Home Upholstery Cleaning

How to clean home upholstery. (Photo Credits)

Cleaning upholstery can be very challenging especially when there are stains that have set-in into the furniture.

Stains may include everyday liquids such as drinks, oil, wine, and the like. Hard-to-clean stains may be those from mold or fire damage. And while a home owner will need professional upholstery help for mold and fire damage, clean up for minor issues such as spills can be done easily. Removing Mold

DIY Inspired for instance shared a great way to deep clean upholstery. “How do you keep up with that new sofa or chair look while protecting them from spilled wine, dinner parties, and messy kids? Vacuuming alone isn’t enough. When we moved into our home, we were very selective with the pieces of furniture we chose. We wanted to mix beauty and functionality. We love our giant couch (Mia calls it the “comfy couch”) and out wing backed dining room chairs. With a kid and consistent playdates, I needed to figure out how to deep clean upholstery like this.”

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Great Cleaning Tip

MOLDS Hometalk for its part shared the recipe for an all-around upholstery cleaner. “My Go-To Stain Remover for carpet and upholstery is…laundry detergent. Check out my blog for the steps to this SUPER EASY and QUICK clean-up for stains and spills on carpet, slipcovers, upholstery, etc…”

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The Road to Domestication meantime tackled that one upholstered furniture in any home, that usually needs to get cleaned – the couch!

“The long fiber sofas are also very capricious when it’s time for cleaning. The long fibers are perfect to accumulate greater dirt, sand and dust particles at the base of the fibers. The need for a monthly cleaning enhances when you have pets like cats and dogs, especially if they play on the sofa. In this case, you will definitely need a sanitizing agent to prevent the formation of pollens and allergens, while deodorizing the long fiber surfaces in the meantime. Another essential step is to pre-vacuum the entire surface of the sofa to remove all the bigger particles and pet hairs.”

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