Mum cleans stubborn mattress stains with 'fabulous' £1.50 homemade solution

A mum has revealed how to get a dirty mattress clean with an easy tip that costs less than £2.

Unlike bedding, a mattress unfortunately can't be chucked into the washing machine if it is stricken with stains. As it's often neglected in home cleaning routines, it can also get dirty from sweat, fake tan, make up and general bacteria.

If you want to finally take on the chore but don't know how, or want to invest in single use cleaning products, one woman's home made mattress cleaner is made of three ingredients. It turns out you just need some bicarbonate of soda, white vinegar, and dish soap, which cost a combined £1.50, reports The Mirror.

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Taking to Instagram, the mum shared a video explaining how she got a stain on her mattress while cleaning up her daughter's spilt milk.

She wrote in the caption: "The hack you didn't know you needed! My child spilt her milk in our bed, and whilst trying to dry it we made a huge stain.

"I thought there was no way this would come out, but came across this mattress-cleaning hack so gave it a go. Wow, is all I can say! Game changer! Works on all stains and is super easy to do!"

All you need to make the hack work is three ingredients - bicarbonate of soda, white vinegar, and liquid soap. You can pick up white vinegar for 35p from Tesco, while bicarb is 65p from the same supermarket, and washing up liquid is 69p, although can be bought for as little as 55p from Asda.

This means that in total, you can buy all the items needed for this hack for around £1.50.

Rather than using measures, simply mix the three things together until they make a paste. Then, use a cloth to rub it on the stain. "Let it dry and vacuum off the bicarb mixture, and ta da!" The mum told her followers.

"Oh fantastic hack!" one enthused, while a second echoed: "This is fab!" A third joked: "I need to try this on my daughter's bed…blooming fake tan!"

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