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Body Odor Smell on a Mattress?

I am renting and my landlord gave us a kingsize bed. My problem is that the mattress smells from body odor and where ever it was stored. How can I get that odor out? I have tried Febreze and Lysol. It is driving us crazy.

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Cwazywabbit from Ripley, TN

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January 9, 20062 found this helpful
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Regardless of how much of the odor you can remove I would encase the mattress in plastic and then put a mattress cover over top of that before putting your sheets on. You are then protected from anything distasteful left on the mattress as well as any lingering odor.

 
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January 10, 20061 found this helpful
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I would sleep on an air mattress before I would sleep on a mattress that smelled of body odors or any other kind of odors. But if you insist on keeping the bed, you could dilute white distilled vinegar with water in a spray bottle and spritz the mattress. Don't soak it, just spray it on lightly and allow to dry. I read this in a little book on many uses for vinegar.

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Save your money and buy a new mattress.

 
January 10, 20061 found this helpful
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baking soda and borax should do the trick, but as others have said, best to get a mattress cover.

 
January 12, 20060 found this helpful
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Put the mattress out in the sun. The sun has ultraviolet rays the kill bacteria that causes smells. I do this regularly with my pillows that I can not wash as they are latex. Pillows smell much nicer after a day in the sun!

 
By TENDER LOVER (Guest Post)
November 24, 20071 found this helpful
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Walmart has the mattress covers for $8-$15 bucks, then go to overstock.com and buy yourself a 2inch memory foam topper for under $70. Now your sleeping on a new bed with no smell since the vinyl mattress cover is stopping the funk

 
June 10, 20160 found this helpful

Right now any size bed re Concierge Collection Mattress cover is on sale at HSN. Just got mine for m CA King Size bed for $59.00 on flex pay and wow, what a bargain and water proof too.

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December 13, 20160 found this helpful

For some people, memory foam stinks way more than body odor and the chemical gases it emits are harmful

 
April 25, 20080 found this helpful
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I realize I am a little late on this. A very very good vacuuming with a beater bar is first. Then I would go buy an enzyme cleaner (like for cat and dog urine). Spray the mattress good and let it sit for a good 10 minutes. Then blot with towels or if you have a shop vacuum suck it up with that. It that does not do it. Then I highly recommend getting rid of the mattress.

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As for the memory foam mattress. I would call the company, especially after only 6 or so months and raise hell. That mattress cost a fortune and I would want them to take care of it.

Good luck!!

 
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January 8, 20060 found this helpful

Baking Soda sprinkled on mattress; wait a while; then, vacuum it up? I'm guessing because they make Baking Soda products for odors in fridge/freezer, for carpets, for laundry. Look on Box of Baking Soda products; perhaps it will give you advise? Hope this helps.

 

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January 9, 20060 found this helpful

I think I'd want to call around (perhaps used furniture stores) and see how to have the mattress sterilized. The baking soda is a good idea for odor alone....but I'm so picky, I'd want it sterilized, too.

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I think it's very nice of your landlord, though.

 
By Becki in Indiana (Guest Post)
January 13, 20060 found this helpful

If the smell is your only concern, tuck a few fabric softener sheets under the edges of the mattress.

 
November 25, 20081 found this helpful

I found out that a spray bottle of vinegar seems to do the trick. Allow drying time before you do this. Just spray it on and then when damp apply baking soda. Take a scrub brush and brush it into the mattress. When almost completely dry, take a vacuum with a beater bar and sweep off the excess. Again, open some windows, you will smell the vinegar. Once it's dry, you won't smell the odor or the vinegar.

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Then get a mattress protector at walmart--$7-15 and just regularly wash the sheets. I found out with bed wetters this was the simplest and inexpensive way to clean the odors out. When you wash the sheets, wash them in a soap with enzymes and about 2 cups of white vinegar--they will be fresher than ever! Good Luck!!

 
September 28, 20130 found this helpful

Corn starch is the answer. Everyone always forgets about it and uses baking soda. First spritz the mattress all over with vineger in a spray bottle ( lightly spray..don't soak it) After about 2 hrs sprinkle the corn search all over the mattress. Let sit at least 4-5 hrs. I left mine on the whole day, so the longer the better. Then vaccuum up the corn starch. If that don't get your stink out, nothing will.

This was a tip from Heloise in a magazine I get. I'm sure most of you know who she is. I inherited a mattress that smelled like "old person" tried everything I could find on the Internet to remove the smell and nothing worked. Saw the magazine article....tried it...old person smell gone. Heloise said its possible you may have to repeat the process several times to remove strong odors. Good luck!

 

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