Comments on: How to Wash Memory Foam

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:32:28 +0000

I want to do this, but can’t find what Woolite to buy in the UK. Is this Woolite the washing detergent or the carpet cleaner foam? Has anyone else used another product successfully?

Tesco has the Woolite for Delicates Non Bio (750ml) if that would be OK?

By: Sola

Sola — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:48:05 +0000

They do sell waterproof mattress covers – especially for memory foam beds; they are rubber on the bottom and terrycloth on the top, They cost about $30 on Overstock, and are WELL worth the extra investment – an ounce of prevention is worth a pound (or 300 pounds!) of cure.

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:33:22 +0000

Sham wow is a product that I believe is made in Germany that is advertised on paid programming. It is a useful product, you can just about use it on anything. You can probably Google it and find a way to buy one. There will probably have a product guide so you can see what it is and how to use it also.
good luck!

By: Omahhum

Omahhum — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:00:46 +0000

Thanks Raven.

Just like to know what a “sham wow” is?
Is the “Clorox oxi magic” a spot stain remover?

Many thanks all, most useful.

By: Raven

Raven — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:48:16 +0000

My daughter has chronic diarrhea. This morning she slipped in my bed and made a terrible mess. I searched the internet for how to clean this up. As I didn’t want to mess up my mattress and I didn’t want to have a poopy bed either. The method above seems like it must be for a pillow cause there is no way I can do this by myself and I live in an apt. So knowing that more wet wasn’t gonna hurt it I set out to cleaning.

My favorite to clean up her “mess” is Clorox Oxi Magic and a ShamWow. I usually pour it in a measuring cup and wring the sham wow back into there to make sure I have gotten the liquid almost out, if not all out.

So I applied this method to the mattress (it’s cover is in the wash) and I agitated it with my fingers and waited the 5 minutes. Sham wowed it and I must say the only draw back was that spot was cleaner than the rest of the mattress. I will have to do the whole thing in the summer on a hot day so it can air out.

It is still slightly damp to the touch, but paper towels fixed that.

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:53:26 +0000

Where do you get space bags from? Do you roll the topper or fold it to put it in the bag?

By: Clyde

Clyde — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:51:40 +0000

I have a 3″ topper removed it sent it to landfill, not worth all the problems!!

By: Devin

Devin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:54:59 +0000

I recently helped a friend back to my apartment after they drank a little too much at a party. After helping them in bed and and going to bed downstairs, I find the next morning the bed soaked with a large urine spot. That morning I used mild hand soap to spread around as I could, hoping it could help and let the mattress dry for the rest of the day after rinsing the spot with clean water. The surface dried and so I thought it was fine to sleep on that night and did so. The next morning I feel under the covers and find the spot to be damp again. A little disgusting… I’ve tried to follow the above directions, but feel as if I couldn’t get enough water out afterward/use enough Woolite mixture/use enough or not enough of both mixtures. Also I’ve begun this process at night time and am worried that leaving this outside overnight will not aid in the drying process as the temperature is only 48* outside. This is the best I can do in my current situation and am wondering if it is even helping…

By: LR

LR — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:03:43 +0000

“Space Bag” is the brand name of a line of plastic bags designed for storage. They have an opening in the side where you can connect a vacuum hose and suck the air out. That flattens the items inside and makes them store in a much smaller space. You can buy them at a lot of places – Walmart, Amazon.com, Target, probably just about anywhere.

By: Alfrita

Alfrita — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:48:35 +0000

My daughter insisted on having a memory foam mattress when she moved to her apartment during her senior year of college. The best way to transport it back home after school was to place it in a space bag. Now that she is living at home again we decided to just keep it stored in the space bag. Think about. When she received the mattress in the mail it was shipped in something like a space bag. Why not store it like the manufacturer does.

By: Sara

Sara — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:53:56 +0000

Last year I washed my memory foam pillow. I put it in a big utility sink and submerged it in a weak solution of laundry soap. It came out fresh as a daisy, but I had to wait almost a month before I could sleep on it! The task of getting all the soap and excess water out of it left me aching for two days. Then, on a rack, under a screen, under a blistering summer sun, it took nearly 3 weeks ’til it was fully dry in the center (luckily no mildewing, though).
Now I keep it in double pillow cases hoping I won’t have to do that again any time soon. Good luck!

By: Terri

Terri — Thu, 14 May 2009 00:33:15 +0000

So I take it I cant just run it through one of those huge commercial washers and dry it in a dryer? This is gonna suck!

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 02 May 2009 19:07:22 +0000

How do I store a memory foam topper? I have a good one that I am not using as I got a new bed and want to put it away until I can give it away to someone. Do I roll it up, fold it or what???

By: Allison

Allison — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:09:00 +0000

I tried cleaning a memory foam and hurt my back trying to lift. I was washing out a cat urine stain, using the bathtub. I tried to pick up enough to turn and strained my back. I ended up herniating a disc as a result. Don’t lift unless you have a partner to help (!!) especially when its wet!

By: Augustus

Augustus — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:15:39 +0000

Hello,

Once you’ve cleaned you mattress, as best you can, you can sanitize it with a steam cleaner and then use a UV light to further kill any germs or bacteria that may remain in and on the mattress. Steam and UV light will kill any and most germ and bacteria.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:27:03 +0000

Just an addition to the entry on how to wash memory foam…

Keeping a team of footballers on hand to help handle the foam once it’s soaked with water is of utmost necessity. This stuff holds water like the sponge it is, and a large piece of sodden foam can weigh more than the person trying to wrestle it about. My neighbor, who witnessed the fun, is still laughing.

Best of luck. You’ll need it!