How often do you vaccuum your mattress?

I don't. I never even heard of people doing this. I do know someone who runs Pine Sol in a bucket with hot water and scrubs her mattresses then lets them air dry. She does this weekly.

At one time it seemed to be part of the yearly Spring clean routine and I think quite a lot of people still do it - but not everyday!

Good Housekeeping magazine even had an article about vacuuming a mattress and how it should be done regularly, quite recently. And a couple of years ago one of the shopping channels here was selling something that vacuumed and heat treated the mattress, can't remember the name though, just remember reading about it at the time.

I do mine when I put a new duvet and pillows on the bed just so I feel I've done a complete job. 

Very occasionally,like a couple of times a year maybe. Normally I'm prompted to do it when I turn the mattress over or I've read an article about how much dead skin that is deposited on a mattress even though it's covered by a sheet!!

Mine gets it a couple of times a year, but only because my son seems to frequently throw up in MY bed. I have a mattress pad, but sometimes it gets through. When that happens, I sprinkle baking soda all over it for the day and then vacuum it up. Only the top gets vacuumed.

That poor housekeeper!!!!

I have never heard of such foolishness. Sometimes I wonder if people like making more work for themselves. Crazy.

I have a pillow top now so I can't flip it but I do rotate it about every 3 months.  When I do that I sprinkle it with baking soda and vacuum.  Once a year I shampoo it and we sleep in the guest room one night to give it time to really dry.

We put vinyl covers on the kids beds when they were little, and still use them. We have to replace them every year or so but I like to still use them because I feel it keeps the mattress cleaner. Not sure if it does, just seems like it does. And a few years ago, lice went around the school, so that really made me happy we had the vinyl cover!

That's a thing? Huh.

Yes. What do you use?

I use this product but it is out of stock currently:

*disclaimer - my sister does sell it, but I actually introduced her to it. I have been using it for a year and it even helps my husband's allergies and snoring at night. I love it.


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I'm a lazy housekeeper so vacuuming the mattresses definitely doesn't fall into my "must do" category   

I have gone to a few Norex parties recently so I have seen this and wondered if that was the product you used. However, how do we really know that is what it is doing? There is nothing that we can do to validate this claim. My mattress won't "feel" cleaner, kwim? Just curious...

I swear, every time I log onto 2peasrefugees I feel worse about my housekeeping lol. Where do I fall short? Oh let me count the ways (quick list, off the cuff)

-Daily changing of hand towels. Or rather, decorative towels only. Nope.
-Weekly (or more often) changing of bed sheets. Nope.
-Not washing hands in your kitchen sink, because the kitchen sink will get dirty. Nope
-Company ready, 24/7. Nope.
-No menstruating in the shower. Oops.
-Foot flushing, although I wasn't clear if that was only in public places. It never occurred to me to shut the toilet lid to prevent spray throughout my bathroom.
-Scrubbing the grout lines on your tiled floor - DARK grout people, its your new best friend!! lol, yes I clean it occasionally. Daily? Not a chance. Weekly? Not even.
-And now vacuuming your mattress. Only after we move houses.

I know the OP was saying this vacuuming was excessive, but I didn't realize this was even a thing. So it makes me wonder if, when there are posts that talk about cleaning habits - do most peas nod their heads in complete understanding, or are they scratching their heads thinking WTF? 

(I will say this post is meant as a joke, but I do often wonder if people are posting how they would LIKE to keep their house clean, rather than what actually happens. Because I can't be that poor at time management - there is just no way I could get it all done...)