How to clean and maintain your sofa?

You sit on your sofa with a coffee to read or watch your favorite series and suddenly, disaster, you overthrow your coffee! Do not panic, there is always a solution to make this damn task leave without damaging it. Follow our guide… We will present to you how to clean and maintain your sofa?

Interview adapted to the type of sofa

Sofa maintenance is different depending on its coating. It is therefore necessary to know in what material is your sofa: is it leather, fabric, microfiber, velour? Consult the label of its coating if it is accessible or refer to the instructions hoping that you have kept it.

If specialized products are effective in reaching most tasks, however, it is not always necessary to use it. It is quite possible to clean the sofa with the simple necessities of everyday life: an economical and ecological solution!

Fabric sofas

A fabric sofa is as fragile as a imitation leather sofa. To clean it with unfortunate spots and preserve its shine, it is essential to follow the following advice:

In the case of a fabric sofa with cover :

Remove the cover of the sofa structure and read the washing instructions on the cover label or on the user manual. Make sure the composition of the fabric to find out if the fabrics of the fabric are natural or synthetic (microfiber). After checking the composition, you can wash the protection in the machine or if you still have doubts to wear it in laundry.

Do not wait for the cover to be stained, to wash it. We advise you to clean it once or twice a year.

In addition, twice a month, it is advisable to use a vacuum cleaner with a flexible brush to dust your sofa.

In case of persistent stains, use a specialized product that will have been advised and make sure to treat the whole fabric without the detremper.

For a fabric sofa coverless :

Same thing, read carefully the washing instructions on the sofa or on the user manual to find out if your sofa supports water or not.

Upon purchase and after each cleaning, it is necessary to use an anticache waterproofing to better protect the textiles.

Twice a month, we advise you to dust it with a vacuum cleaner and a flexible brush.

It is also recommended to clean the sofa with dry foam or special fabric shampoo and a little water, once or twice a month.

Leather sofas

Leather being a delicate material, it is important to respect a few rules in order to maintain it without leaving traces.

• Removal milk : Use cottons soaked in cleansing milk to clean your sofa. Then rinse with a barely damp cloth.
• Clay stone (or white stone) : humidify a sponge of cold water then rub this sponge with the clay stone. You can then apply the sponge gently to your sofa to gently clean it.
• Soda crystals : Mix lukewarm water and soda crystals (1 liter of water is necessary for a cup of soda), then dip the sponge in this mixture and wipe it, then place it on the sofa. Then rinse the surface of your sofa using a wet sponge of clear water. Then dry gently with a sponge towel.
• Marseille soap : Pass on the sofa, a well -wiped toilet gant soaped with a mixture of water and Marseille soap. Then spend a dry cloth.

Be careful, for each of these products, the sofa should never remain wet, make sure to dry it well with a dry cloth or a sponge towel.

Velvet sofas

A velvet sofa attracts dust much more than a fabric or leather sofa. It must therefore be maintained very regularly.

One of the most effective and natural techniques to clean the cotton velvet sofas is a mixture of soapy water and white vinegar. Be careful not to soak your fabric too much when cleaning. Rinse with a towel and dry with a towel.

The land of Sommières, with its very large absorbent power, will also be able to make itself very effective for the velvet sofas. Apply it in small massages (always wear gloves when using it). Leave to act at least 5 hours or ideally all night, then aspire then.

One last tip for any type of sofa: before applying a product or even water on the coating of your sofa, we advise you to always take a test on an undisputed part. Once everything is dry and if the result is correct, you can then attack cleaning in its entirety.

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