If you want to take care of proper hygiene, it is essential to clean your mattress regularly. Sure, you can have a professional do it for you, but it can be quite expensive.

Cleaning the mattress

Cleaning a mattress and keeping it clean and free of mites and bad odors is important for your health.

Although it may seem incredible, a mattress without proper maintenance and cleaning can accumulate around a hundred million mites, bacteria and fungi that will share the bed with us. And this can greatly affect your health.

In fact, the presence of mites, molds, and bacteria is responsible for many allergies and skin problems.

If you want to keep your mattress very clean, free of unwanted stains and insects, don’t miss the tips and tricks below. It’s much easier than it sounds, and your health and rest will thank you immensely.

Make the bed every morning

For those who wonder if it is necessary to make the bed every morning, the answer is yes, but with some nuances.

According to recent studies, it is better not to make the bed immediately after waking up.

It is recommended to wait at least two hours for this. In this way, the heat and moisture that have accumulated in the bed during the night is dissipated and we avoid generating a dark, humid and warm paradise inside the bed, ideal for the growth of mites, fungi and others.

Another important practice to ensure the hygiene of your mattress is to open the windows before making the bed for at least 30 minutes, although ideally it would be around an hour and shake the sheets and pillows when making the bed.

You should also change the sheets every 1-2 weeks.

Removing Blood Stains from the Mattress

Among the different formulas that can be used to clean blood stains from a mattress, the best is to use hydrogen peroxide, as it breaks it down.

To do this, you only need a cloth or cotton ball soaked in hydrogen peroxide.
Then rub the stain for a few minutes, leave it on until the mattress dries (no need to rinse).

Remember that hydrogen peroxide has bleaching power, so if your mattress has any color, it is best to test it first in a small and discreet area to make sure that it does not eat the color.

Remove sweat stains with white vinegar

To apply it comfortably, it is good to put the vinegar in a spray bottle, then spray the vinegar on the mattress and leave it on for about five minutes.