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How do you deal with the bottom sheet on your bed?

It always wants to ride up the sides of my bed because elastic never wants to hold it in place. When I wash and dry my sheets it inevitably spirals up in the washer and dryer so it never washes or dries properly. Then it’s a pain in the ass to try and fold neatly.

I feel like I’m failing adulthood after being bested by a bedsheet.

elbowgrease ,

there trick is to pull the elastic down far enough so it reaches over the bottom edge of the mattress.

forget folding it neatly. you can adult without that skill

SkyezOpen ,

Also depends on the sheet. I have one that always pops off no matter how well I secure it on the corners.

glibg10b ,

you can adult without that skill

Thanks, that makes me feel better about my adultery skills

Coreidan ,

Thanks, that makes me feel better about my adultery skills

Stop cheating on your spouse.

mr_robot2938 OP ,

No wonder the sheets don’t stay on the bed 😂

angrystego ,

That was the joke, right?

infinitevalence ,
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Have you tried flat sheets rather than fitted?

mr_robot2938 OP ,

Always fitted. I think that’s my problem.

ekky ,

Do you latch your sheets below your matress’ corners? They’re usually meant to fully cover the top and all sides, except for those with no elastic.

Or, perhaps the elastic has gotten too lash, so they slip out from below and ride up the sides?

I don’t have a proper solution for washing and drying, except putting them in a washing bag so they don’t eat all the other laundry.

mr_robot2938 OP ,

I do latch them below the corners. I have a foam mattress topper, so fitted sheets just fit around the mattress. As a result, there isn’t a lot of extra material to go under the mattress.

I learned these straps exist. Going to give it a shot.

BombOmOm ,
@BombOmOm@lemmy.world avatar

fitted sheets just fit around the mattress

This is your core problem. They need to fit a good ways past the edge. You need a ‘deeper’ fitted sheet.

EyIchFragDochNur ,

Wash bedclothes separately at at least 60°C. Germs die and salt and fat will dissolve. No folding, because who cares it won’t make a difference after 1 night. And yeah what elbow said, pull the fittet sheets as far as possible over the mattress. The rubber ring should be as small as possible on the backside. The sewn corners on the bed sheet should rest on the mattress’ corners that are on the underside, or even being stretched further

kirklennon ,

Mattresses have an enormous variance in thickness, and sheets vary considerably in the depth of the "pocket." If your sheets can barely fit over a too-thick mattress, then they're going to pop off when you move on them. You might just want to buy some new sheets with a deeper pocket. Alternatively, you can buy elastic straps that go under the bed and clip onto the sheets. You'll generally either find these as a four pack of short ones that are meant to go only at the corners, or as a two pack of long ones meant to stretch under the entire bed and attach opposite sides. Get the long ones; they generally perform much better.

etchinghillside ,

I think if I got desperate to have my bedsheet to stop rolling up I would adapt a “Men’s shirt stay” to better hold things in place.

Witchfire ,
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They sell elastic with clips you can use to hold your sheets in place. They’re a pain in the ass to switch if you don’t know how.

My technique is to stretch the clean fitted sheet over the old one and move the clips one side at a time, then pull out the old sheet from under it.

TheRaven ,
@TheRaven@lemmy.ca avatar

Glue it to your bed. To wash, hose it down every few months. It takes about a week to dry the mattress, so you just have to get used to sleeping on a damp surface. Apply Febreze liberally.

wesker ,
@wesker@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

4-point suspenders. The adjustable kind for big boys.

Lay it on your box spring, with the 4 clips pointing at the 4 corners of the bed. Lay your mattress back down. Put your fitted sheet on, and clip each suspender clip to each corner of the sheet, under the mattress.

Life hack you didn’t know you needed.

Patches ,

Did you buy suspenders for this purpose? Who owns suspenders in the year of our Lord?

lukewarmtuna ,

My grumpy 67 yo coworker has been wearing 3 point suspenders for the past week, never seen him wear em before

guyrocket ,
@guyrocket@kbin.social avatar

Those suspenders must be too damn tight.

wesker ,
@wesker@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Firemen and obese truckers.

To answer your question in two parts:

  1. I do own a pair or two of nice dress suit suspenders, and they’re awesome. The nice kind, where you have to get buttons sewn into your dress slacks.
  2. I did specifically buy a pair of firemen suspenders, for use with sheets.
ColeSloth ,

Buy nicer sheets and you may need to buy the ones made for a deep mattress.

As a last resort you can buy clip on sheet holders that will make sure they won’t come off, but at some point you’ll probably end up ripping your sheet if you use them.

_haha_oh_wow_ ,
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They sell straps that clip on and hold it onto the bottom of your bed: Use or make those.

FaceDeer ,
@FaceDeer@kbin.social avatar

Can vouch for those, I got a set and they work great.

Alexstarfire ,

The fitted sheet? Never had issues with it. The “edges” are supposed to go under the mattress. It’s not going anywhere.

Sheets that go on top of that? I don’t use them because they are pointless. They always bunch up and end up at the foot of the bed anyway. I just use the comforter.

SuiXi3D ,
@SuiXi3D@kbin.social avatar

Maybe it’s just because I live in Texas and it’s 80 degrees outside in February, but I pretty much exclusively use that sheet. Blanket only ever covers my feet.

Alexstarfire ,

I’ve tried doing that during summer but it doesn’t cut it for me. I’m not sure it’s entirely because of weight either.

Lmaydev ,

There should be enough give to tuck the corners and sides underneath your mattress.

If not you may need deeper sheets.

I just fold them corner to corner as normal and accept it’s shit haha

TheInsane42 ,
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We only wash the bed linnen and then hang it out to dry (mynwife hates a dryi r, we got rid of it more them 15y ago). When making the bed, bottom and top are fitted around the matress in 1 go (I’m to lazy to lift the matress twice).

Lemminary ,

I don’t. I have a comfortable bed cover that I never remove for sleeping and put my sleeping blankets on top. No fiddling with any damn sheets unless it’s laundry day and my bed always looks like it’s made if I fold the top blankets aside.

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