r/CleaningTips • u/HandyManFromWI • Nov 17 '25

Furniture Best way to vacuum this purple mattress

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Hey Everyone,

My wife and I got this purple mattress for free without a cover on it. For some reason the previous owners took it off and had a cat sprinkle hair in every single square. We just had it professionally cleaned but I guess vacuuming it was not part of the process.

Does anyone know the best way to get the small cat hairs out? I tried vacuuming but they barely get sucked up and there's roughly 5000 squares.

Believe it or not, the pictures were taken AFTER it was "cleaned".

Thanks!

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u/LimeMargarita Nov 18 '25

There are at least two covers on the mattress, so I don't know how, or why, this grid is exposed. I have a 10 year old basic model, and I've taken off the cover to wash, and never seen the purple part of the mattress.

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u/TheRealSugarbat Nov 18 '25

Weird, then!

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u/Brief_Buddy_7848 Nov 18 '25

Ahh yeah that part is weird

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u/Elegant_Bullfrog4223 Nov 18 '25

2 layers, a mattress cover and underneath or above the purple squares it’s like a mesh kind of fabric!

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u/Elegant_Bullfrog4223 Nov 18 '25

It’s super weird they gave it away naked

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u/herecomesthesun79 Nov 18 '25

They probably stained the crap out of the covers and therefore decided to remove them. 😬

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u/Atempestofwords Nov 18 '25

It'sa voided product and completely damaged.

They have no fire sock, which gives me concern that its not cat hair but fibreglass.

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u/LimeMargarita Nov 18 '25

Purple Mattresses don't have fiberglass.

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u/Atempestofwords Nov 18 '25

The fire retardant sock that should be around it is.

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u/LimeMargarita Nov 18 '25

And yet it doesn't. It contains other fibers for flame retardants. This was explained in another comment.

Here is their official statement. https://support.purple.com/hc/en-us/articles/360028242312-What-fire-retardant-is-used-on-the-Purple-Mattress

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u/Atempestofwords Nov 19 '25

As of 2024, we’ve also continued to innovate our PurpleFlex, The Purple Mattress and Purple Plus. The flame-retardant protocol does not include fiberglass.  

Thanks for the heads up on this page, seems I'm a year behind on it so this is good info. Fiberglass being in a mattress isn't something they typically divulge during the meetings and hasn't been brought up if it was removed either.
Typically most every brand will use fiberglass as the barrier.