Tips for Keeping Your Mattress Clean

Tips for Keeping Your Mattress Clean

You naturally want to keep your mattress as clean as possible. After all, it’s within close proximity to your body for hours and hours each night, and you likely paid a pretty penny for it. So how can you make sure it’s always its cleanest? These tips can help.

A Layer of Protection

Tips for Keeping Your Mattress Clean A Layer of Protection
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When you first purchase your mattress, purchase a high-quality mattress protector at the same time — and use it. A good mattress protector prevents accidents and spills from fouling up your mattress, and it provides a layer of protection from dirt, dust, and debris, all of which affect your mattress' cleanliness. A mattress protector also keeps sweat and oil from your skin off your bed and lessens the buildup of dust mites and other allergens.

Keep Sheets and Linens Clean

Tips for Keeping Your Mattress Clean   Keep Sheets and Linens Clean
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It goes without saying that keeping sheets, pillowcases, blankets and comforters clean keeps your mattress cleaner. These items get dirty just by being next to the body, as even a clean body sheds skin and hair cells, oils, and perspiration during sleep. Regularly washing bed linens, at least once weekly, keeps this stuff off the mattress.

Don’t Eat in Bed

Tips for Keeping Your Mattress Clean Don t Eat in Bed
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If you’re eating or drinking in bed, your mattress is subject to the same spills that you’d see at the dining room table. The big difference is that once a spill hits your mattress, if it is not cleaned up properly, it can cause staining. Other than the proverbial glass of water by the bedside, best practice dictates eating in appropriate areas of the home only. (Think of the calories you’ll save!)

Banish Pets to Their Own Beds

Tips for Keeping Your Mattress Clean Banish Pets to Their Own Beds
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Pets are snuggly, sure. But they also deposit unnecessary ick on your mattress with every cuddle. Even if you’re diligent about grooming, pets drool, pets shed, and let’s face it, pets walk outside barefoot and groom themselves with their tongues. Many also have accidents, which can lead to some gross stuff finding itself onto your treasured mattress. Delegating your pet to their own bed can help preserve the life and cleanliness of your sleep sanctuary.

Be On the Lookout for Bedbugs

Tips for Keeping Your Mattress Clean Be On the Lookout for Bedbugs
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And finally, in today’s age of bedbug infestations, it’s important to stay diligent and on the lookout for these creepy-crawly, mattress-invading critters. They are super difficult to eliminate once they infiltrate your bedroom or home. Unfortunately, they’re very easy to bring home with you if you stay in a hotel where bedbugs have a foothold. Stay observant when traveling or even when bringing home estate sale or yard sale finds.

You can easily keep your mattress its cleanest and most comfortable for years to come. It just takes some effort and consistency.

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