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mattress? My DP thinks i'm a bit of a nutter for doing it, but i always have. I'm not even sure why.

Please help me out and tell me i'm not the only one :)

No mad. Best way to clean a mattress is to Hoover it.

And the stuff coming out is so gross it's cool

YABU to split the thread title like that

I always hoover the matress

Makes perfect sense to me.... Hoovering out the dust and stopping dustmites?

Eh?

Is the sheet not there to collect dead skin/hair/dingleberries???

I have never in my life hoovered a mattress. Or ever considered it.

You are bonkers Madam. Bangs gavel

Sorry, wont do it again. never really posted before.

glad to see im not mad :D

Good lord, is hoovering the carpets not enough of a chore! Are we supposed to hoover the mattress as well

I want a cleaner

I don't Hoover the mattress but I do Hoover my furniture i.e the coffee table instead of polishing

I do that as well, saves time :)

I hoover my grass and patio. Not as bad as it sounds as i dont use the house vac but have a special garden vac made by flymo

I have always done it. It gets rid of he dust mites

oh i don't do it regularly. just if the hoover's near by when i'm changing the bed.

*the dust mites, even

YANBU. You must hoover the mattress! I empty the Dyson first and then take a perverse pleasure in watching how much gets sucked up. It is pretty revolting and I vacuum mine regularly.

I hoover my mattress, and I always make sure the hoover is empty first so I can see exactly how much crap comes out of it.

I thought everyone did this. If you sprinkle it with bicarbonate of soda and leave it for half and hour first, it freshens your bed.

Marrow So glad I'm not the only one to do that

Curiosity I didn't know that. So hoover first then bicarb? Or bicab first then half hour later hoover it?

@ 50shadesofgreggs. Great nickname!

Some good tips, empty dyson and bi carb.

I think i read somewhere about it getting rid of dust mites/bed bugs.

I thought you were going to say decking!

Bicarb first, then hoover. Think it's meant to neutralise odours? To be fair, I got this from my nana and she used Bicarb for everything

You must hoover the mattress!

It is unbelievable how much dust and debris comes off. I'm a regular bed changer and have protective covers etc and still I get a good few inches of dust in the hoover from one mattress!

When you think that the vast majority of dust in the house is made up of dead skin and how fast that mounts up - think about how much you shed when you are in a confined space for 8 hours a day.

I have hoovered the mattress but I really don't know if it's actually cleaning it at all, just makes me feel better. How much crap actually comes out of it, I've never noticed?

I have never done this, nor do I intend to. I have a Henry though, and I suspecct he would be a bit unwieldy.