Urine Stain on mattresses.

sonsbear

My son wets his bed a lot. I have waterproof backed sheets from Dunelm Mills but the mattress is still getting stained. He did his bed last night, came into me and then wet my bed which has memory foam mattress. I was too cream crackered to do anything at the time so this morning, cleaned stains on beds with vinegar and have now put on some bicarb on both beds. Unfortunately, not really made much difference.

Can anyone recommend either a better home remedy (can't use bleach) or a commercial product. Even if that product costs me a bit but works I'd consider that very money saving compared to soiled mattresses!

Many thanks

carefullycautious

Kim from 'how clean is your house' in one episode cleaned a mattress which had doggy wee stains on by using a damp cloth and ordinary soap. She rubbed in the soap to get rid of the stains wiped it over with clean cloth and then put a towel over the mattress and jumped up and down until it was dry.

She then stood the mattress up to dry by an open window.

Important to dry so that it does not go mouldy.

Not sure if this would be suitable for memory foam. Could you ring the company who make the foam and ask for advice.

I would use a plastic mattress protector in future ones that are like a fitted sheet.

culpepper

I cleaned one mattress with 1001 carpet cleaner when DD managed to make a mistake long ago. It came right out but was quite a new mark.
Have you tried using rubber sheets or tarpaulin under the bottom sheet with a blanket over it to take away the odd feeling of lying on a plasticky surface, then that can be more easily washed the next time.

Oh I forgot about the memory foam part of the post, would foam not just wash out anyway with water? No idea if they are actual 'foam sponge' ? I think I would not use 1001 on that one just in case.

Little_Maya

No idea if this would work, but you could try the cleaning liquid normally sold for pet stains can't remember what it's called, but if you go to any pet shop they should have a selection to choose from.

angelavdavis

I found an article here that might be of help.

Tim_Deegan

carefullycautious wrote: »

Kim from 'how clean is your house' in one episode cleaned a mattress which had doggy wee stains on by using a damp cloth and ordinary soap. She rubbed in the soap to get rid of the stains wiped it over with clean cloth and then put a towel over the mattress and jumped up and down until it was dry.

She then stood the mattress up to dry by an open window.

Important to dry so that it does not go mouldy.

Not sure if this would be suitable for memory foam. Could you ring the company who make the foam and ask for advice.

I would use a plastic mattress protector in future ones that are like a fitted sheet.

Jumping up and down on a mattress may help the towel to absorb the wee, but you stand a good chance of damaging the mattress.

This method wouldn't be any good with memory foam. Memory foam is open celled, and has a very high density. So it can take a very long time for any liquids to dry fully. Also any contaminants in the memory foam could dry leaving hard spots.

I ALLWAYS recommend using a mattress protector with any mattress. The breathable waterproof ones will protect you mattress best, whilst not feeling horrible and plasticky. I'd replace the Dunelm one if I were you, and also get one for your mattress.