How Do You Air Out A Mattress?
Remove the plastic wrapping carefully from the mattress with a knife or scissors.Find a room or area where air circulates freely. Choose a spare room with a window that can be left open or use a garage or basement that is not so damp as to encourage mildew in your new mattress.Lean your new mattress up against a wall. Setting it against a wall will allow air to reach its surfaces, giving the odors a chance to be released.Rotate the mattress regularly. Whether you decide to air out the mattress for a day, several days, or even weeks, be sure to keep turning it so that every surface will be exposed to air.Perform a smell test. You will know your mattress is ready for use when you no longer detect the offending odor. How long this takes depends on manufacturer materials and your sensitivity to the smell.
• Pull off all the bed linen and let the mattress breathe. Pull off all the bed linen and let the mattress breathe. Do this weekly for at least one hour, with nothing else on the mattress. Remove all clothing, sheets and even pillows from the mattress so that it is completely open to the air. If possible, open all window dressings and have the sun shine on the mattress through the window. • This is the ideal time to wash your sheets and other bedding, as necessary. A recommended washing time is weekly for sheets and pillowcases and quarterly for blankets and heavier bedding items. • Wash the mattress cover monthly to quarterly, depending on how dirty it appears. • If you have dust allergies, vacuum the mattress regularly, too. If you have dust allergies, vacuum the mattress regularly, too. Doing this weekly or monthly will help to remove dust and dust mites. • Air the mattress outdoors once to twice a year. Air the mattress outdoors once to twice a year. Get help moving it to a dry and
