During my last pregnancy we got a brand spankin' new couch. A light brown coloured microfiber couch to be exact. Well, near the end of my pregnancy it had turned pretty gross. I mean, gross. Stains from water, juice, milk, food, sauce... You name it, it was probably on there. I wanted it to be in perfect condition when I got home from the hospital, especially when guests arrived to visit!
I did some research and found depending on your couch all hope was NOT lost. There is suppose to be a tag on your couch showing if you can wash with ONLY water, soap or something else. So I flipped mine over and began hunting for a tag. Of course there was none with the markings I had googled and found so I was determined to find out one way or another so I did some tests.
I had a few things on hand I wanted to try.
Mean Green
Windex
Soap and Water
Rubbing Alcohol and Water
All things are said to be safe on different microfiber, it's finding which will work that is the tricky part. People told me I was crazy to try, to rent a carpet or steam cleaner and I'm so glad I didn't, this was super easy and less than $5 as I had everything on hand except a few extra bottles of Rubbing Alcohol. (dollar store $1 per bottle!)
First I tried the Mean Green. A simple spot check where the pillows would cover is all I did and I'm glad that's all I did. Within seconds it had bleached out that spot. I mean, it was orange. No go with Mean Green.
Scaring myself I decided to go with the most likely to work and less likely to ruin Rubbing Alcohol and Water.
I again did a discreet spot check and it didn't do much but it also didn't bleach out the spot so I decided to give it a go.
Boy was I happy I did. It worked wonders! It turned my disgusting eye sore of a couch into a brand new looking comfortable pretty piece of furniture again!
Wonderful right? I've done it a few more times since, and have to do it again. It hasn't damaged at all and even the scrub brush I used hasn't left a single mark. It's great.
All you need is 50/50 rubbing alcohol and water in a spray bottle. You soak the couch (or lightly spray, or moderately depending on how severe the couch is) and take a scrub brush and brush it. I left windows open and used fans to have mine dry quicker but once it does properly it's glorious.
I would recommend hunting down the tag on your item to find out what you should use, if you can't find it I would do a small spot test or if you feel adventurous tackle it with something less likely to ruin the item. Spot testing is something I would advise though, you don't want to ruin anything! Not really fun trying to clean couches, especially with how big mine is (sectional) but it's well worth it. Put on some good tunes, perhaps asheville dj services would do the trick? Boogie on down and get to cleanin'! All kidding aside all you need is to spray and scrub a little for perfection to come back through!
Make some ugly, dirty looking piece look new once again simply and quickly!
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