pillow and duvet.bed head. Many mishaps can befall a mattress--something that you use every day. Unlike regular mattresses, pillow top mattresses cannot be flipped over, and the delicate pillow top can easily be damaged by playing children, spilled drinks and other common household accients. Purchasing a new pillow top mattress can be expensive. Luckily, you can repair most stains, rips and sags with a few basic supplies. Lift up your mattress to determine the cause of the sagging. The cause may be the mattress itself or the support on which the mattress rests. Place a board (or several boards, if needed) over your mattress frame to give the mattress more support. Use pieces of plywood at least 1/2 inch thick. Plywood boards can offer additional support when a boxspring can't. Place blankets underneath the bed sheet to even out a sagging mattress. Fold them and work them around until the mattress is level and comfortable. Remove the pillow top from the mattress, if possible.
Many are attached with a zipper around the edges. Place the pillow top it in the dryer on a short no-heat cycle to fluff it up. Absorb the liquid from the stain using a dry cloth. Press the cloth against the stained area. Terry cloth works very well to absorb spilled liquid. Apply a mild cleanser, such as hydrogen peroxide, to the stained area. Check your mattress tag for any special instructions on what to use. Some mattresses come with special cleaning kits for this purpose. Allow the cleanser to sit for five to 10 minutes, then blot dry. Dry the mattress well; a damp mattress can grow mold inside. Cover the ripped area of the mattress with a patch if the area is small. Sew a swatch of fabric over the rip. Many crafts and sewing stores also sell iron-on patches, which are simple to apply. Iron-on patches are easy to use. Remove the pillow top portion if the pillow top portion of the mattress is beyond repair, but the bottom (coil) portion is fine. Many can be zipped off;
otherwise, you will need to cut the pillow top at the seams to remove it. Replace the pillow top with a cotton or foam mattress pad. Sew the new pad to the bottom portion of the mattress all the way around the outside edges. You May Also Like A sagging pillow top mattress decreases your quality of sleep as the pillowtop's cushioning loses its plushness over time, and results in... Pillow top mattresses have an extra layer of filling and padding attached to the top of the mattress. This supplementary material adds... When the hitch in your giddy-up starts the minute you get out of bed -- you wake with a crick in your... Just as they were in colonial times, feather beds are warm, soft, luxurious sleeping surfaces. Whether you choose a feather bed topper...King mattresses require sturdy box springs and a frame with a center support rail to minimize body impressions. Body impressions and indentations are not always a sign of poor quality. Even the most expensive pillow-top mattress will develop indents;
the pillow top is primarily supported by the foam just below it rather than by the coils or a box spring. If you’re lucky enough to have a new two-sided mattress, just flip it and call it a day. For single-sided pillow tops, rotate the mattress and use your vacuum to attempt to pull the stuffing back into position. When You Can’t Flip, Rotate Older and specialty mattresses may have two sides: Coils in the center surrounded by foam filling with plush pillow tops sandwiching everything in between. If you have an old mattress, your best bet is to replace it; no amount of fluffing will remove indentations, which are most likely sagging. If you have a new two-sided mattress with a pillow top on both sides, remove body impressions by flipping the mattress over. For the much more common single-sided mattress, rotate it head to foot and then manually fluff the pillow top to remove body impressions. Prepping the Mattress Strip off all the bedding – this is a good time to wash the sheets while you work.
Keep dust and allergens from flying around as you fluff the mattress by first vacuuming it with a clean upholstery attachment. Wipe the attachment down before you get started, preferably with an antibacterial wipe, to prevent transferring odors to your bed. Vacuum the mattress thoroughly, including around the perimeter and where the pillow top connects to the foam base. Redistribute the Pillow-Top Filling With your vacuum attachment in hand, use the machine’s suction to pull the pillow top’s filling back into place. Starting around the perimeter of the impression, hold the attachment in one spot just long enough that the fabric sucks up; pull it up a bit with your hand and release. Repeat this step, working your way around the impression and slowly in toward the center. If necessary, use your hands to even out the filling even more. Think of it as working the lumps out of a comforter that got mangled in the dryer: Break up clumpy filling with the tips of your fingers, massaging the pillow top and slowly pushing it into place with the palms of your hands.
Preventing Body Impressions Rotating your bed every two months or flipping it twice a year will help prevent indentations in the mattress. For a two-sided mattresd, rotate the mattress head to foot every other time you flip it. If you share the bed with a partner, try swapping sides every few months to even out the wear; even if you’re both similar sizes, everyone sleeps in a different position. When you have the bed all to yourself, take a similar approach, switching your preferred sleeping side – if possible – on occasion. Outfitting your bed with a padded mattress cover also reduces the appearance of body impressions; however, this adds to the thickness of your already-hefty mattress and may make getting your fitted sheet on the bed a task. References STL Beds: There's a Body in My MattressBoise Mattress: Body Indentations – Why do They Happen and What Can You Do?Good Housekeeping: How to Clean a Mattress Photo Credits Andersen Ross/Blend Images/Getty Images Suggest a Correction