Hi all, I have a 2 seat sofa and armchair which are a kind of cream coloured,profiled fabric. It was originally bought from DFS about 5 years ago and had Scotchguard added. It looks a little bit grey in places though still in very good condition. How much might i expect to pay to have it professionally cleaned and is there a diy option? ta
There is. Put it in the bath, fill up with hot water, add a bucket of washing powder. Bucket the solution over the item to be cleaned. For best results you need to mimic the action of a front loader, so bucket, rest, bucket, rest, etc.
Make sure it gets 3 rinses.
Take it out to the washing line thingy. Remove top triangular part, and tie chair loosely to pole. Put a circle of polythene on ground to reduce friction. Now, standing just off the polythene, spin the chair round the pole. Each time it passes by, give it another push until its going as fast as you can get it. Its not necessary to reach 1000rpm, but the nearer the better.
Do this for 30 minutes. Slower speed means its less efficient, hence a longer spin time. You'll need a team of 20 people tro keep this up for half an hour.
Finally, tumble dry it. You need a bright sunny day and a bank. Tumble the chair down the bank repeatedly so its soft while it dries. Polythene on the ground will keep it clean.
Assuming that the covers are not removable they'd cost around £100 to have professionally cleaned.
Are you 120% sure it was scotchguarded? Many sofa suppliers (Not naming names..) sell "stain protection" when you buy the sofa. This is merely an insurance policy against the sofa getting stained and nothing is added to the fabric. The sales people, however, make the sales pitch sound like the sofa is actually being treated.
If it *has* been scotchguarded the grey areas should literally wipe off the fabric. If it's not been scotchguarded then the stain will be more difficult to shift.
We had a sofa from *** a few years ago which was clearly NOT treated with a scotchguard type process despite the salesman clearly saying it had been. All we'd purchased is an insurance policy :(
I'd have though you could get a reasonable job done for around £70, maybe less. Having said that, don't go for the real el cheapo carpet & upholstery cleaners, find someone reccommended of look for a CCA or BICS member.
I did mine with a Hoover wet n dry vacuum, with 1001 type stuff by hand and with the machine and neither did a very good job at all. YMMV. You could also try a steam cleaner.
-- Holly, in France Gite to let in Dordogne, now with pool.
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