Everyone hates mold: unfortunately, even if you are pretty clean and do the same with your home, mold can still appear due to humidity or other factors that do not depend on your cleanliness. Therefore, we must avoid this by always keeping our furnishings clean, fresh, and sanitized, to avoid the arrival of this ugly beast feared by all.
Unfortunately, mold settles everywhere, especially in the parts we would never expect, that is the most hidden. So let’s find out how to eliminate mold stains from the mattress.
Why you shouldn’t sleep on a mattress with mold
If you’re wondering why you shouldn’t sleep on a moldy mattress, there are many reasons. Usually, the presence is due to a very humid environment. Especially it occurs in modern homes that have limited thermal dispersion.
Furthermore, molds, along with fungi, are carriers of severe allergies to one’s body. Therefore, in addition to hygiene, it is important to have a clean mattress, especially for your safety. It is also not nice to know that you are sleeping in a dirty bed with a rather unpleasant smell.
How to get rid of mold
There are many solutions on how to eliminate mold from your mattress. Since mold occurs in humid environments, you must alter the environment’s condition, so for example, you can take your mattress to the balcony or terrace to put it in the sun to let it dry and become very warm.
After this, soak a cloth in a water and alcohol solution: then gently rub the part of the mattress where the mold is to dissolve it completely and not favor a possible reappearance in the future. At the end of everything, I advise you to vacuum the mattress to remove any residual dirt and have the mattress as good as new.
When it is necessary to change the mattress
In some cases, the mold can be excessive, and following all the instructions listed above is not enough. When is it necessary to change the mattress? If cleaning with the cloth, the mold stains do not disappear, if after cleaning, others reappear, and finally, if the mattress was so full of mold to have penetrated inside, it is impossible to remove.
In these cases, I advise you not to purchase a latex material that is more prone to mold, to clean your new mattress often and check it repeatedly, and finally, to avoid placing it in damp rooms in your home.
