is the one snacking).
Even if your sheets are clean, you may notice that your mattress has an unpleasant smell after a while (especially if you prefer to shower in the morning as opposed to just before bedtime). Body odor easily transfers to your clothing as well as your mattress—and it lingers.
But unlike bed sheets and pillows, you can’t simply toss a mattress into the washing machine. So how exactly do you deodorize a mattress? The good news is that cleaning a mattress is far easier than you might think.
Carolina McCauley, an Australian-based influencer known for her home cleaning hacks, has a few tips in her latest Instagram Reel for how to clean a mattress in 8 simple steps. See below and scroll further down to watch the quick video. (To follow Caroline and see more go HERE)
How to clean and deodorize a mattress
- Pour ½ cup of baking soda into a small bowl.
- Adds 20 drops of lavender essential oil to the baking soda.
- Sprinkle the mixture directly onto the mattress.
- Leave it there to sit for about 30 minutes.
- Vacuum it up.
- Spray your favorite air freshener onto the mattress.
- Air-dry it out with a fan.
- Place a cover on your totally refreshed mattress.
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rubies when last did you clean your mattress?
Comment below and let us know if this will be on your to-do list next weekend?
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Great advice! Wish I could get a new mattress and skip the cleaning.
I really needed to read this because I have been wanting to clean my mattress but ddnt know how…thank you
I will definitely try all of the cleaning methods so helpful
Interesting article and informative. Will definitely try the cleaning hack
Thank you for the tips! Time to get cleaning!!
I absolutely love this tip! I am always trying to find ways to keep my home smelling good and being clean at the same time. I usually air my mattresses out if I am out for a weekend and come back and vacuum it. I also like to use baby powder on my son’s mattress to give it that baby fresh smell which he really likes. I will definitely add this to my to-do list. Thank you
Will definitely try cleaning my mattress that way.
Very good insight and useful tip. I am definitely going to try this. Thanks Rubybox
What a helpful tip. I am definitely going to try it out.
I wish i could get a new mattress but will definitely try to clean my mattress
thank you for the info will try this today normal used baby powder
I do not clean my mattress as often as I would like to so it will definitely be on my to-do list. Thank you Carolina McCauley for enlightening us on how really easy it actually is to clean your mattress. It should become part of one’s cleaning routine to keep all those pests away. Quick and Easy does it for me and the bonus is the result deep cleaned fresh smelling mattress. I Absolutely Love the fact that this is so affordable because I would be using ingredients that is in my home already. I am enjoying all your reading material Rubybox keep up the great work! #Thank You Rubybox Loving the tips and looking forward to the next article!
Thank you for the tips. I’ve been meaning to do that. Will most definitely do this. this weekend.
Will definitely try this never thought it would be this affordable next weekend do to list
I will definitely try this Thank you
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