Last summer, I helped my cousin do some construction work on his place, and in exchange I received a '87 travel trailer that I'd like to use on my own BOL. The problem is, it was last used as a "smoker's hut" and so the interior smells like a ashtray. I've been working on that with an assortment of cleaning products, and have replacements for the dinette upholstery (the originals were badly ripped), but I'm having problems dealing with the mattress on the bed.
The mattress is a custom shape: it's a full mattress with a 15° cut made on one corner, so it doesn't protrude into the walkway into the kitchen. Replacement would be very expensive, so I've been wondering if it would be possible to clean it. My thinking has been towards something like a Rug Doctor upholstery cleaning machine, but drying it out afterwards is the problem, at least until next summer.
Does anyone have any better suggestions that might work right now (midwinter)? It should be rather inexpensive, as a plain new mattress (not with the strange shape) would be roughly $150, and a air mattress that would fit is only $40 or so. If I can't find a decent way to clean the current mattress, I'll try one of those replacements instead.
The mattress is a custom shape: it's a full mattress with a 15° cut made on one corner, so it doesn't protrude into the walkway into the kitchen. Replacement would be very expensive, so I've been wondering if it would be possible to clean it. My thinking has been towards something like a Rug Doctor upholstery cleaning machine, but drying it out afterwards is the problem, at least until next summer.
Does anyone have any better suggestions that might work right now (midwinter)? It should be rather inexpensive, as a plain new mattress (not with the strange shape) would be roughly $150, and a air mattress that would fit is only $40 or so. If I can't find a decent way to clean the current mattress, I'll try one of those replacements instead.
