Useful tips for maintaining your mattress
FROM cleaning it regularly to checking for bed bugs, there are various ways to ensure your mattress continues giving you a good night’s sleep for a long time.
Ankit Garg, the founder and CEO of Wakefit, and K Madhavan, the managing director of Peps Industries Pvt Ltd, listed ways that could help you maintain your mattress.
Clean the mattress regularly: From eating the morning breakfast on a lazy Sunday afternoon to gorging on chips, we end up doing almost everything while sprawled on our mattresses. While only a surface level dusting is sometimes considered enough, it is essential to clean our mattresses frequently to avoid the damage from insects that follow the trail of those forgotten titbits.
Do not allow pets on the bed: This is a strict no-no if you want your mattress to last long. Most household pets have long and sharp nails that puncture the outer surface of mattresses.
Look out for bed bugs: This is important for you, your family and your mattress’ health. Bed bugs are one of the most common problems for sleep deprivation all over the world and their bite can be extremely painful for newborn children and even adults.
Preventing kids from jumping on the mattress: Those wrestling or yoga sessions need to find a different surface if you want your mattress to remain in the prime of its health.
Use a mattress cover: It is important to have a mattress with a high quality cover, to keep the internal structure protected and the foam material firmly in place. Opting for mattresses that have a removable cover attached helps to achieve the objective.
Use a mattress protector: The core material of mattresses are vulnerable to damage from external elements such as water. Some innovative mattress protectors are waterproofed to protect from damp and water spills.
Let the mattress be exposed to mild sunlight occasionally: We have seen our elders do it on a regular basis and often wondered why, but carrying those hefty mattresses to the rooftops for that frequent glimpse of sunlight is integral to removing any dampness that might hamper the mattress. Regularly exposing mattresses to sunlight is important to remove harmful microbial elements and helps the core material to mesh tighter.
Flip the mattress every six months: It has been six months and one face of the mattress has accumulated its fair share of dirt and damage. But you still do not have the time to take it out, inspect it for damages and do a bit of cleaning. What's the solution? Simple, just flip it over to the other side. It is also important to keep flipping sides to avoid any damage from weather changes and dampening. – IANS