We give you some very practical and cheap solutions on how to remove the smell of urine from a mattress with home remedies at your fingertips.

Accidents often happen at home, especially with young children. It is common that in the first years of their childhood they urinate in the bed and the mattress is damaged. This represents an inconvenience and an investment of time to clean not only the urine but also the odor that remains when impregnated in the tissues of this object. To give you a solution to this problem, we will tell you how to remove the smell of urine from a mattress using homemade products.

Step by step on how to remove urine smell from a mattress:

1. The first thing you should do is remove all the bedding (sheets and duvet) to wash it.
2. Now the challenge comes to remove the urine stain. For this you can use the always reliable baking soda.
3. Prepare a cup with a little of this product plus water.
4. Apply it to the stained area, then cover the mattress with a large plastic wrap and let it act for 6 to 8 hours.
5. Another solution that you can prepare for this purpose consists of 2 tablespoons of baking soda, 2 of vinegar and 1 of detergent. Apply everything together on the urine stain and leave it to act for a few hours.
6. After following any of the solutions above, the process continues as follows:
7. Remove the plastic from the mattress and remove the baking soda. After checking that the stain has completely faded, we recommend that you spray the mattress with a disinfectant spray that you can get at the supermarket.

You can also do it with hair shampoo

Spread some hair shampoo on the urine stain. Then, with the help of a soft sponge, rub until the stain and the smell of urine are eliminated. Remember that shampoo is a product designed precisely to clean the remains of dirt and remove bad odors, so it is very useful for the purpose at hand.

Essential oils

Once the stain is removed, you can use essential oils to remove any remaining odor residue. The most effective are rosemary, thyme, eucalyptus, cinnamon and lavender.

Final considerations on how to remove urine smell from a mattress:

It is important that after doing all this process, your room is well ventilated, as this will help speed up the drying process and eliminate bad odors. It will also prevent the room from being impregnated with this unpleasant aroma.

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