Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 10:33:13 -0700
Reply-To: David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
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From: David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: mattress cleaning
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Washed the mattress covers, just using dish soap and water, by hand, after
remembering that the last time I washed mattress covers, I used my previous
non-agitator washing machine that had to be junked after only three years
because parts cost more than a new machine.
The larger cover was a bear to handle by hand. Beyond the urine, the
covers had a lot of extremely fine sand like material evidently from the
mattresses (same orange color as discolored portions of the foam), though
the foam itself seemed intact and springy. After the first wash the orange
material showed up on the outside of the covers (initially just inside on
the lining). Took numerous washings to get it all out.
The foam pads themselves I tried to wash with a spray nozzle on a garden
hose (too big to fit in my utility sink in the garage, and all bathtubs are
on upper stories, which would create quite a logistics nightmare). The
foam is so dense that I could not get water to penetrate all the way
through despite a high pressure spray. Did the best I could, and left
outside in the air and sun. We'll see what results.
mcneely
On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 9:14 PM, Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@icloud.com>
wrote:
> That happened to me, and I washed everything by hand (including foam) and
> hung to dry. Number One is easy to get out. No special products or
> techniques needed. Number Two is a different story :)
>
> Jeff
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jul 9, 2017, at 8:47 PM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
> >
> > My little granddaughter had a night time "accident" while sleeping on the
> > top bunk mattress of my 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile on a
> camping
> > trip this week. I have washed the mattress covers before (quite a long
> > while ago actually), but don't remember now how I went about it. The
> label
> > simply says it is "viscose," (same stuff as rayon), and "Do not wring."
> >
> > My washing machine is the old fashioned kind with an agitator, and of
> > course, a spin cycle. Can I wash the mattress cover in the machine on
> the
> > "gentle cycle" using cold water? Should I not spin it?
> >
> > What about the polyurethane foam of the mattress itself? How do I clean
> > that, especially to remove the urine from the foam?
> >
> > mcneely
>
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