You are fighting a loosing battle in a traditional mattress. Dustmites survive on your dead skin and protiens. There are mattresses made out of all natural latex rubber that are naturally mold, mildew, and dustmite resistant. You may want to do your research. This is not a one sentence sollution.
Go to a garden supply store get a bag of diatomaceous earth, and a hand squirt bottle, mix in some dish soap, and diatomaceous earth in the bottle, fill with water. Shake and the dish soap is a contact insecticide and has surfactants to keep these organics mixed, the diatomaceous earth -this is pasted Diatomite is also used as an insecticide, due to its physico-sorptive properties. The fine powder absorbs lipids from the waxy outer layer of insects’ exoskeletons, causing them to dehydrate. Arthropods die as a result of the water pressure deficiency, based on Fick’s law of diffusion-end of paste. While dish soap kills only when it’s wet, diatomaceous earth is residual or like the energy saver bunny just keeps on working. It’s a good spray to have around for any bugs ants, you can spray your pets too. Also get flies and wasp with out the fly swatter. Febreeze may kill a few mites but it won’t do much,
Vacuum it for starters. Plan to do this on a regular schedule, like once a month or so.
Use the diatomaceous earth solution as suggested here, but find someone with a pool or a spa and ask to buy a little from them for a buck instead of forking over ten dollars to a store. Use the solution after vacuuming.
Use a machine washable mattress pad and launder it on a regular basis. You don’t have to go out and buy a fancy one. You can use an old blanket if need be, just keep it nice and clean. Think of this as underwear for your bed as it will extend the life of your mattress. If possible, buy one of those mattress bags to put between you and the dust mites. Put the mattress pad on top of it and then the sheets.
Buy yourself a good allergy medicine like Zyrtec or Claritin, but buy the cheap version with out the brand name. The generic for Zyrtec is Cetirizine and I don’t remember what Claritin’s is.
no– febreze is just perfume. you are going to always have those wee bugs in your bed. just a fact of life. you can lessen them by vacuuming your mattress off once a week (when you wash your bedding) then spray your bed lightly with raid & let it dry before you put the sheets back on.
For cleaning the mattress, rent a carpet shampooer with the upholstery attachment. I don’t recommend shampooing the mattress once a week though. maybe once a year. buy a mattress protector–you can pull it off once a week and wash it.
Vacuum – Vacuum once a week: carpets, curtains, furniture. Steam cleaners are the best way of killing dust mites in your carpet or bed
Dust – Dust with a wet cloth before vacuuming. Using a spray bottle to wet surfaces can reduce airborne dust by over 90%.
Wash – Wash bedding once a week in hot water (above 130° F)
Dehumidify – Pull back your bedding during the day to let your bed air out.
Cover – Pillow and mattress protectors prevent dust mites from getting on your bedding. Because you spend so much time in bed, this is where most of your skin cells are shed, feeding the largest poplulation of dustmites in your home. Using pillow and mattress protectors, and washing them weekly will kill dust mites before they have a chance to get down in your mattress. Mattress protectors remove dust mite’s food and water source by keeping dead skin from building up and keeping the humidity down in your mattress.
7 Responses
Doug
January 9th, 2010 at 3:23 am
1You are fighting a loosing battle in a traditional mattress. Dustmites survive on your dead skin and protiens. There are mattresses made out of all natural latex rubber that are naturally mold, mildew, and dustmite resistant. You may want to do your research. This is not a one sentence sollution.
lucifer079
January 9th, 2010 at 3:23 am
2No. Try a professional service with a steamer.
DrLove
January 9th, 2010 at 3:23 am
3No, febreze simply adds fragrance to your mattress. Try a professional steam cleaning service.
clcprodigy
January 9th, 2010 at 3:23 am
4Go to a garden supply store get a bag of diatomaceous earth, and a hand squirt bottle, mix in some dish soap, and diatomaceous earth in the bottle, fill with water. Shake and the dish soap is a contact insecticide and has surfactants to keep these organics mixed, the diatomaceous earth -this is pasted Diatomite is also used as an insecticide, due to its physico-sorptive properties. The fine powder absorbs lipids from the waxy outer layer of insects’ exoskeletons, causing them to dehydrate. Arthropods die as a result of the water pressure deficiency, based on Fick’s law of diffusion-end of paste. While dish soap kills only when it’s wet, diatomaceous earth is residual or like the energy saver bunny just keeps on working. It’s a good spray to have around for any bugs ants, you can spray your pets too. Also get flies and wasp with out the fly swatter. Febreeze may kill a few mites but it won’t do much,
Bambi Berkowicz
January 9th, 2010 at 3:23 am
5Vacuum it for starters. Plan to do this on a regular schedule, like once a month or so.
Use the diatomaceous earth solution as suggested here, but find someone with a pool or a spa and ask to buy a little from them for a buck instead of forking over ten dollars to a store. Use the solution after vacuuming.
Use a machine washable mattress pad and launder it on a regular basis. You don’t have to go out and buy a fancy one. You can use an old blanket if need be, just keep it nice and clean. Think of this as underwear for your bed as it will extend the life of your mattress. If possible, buy one of those mattress bags to put between you and the dust mites. Put the mattress pad on top of it and then the sheets.
Buy yourself a good allergy medicine like Zyrtec or Claritin, but buy the cheap version with out the brand name. The generic for Zyrtec is Cetirizine and I don’t remember what Claritin’s is.
cheezy
January 9th, 2010 at 3:23 am
6no– febreze is just perfume. you are going to always have those wee bugs in your bed. just a fact of life. you can lessen them by vacuuming your mattress off once a week (when you wash your bedding) then spray your bed lightly with raid & let it dry before you put the sheets back on.
For cleaning the mattress, rent a carpet shampooer with the upholstery attachment. I don’t recommend shampooing the mattress once a week though. maybe once a year. buy a mattress protector–you can pull it off once a week and wash it.
Glenys
January 9th, 2010 at 3:23 am
7Vacuum – Vacuum once a week: carpets, curtains, furniture. Steam cleaners are the best way of killing dust mites in your carpet or bed
Dust – Dust with a wet cloth before vacuuming. Using a spray bottle to wet surfaces can reduce airborne dust by over 90%.
Wash – Wash bedding once a week in hot water (above 130° F)
Dehumidify – Pull back your bedding during the day to let your bed air out.
Cover – Pillow and mattress protectors prevent dust mites from getting on your bedding. Because you spend so much time in bed, this is where most of your skin cells are shed, feeding the largest poplulation of dustmites in your home. Using pillow and mattress protectors, and washing them weekly will kill dust mites before they have a chance to get down in your mattress. Mattress protectors remove dust mite’s food and water source by keeping dead skin from building up and keeping the humidity down in your mattress.
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