You could clean up stubborn mattress stains in just one hour using one common bathroom staple and no scrubbing – as many say they wish they knew the hack sooner
Say goodbye to mattress stains with this easy hack.
No matter how thorough we are with our cleaning routines, mattresses will eventually get stained. Be it through sweating profusely in the summer months or getting patches of blood on the surface, a stained mattress is simply part of life.
Cleaning the stains, however, can be an absolute nightmare. It’s not as though you can simply put your mattress through a quick washing machine cycle as many stain-removing products require you to spend a lifetime scrubbing away and hoping the mark eventually lifts.
But according to one cleaning fan on TikTok, you don’t need to faff around with complicated cleaning methods. All you need is one bathroom staple and some patience.
In a post shared by @homewithleanne, Leanne explained you can lift stains from your mattress with just one product that many of us already have in our bathroom cabinets – shaving cream.
Simply squirt the foam onto your mattress and spread it around with your hand so it covers the stained area. Leanne did not rub the product into the mattress, but simply spread it out and left it to sit on the surface.
She then recommended leaving the product to work for an hour before wiping it away with a damp cloth. This process alone should lift the stain and leave your mattress looking good as new, however, you should wait until the mattress is dry before putting your bedsheets back on.
In her caption, Leanne explained why the hack works. She wrote: “It sounds crazy, but it actually works! Here’s why. Shaving cream contains:
“1. Surfactants that LIFT STAINS. 2. Emulsification that REMOVES OILS. 3. Foaming agents that HELP LIFT AND REMOVE THE STAIN. Try it out and try it now! Your mattress will thank you!”
Commenters were blown away by Leanne’s video, with many saying they couldn’t wait to try the hack out for themselves. One person said: “I’m going to try tomorrow to get my husband’s sweat stains out!”
Another commented: “Leanne I could hug you right now I have been looking for a mattress hack. Thank you,” and a third also wrote: “My son smashed a pear core on the mattress while the protector was in the wash. Definitely going to try this today!”
Leanne later answered some questions about the hack as she admitted the trick “probably wouldn’t work” on blood stains, although she hadn’t tried it herself to verify.
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