If you have a child, it’s 99.9% possible you’ve had a pee-in-the-bed situation. Now normally I don’t pay too close attention to my mattress, but for some reason, on this fateful Sunday, I was pretty damn repulsed at my bare mattress. I know you’re with me if you’ve been through potty training.
Seriously, talk about gross. The funny thing is that we had a mattress cover at some point, but somewhere between Dallas and Austin, it got lost.
So, what’s a mom to do with a mattress that looks like a small animal died on it? Figure out how the heck to clean it is what.
After a bit of research I stumbled across two different solutions and one of them worked like a charm! Instead of hoarding this knowledge in my mind, I thought I better share it with the masses as this, my friends, was a #mattressgamechanger.
Here’s what you do:
1. Take a measuring cup and pour 8 ounces of Hydrogen Peroxide in there.
2. Take Three Tablespoons of baking soda and pour it into the peroxide. Mix it a little.
3. Pour the mixture in the spray bottle
4. Drop literally one drop of dish soap in the bottle.
5. Mix it up
6. Get sprayin’
Spray as much of the bottle as you want on the stains you have on the mattress. Put your ceiling fan on high and in about an hour…VOILA!
I know! CRAZY amazing how it worked. Now after the first hour there was still some yellowishness, but after the second run it was completely gone!
Amazing–go try it!
Have you seen my miracle carpet cleaner, too? I love miracles.
What if I don’t have a ceiling fan in the room with the mattress? Can I just let it air dry…will this still work? Thanks !
Do you have a standing fan? Or any type of fan? Using a fan will speed up the drying process, however, it is not a deal breaker! You can definitely use this process without a fan! It just decreases the drying time!
How rude no reply to previous comment!?
@melissa, yes, air-drying should work although it will take a little bit longer to 100% dry!
@anonymous… we don’t always see every comment that comes through. Sorry we upset you.
Does this take the smell away also?
It is very important to pay attention to our mattresses. They contain the highest number of allergens in our homes.It is fine to clean them once per month. I admit it is hard work but it is essential. Best regards!
I just did this 40 minutes ago and you can already tell a difference. Thank You for posting this!
My mattress is a pillowtop & has colored stitching. Will the peroxide cause the color to bleed? All of the tutorials I have read show mattresses that are solid white.
Does it bleach the colored stitching?
No it should not cause any colors to bleed. However, if you are concerned, I would try a “test” spot in an inconspicuous area, just to be on the safe side.
This is insane!!! I am so happy that I gave this a try. I’ll be moving in a couple of weeks and the thought of people seeing my gross yellow stained mattress was mortifying. So I decided to try this and it worked like a miracle with only 1 application. Stains?…what stains? Thank you so much for posting this.
Hallelujah! I’ve been searching & searching for some kind of miracle concoction to get rid of this urine stain on my mattress! It has literally kept me up at night wondering what to do? So thank you so much for this post and the steps to make my very expensive mattress pretty again ☺
So quick and easy! You get almost immediate results! Thanks for posting this !