How do you clean...

those foam portacot mattresses? My friends son puked all over ours last night. The care instructions says to remove cover and machine wash, then sponge the inner with mix of water and mild detergent. But my cover is sewn on and can't be removed and I'm worried that just sponging it all won't get right into it and clean it properly. And there is nothing worse than the smell of puke    Help please

Edited by KH25

I wash ours in the washing machine. It's stayed intact so far and I've done it quite a few times.
Drying in the sun is good for getting rid of lingering stink and germies too.

Thanks guys. Might chuck it in the washing machine and see what happens    Haha Mel, dry in the sun??? I sooo can't remember the last time I saw sun lol

I'm not sure of the best way to wash the foam mattresses but I frequently have to dry the foam mattress for the dog kennel when it gets wet (which at the moment is every couple of days)

I normally squeeze the excess water out the best that I can and put it on the airing rack with the dehumidifier and the pedestal fan blowing on it, if it's really wet it helps to have one end lower than the other so you can keep squeezing out the excess water. It is quite thick but is normally dry the next morning if i put it on in the afternoon.

Well I managed to squeeze it in the washing machine without too many dramas. Although I can still smell the vomit on the patch that copped the most of it. I might try the baking soda and water thing and then lay it in the sun (which is apparently forecast for this week )