smelly mattress !!

emmaBZ · 26 November 2006 at 5:38PM

:eek: any one got any ideas how to stop a mattress from smelling i started dd whos 2 toilet training at night and she had a few accidents but her mattress now smells yucky !!tried febreeze and oust.....anyone got any other ideas i can try before i go out to buy a new one ...this one isnt very old.....

Mrs_pbradley936 · 26 November 2006 at 5:42PM

I put this on another thread when someone wanted info on odour control.

Also in the USA you can buy underwear with this charcoal impregnated into it but I have not seen it here (they look a bit like j cloths not very flattering but they work). In your case I would put th odour eaters under a cushion for a few hours or overnight.

If you put an odour eater (the insoles you put in sweaty shoes) in the bag the smell will be gone in no time (cut it up if you cannot squeeze it through the hole in the bag). You must get the ones that contain activated charcoal because charcoal is the strongest adsorber known. Details here:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activated_carbon

Mrs_pbradley936 · 26 November 2006 at 5:46PM

Also use a plastic sheet on top of the mattress (but under a couple of sheets or else uncomfortable) until child is reliable. Some are not dry all night until 5 or later.

LJM · 26 November 2006 at 9:46PM

i use the bed mats you can buy along with the plastic sheet,cant remember was it bicarb sprinkled onto a mattress takes away the smell

Espanol · 26 November 2006 at 9:57PM

well i dont know if this will work but i think it might, leave the mattress in a steamy room (bathroom) so whilst your running your bath put it in there. that should get partly rid of the smell and spray it with a fragrance or somthing like that

Lois_and_CK · 12 February 2009 at 2:03PM

After years of using it as a place to dump rubbish, my spare bedroom has finally been cleared and decorated.

Anyway, the heating hasn't been on in that room for years, and the mattess smells musty. I've aired the room and have sprayed febreeze on it (2 bottles of the stuff actually), and have put the heating back on in there, but the musty smell has come back.

Does anyone know of a way of cleaning a mattress? Or should I give up and buy a new one?

My MSE head doesn't want to buy a new one though!

hamstercheeks_2 · 12 February 2009 at 2:08PM

first of all hooever the mattress, both sides

then put several tablespoons of bicarbonate of soda all over the mattress, leave that for a few hours and hoover it off

then (if you can get fresh lavendar and rosemary even better) but if not get some lavendar oil and rosemary (dried)

sprinkle both all over the bed and leave for an hour - then hoover off

do same for other side ifyou like

Lois_and_CK · 12 February 2009 at 2:10PM

Brilliant! Thank you hamstercheeks - there's a job for CK this weekend

hamstercheeks_2 · 12 February 2009 at 2:16PM

Lois_and_CK wrote: »

Brilliant! Thank you hamstercheeks - there's a job for CK this weekend

you're welcome - will be smelling lovely after that! takes time but it's worth it

hamstercheeks_2 · 13 February 2009 at 7:15PM

Lois_and_CK wrote: »

Brilliant! Thank you hamstercheeks - there's a job for CK this weekend

let me know how it smells after all that

hamstercheeks_2 · 15 February 2009 at 1:10PM

Lois_and_CK wrote: »

Brilliant! Thank you hamstercheeks - there's a job for CK this weekend

how did this turn out Lois?

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