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I didn't think dust *inside* the
mattress was usually a problem. |
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What's up with you and hoover vacuum cleaners, are you some sort of vacuum salesman ilawrow? |
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Doubles in weight over 10 years? OMG. Ask Stan the Gadget Man (Yes-the one from TV in 70s and 80s) what he thinks. He is an avid collector of vacuum cleaners. |
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Salmon: "Hoover" seems to be a generic name for 'vacuum cleaner' in Rightpondia... |
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maybe just a hole on the side of the mattress that would allow you to suck all the dust out through a series of air ducts with your ordinary household vaccume attatchment. |
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You can get dust-mite resistant matresses already. I am not sure whether they're 100% effective and whether it's worth cleaning out the inside of a matress. A problem with your design is that unless you have an airbed (or a waterbed for that matter) the matress would act as a big filter and a powerful vacuum would be ineffective at drawing dust out of the matress. It might even pull surface dirt deeper into the matress. |
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One solution could be to have a totally hermetically sealed matress. The existing springs and padding would remain. There could be (an) expansion pocket(s) on the bottom/sides to allow the matress to function normally. |
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Your idea does have merit, but in a different application. Airbeds are awful to sleep on, but compact for storage. If you had an airbed-type liner with a modified conventional spring-and-filler-type fller, you could make a mattress that feels (almost) as good as a conventional-type, but stores easily, because instead of inflating it with a pump, you deflate it with a vaccuum. It's like those space-saver vacuum storage bags for winter clothing. There's also an added bonus that you can control how hard or soft the matress is by partially deflating it. |
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I find taking it out with your built up steam or aggression by beating the mattress with a cricket bat usually works fine. |
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Aha! I know it's not what you meant, but steam cleaning of a mattress - now there's an idea worth marketing. It could sterilise the mattress to a reasonable depth. |
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An alternative is gamma-irradiation, but that'll definately require professional help. |
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