A pillow top consists of soft padding that helps you to take good rest at night. The soft padding also helps the surface to absorb the stains like urine, blood, wine, or any other liquids and will get quickly absorbed on the cushion. This mattress padding is made up of foam, memory foam, latex, fiberfill, cotton, and wool. You can choose the proper cleaning way to remove the stains from the pillow top and cleaning with the baking soda is one of them because the baking soda will easily remove any odor from your mattress.
Steps And Item Needed To Clean Pillow Top Mattress With Baking Soda
In order to clean a pillow top mattress using baking soda, first, you need to collect certain items required to perform this task and then follow the steps carefully:
Items Needed
- Rags, Vacuum & Upholstery Shampoo
- Scrub Brush, Sponge & Vinegar
- Fan & Wet-Dry Vacuum (Optional)
- Baking Soda
Steps To Clean Pillow Top Mattress
After collecting all the required items, now you need to follow all the given steps carefully to get the best results of cleaning:
- First of all, you need to blot up any stains with the help of a clean rag, if the stains are still wet on the mattress. Remove the stains from the mattress as soon as possible because the pillow top padding will easily soak the liquid.
- Next you need to simply vacuum your mattress surface with the help of vacuum upholstery attachment to remove any type of dirt on the surface prior for stain removing.
- After that, you need to mix the upholstery shampoo in clean water according to the package guidance and mix it well, and then you have to apply the mixed shampoo solution sparingly to the stain affected area, in order to work on a fabric with the help of a soft brush. Avert applying too much shampoo solution and then keep your padding in your pillow top mattress as dry as possible.
- Next you need to moisten a sponge with some vinegar(white). Simply blot the stain with this vinegar in order to remove the applied shampoo solution residue and also help to neutralize any odors and smells such as the urine stains.
- Now it's time to air-dry your pillow top mattress thoroughly and quickly. To do this you simply need to set your mattress outdoors in the sunshine or place your fan at the wet spot affected area of your mattress to hasten to dry. If moisture infiltrates deeply into your pillow top mattress then you need to use a wet-dry vacuum to suck out any excess moisture from it.
- Finally when your pillow top mattress is dried wholly, then it's time to sprinkle some baking soda over the stain affected area if there is any type of odor remains. Leave the sprinkle baking soda in place for at least 8 hours and then you need to vacuum it from the mattress.
Tips
- Tip 1: If you don't want any type of stains on your mattress in future then it is a good and cheap idea to use a mattress cover to avert any future stains.
- Tip 2: Some type of pillow top mattress feature removable pillow tops. If you want to clean this mattress then you need to follow manufacture's care guidance.