After sleeping on the mattress for a long time, you often find that the latex mattress is powdery after opening it? Many people like to sleep on QQ's soft latex mattresses because they are soft and elastic, antibacterial and anti-mite, environmentally friendly and non-toxic. But what is very annoying is that after sleeping on a latex mattress for a long time, you often find that the latex mattress hardens when you open it. If left untreated, it will become powdery, and latex powder will fly everywhere, making you allergic and sneezing all the time!

Because more people ignore the shortcomings of latex mattresses, that is, natural latex mattresses are very difficult to maintain. In addition to being easy to oxidize, improper maintenance or use can easily cause the latex mattress to harden and powder. , and the latex mattress was quickly reimbursed.

Why is latex mattress powdering or hardening?

Many people don’t know that natural latex is not resistant to high-temperature exposure. Latex mattresses must not be exposed to the sun, and they cannot be washed with water. When cleaning, you can only use food-grade baking soda powder and spread it evenly on the mattress and wait for 30 to 60 minutes. Just clean it with a vacuum cleaner. Latex mattresses should not be exposed to direct sunlight! Because the ultraviolet rays of sunlight will accelerate the oxidation of natural latex, any violation of this taboo will cause the latex mattress to powder and decompose into crumbs.

Maintenance methods to avoid hardening or powdering of latex mattresses

For consumers who buy the recommended styles of latex mattresses, oxidation of latex mattresses is a very troublesome problem, because natural latex itself is very easy to oxidize. After oxidation, the color will initially turn yellow, and then the latex mattress will begin to harden. , it will become powdery over time. Maintenance methods to prevent latex mattresses from hardening or powdering include the following:

1. Avoid direct sunlight on the mattress

In rooms with good lighting, it is recommended to use blackout curtains or use all-inclusive waterproof cleaning mats and sheets to avoid direct sunlight irradiating the mattress and preventing latex mattresses from powdering.

2. Do not use heating appliances on mattresses

Do not use electrical appliances that generate heat (such as electric blankets) on latex mattresses, nor use dryers on natural latex mattresses. Such heating appliances can easily harden the latex mattress and expose it to sunlight. The qualitative changes caused by ultraviolet rays are based on the same principle!

3. Do not use bare pads directly

Do not use bare mattresses directly on latex mattresses. Add a bed bag. The bed bag is used to protect the mattress from stains and direct sunlight. It is best to have two layers of inner jacket to prevent oxidation of the latex mattress.

4. Reverse the mattress head to tail every 3 months

After using a latex mattress, you can turn the mattress head to tail every three months or so to balance the stress on the mattress, avoid excessive human body indentation, and make the mattress more durable!

Don’t ignore the powdering of latex mattresses, as it may induce allergies!

There has been a case in the news that a child at home has always been prone to coughing wildly during sleep, even coughing to the point of vomiting. After seeing a doctor, the diagnosis was "allergy cough" and not caused by a cold. However, what the parents were wondering about was the child's room while sleeping. The windows are all tightly closed to reduce allergens in the environment as much as possible. There are no stuffed toys that can easily attract dust. The bedding is changed frequently. Where do the allergens come from?

It wasn't until a child's vomit seeped into the latex mattress he was sleeping on that the parents wanted to clean the latex mattress, only to find that the latex mattress had become exaggeratedly pulverized and the whole floor was covered in dust, and crumbs kept falling off. !

I finally found the culprit of the child's allergic cough. The latex mattress was hardened and powdered. During this period, the child was sleeping on the latex mattress. The allergic cough was caused by the child constantly inhaling the fine powder from the latex mattress. I quickly changed the bed. After the treatment, the child's "allergic cough" problem gradually improved, so don't ignore the powdering of latex mattresses, which may induce allergies!