The Dirty Bed

The Average bed contains over 6 billion dust mites. After reading this little fun fact, it makes me want to seriously clean my bed(s). I saw on Pinterest that you can scent vinegar ( one of my favorite cleaning agents) by putting it into a mason jar with some orange peelings, leaving it set someplace for like a week or two and then pouring the vinegar into a spray bottle. I’m assuming you remove the orange peels. I was excited to use that but then something make me think that would get more dirty then killing the bed bugs and freshening the mattress. So I had to do some research.

Baking soda is supposed to work great. You can scent it with some essential oils if you want, put it in a strainer and sprinkle all over the bed. Then vacuum up. I could try that. I’m just not sure if my vacuum would get all of the baking soda out of the mattress or not. I’d hate to leave a bunch of soda just sitting there…getting embedded.

Another way would be to use upholstery cleaner; they’re supposed to be gentile enough since they’re made for these types of things. But I don’t have any of that on hand….now do I have a water proof vacuum to suck the cleaner and water back out of the mattress.

Some Tips to a Clean Mattress:

Vacuum the mattress every month or so.

Wash your bedding regularly.

Get a good mattress protector.  I’m not sure where we bought my mattress protector but I wash it with my bedding every time I wash the sheets.

Flip foam mattresses regularly.

Use a water proof cover if you have kids or pets. We bought mine from the furniture store when we bought the mattress. Again I just throw that into the washer with my bedding to clean it.

You can wash a mattress with cleaners, and get it wet, but you have to make sure it dries completely before remaking the bed. Otherwise it could start to grow mold, or fungus. Gross.