Is the smell of a sun-dried quilt the smell of dust mites? Actually, it is not

Abstract: We all know that basking in the sun is a very comfortable thing, and basking in the warm sunshine is also very helpful and beneficial to your health, but this does not mean the midday sun; the midday sun has a relatively high temperature and relatively strong ultraviolet rays. At this time, the sunlight is more suitable for airing quilts, because it is said that the ultraviolet rays of the midday sun can kill dust mites on the quilt and can also make the quilt drier and softer. At the same time, a quilt that has been aired in the sun will also produce a "reassuring" smell.

Perhaps at this point some people will be curious about how this reassuring smell appears. Quite a few reports point out that this smell is actually the smell produced after sunlight kills dust mites, but this has no scientific basis. The main component of a dust mite's body is water, while the rest is protein, and we know that water has no smell, but if protein is scorched by the sun, the odor produced should be a stench, not the smell a quilt usually has after being baked in the sun.

There is another explanation: a quilt baked in the sun absorbs fresh air, and at the same time the moisture on the quilt can also be baked dry. Most quilts are made of cotton, and after losing water, the evaporated steam carries the scent of plants, so a quilt aired in the sun will have a so-called "reassuring" smell.

How honest this smell is is beside the point for now, but it is true that a quilt aired in the sun can kill dust mites. So how can dust mites be thoroughly killed? Some netizens commented that you can use a black garbage bag from your own home, put the quilt inside it, seal the opening of the bag, and then put it in the sun to bake. In this way, the temperature inside the bag will continue to rise, and after 2 to 3 hours of baking, the dust mites will be killed. This uses the principle of black absorbing heat to remove mites at high temperature.

But the editor does not agree with this netizen's method. First, using a plastic bag to put the quilt in and bake it in the sun, although the dust mites can be killed, the quilt will retain the plastic smell volatilized from the plastic bag. This volatilized plastic smell, as well as chemical components, are harmful to the body. At the same time, I want to say, if you use a garbage bag to put the quilt in and leave it outside to bake in the sun, what if a well-meaning person comes along, picks up the plastic bag and throws it into the trash can?

Conclusion: Regarding this, if everyone has any good methods and good opinions, you can leave them in the comment section below.