There are few things that feel as wonderful as being freshly showered and lying in a bed with clean sheets.
According to the cleaning expert Marlene Eriksson that experience should happen at least every fortnight because both dirt and hair products are stored in the pillowcase, which is not particularly fresh.
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Mites in your bed live on moisture, hair and skin
Being clean yourself gives a fresher feeling, which is enhanced by the fact that the bedding is also clean.
The textile chain Hemtex signs its homepage that you can easily make them feel even fresher for longer by airing the bedding a couple of days a week.
But the bed is also the perfect place for bacteria to thrive. Mites, which cannot be seen with the naked eye, are the most common we have learned to thrive in the bed and in our fabrics. The tiny arachnid lives on sweat, moisture, hair and skin deposits, and the amount we humans emit every night is enough to feed millions of mites for several weeks.
In order to keep the bedding fresh and extend its lifespan, you should therefore wash it regularly. Then it is important not to scrimp on the temperature. 40 degrees is not enough to kill the bacteria, instead the temperature must rise to 60 degrees or alternatively 90 degrees, writes Hemtex.
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Mites thrive in bedding. Source: Anticimex, Photographer: Lennart FalkThis is how you keep your bedding fresher for longer
Even Sovfabriken signs its homepage how to act to keep bed linen fresher for longer.
First of all, make sure that you have put an adequate amount of soiled linen in the machine. A common mistake is to cram the washing machine full, but then there is not enough space to guarantee cleanliness.
You should also not wash the bedding together with other clothes. If you do, it can create friction, which in turn wears out the fabrics and shortens the lifespan of the bedding.
When the washing program is finished, you should immediately take care of the wet laundry to avoid the risk of mold sticking and flourishing.
Instead of using the dryer, which also wears the fabric and shortens the life of the bedding, you should let it air dry.
Then mangle or iron the bedclothes to press the fibers and thus extend the bedclothes.
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Photo: Henrik Montgomery/TTTWash bedding? Therefore, you should never use fabric softener
An important detail when washing bed linen is to avoid fabric softener, which is commonly used. The reason is that fabric softener is harmful to the fabric as it often contains potentially harmful chemicals. If you want the freshly washed bedding to smell good, you can add a drop or two of essential oil.
If you sweat a lot, have been sick or suffer from allergies, instead of changing your bedclothes every two weeks, you should instead change them once a week in order to avoid the risk of falling ill again or worsening the allergy.
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