For everyone, a home is a place where you can relax, relax, and feel in your own home environment. To create the most optimal living conditions, it is worth furnishing a house or apartment so as to have everything you need. One of the most needed and frequently used pieces of furniture is a sofa, because over time its appearance becomes unpresentable, and there is a need to solve this problem.
To get rid of greasy, you can use different tools and techniques, but for each specific case, they may differ.
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Since the sofa is the furniture on which all family members, guests can sit, pets can be located, its appearance deteriorates very quickly, and spots begin to appear on the surface of the seat, and sometimes the back.
It is possible to clean the sofa from greasy conditions in an apartment or house, using the use of various chemicals.
- Vanish - On sale you can find shampoos, powders, as well as antibacterial compounds. Each product is intended for specific materials, so you should read the instructions before buying.
- Marseille soap - olive oil and soda are part of this product. This option is suitable for small contaminants and the same mash.
- Denkmit - a foam reminder. This option can be used for carpets and silk or tapestry surface of the sofa.
- Sama - a tool for the effective removal of old spots and grease.
- Bagi "Stihonit" - it can be safely used as a stain remover or use it as a detergent for any surfaces.
Chemical compositions can effectively remove dirt from the upholstery of the sofa, restoring the former beauty of the furniture. Choosing the composition, you need to consider what fabric the upholstery is made of, whether it can be washed, or should a different processing method be used. Among the shortcomings, one can single out the risk of spots on the upholstery of the sofa.
If you have the time and desire, you should wait a bit with the use of chemicals, and try to get rid of the old wiping with alternative options.
Folk recipes
To save the upholstery of the sofa from greasy stains or to refresh the places where you often sat, you need to use the right tools and auxiliary material. Household chemicals may be present at home, which can help in such matters, but it is better to use alternative options, components for which are available in almost every kitchen. When planning to clean the sofa, you need to not only wipe the armrests, but also pay attention to the upholstery, which suffers most from active use.
To properly care for furniture, it is necessary to correctly select the means with which you can easily cope with pollution.
Salt
An effective tool that helps fight both fresh and old spots is salt. To remove light pollution, it is necessary to sprinkle the problem area with salt and leave it there for 17–20 minutes, then vacuum it. If there is a need to clean the sofa from greasy or heavy pollution, you need to make a saline solution. To prepare it, you should collect a liter of warm water and stir in it two tablespoons of salt. The resulting composition is applied to the stained area for 20-30 minutes, after which it is washed off with a damp sponge.
Soda
No less effective means in this case is soda. There are three ways to clean the surface.
- Soda is poured on the moistened problem area and left for half an hour, then everything is cleaned with a brush. Once the surface is completely dry, it is cleaned with a vacuum cleaner.
- To combat old spots, you need to use gruel, for which water and soda are mixed in a ratio of 1: 1. The composition is applied to the upholstery with a soft brush. When it dries, soda can be removed with a vacuum cleaner.
- To remove very heavy contaminants, a solution of water with soda and dishwashing liquid is used. Two tablespoons of soda are poured into a liter of water and the detergent is poured, all components are mixed. The finished solution is applied for 15-20 minutes to the problem areas, after which it is removed with a damp cloth.
The choice of cleaning the sofa with soda depends on the degree of contamination.
Vinegar and soda
To clean the upholstery of the sofa and return it to its former appearance and brightness of colors, it is worth using a nine percent solution of vinegar and soda. For the process, you will need to prepare a spray bottle, in which at least a liter of water, 100 ml of vinegar should be added and add a tablespoon of soda. The resulting composition is applied to the problem area of the sofa upholstery and left for 10 minutes, after which it is removed with a rag or washcloth.
If necessary, the procedure can be repeated if it was not possible to remove the stain at a time.
Laundry soap
You can also remove old stains from the sofa using laundry soap.
The bar is grated and added to the container with water, after which the contents are whipped until a plentiful foam is obtained, which is applied to the contaminated area for 10 minutes, after which it is wiped with a rag.
Ammonia
Ammonia is a good way to remove stains and grease from the sofa upholstery. To use it you need:
- dilute the composition with water in a ratio of 1: 1;
- apply the product to the problem area with a cotton pad or rag;
- Wipe the surface with any clean cloth to remove stains and the product itself from the sofa.
Treat contaminated areas carefully, working towards the pile and thoroughly cleaning the upholstery.
Shaving foam
A very interesting tool for cleaning the sofa is shaving foam, which is applied to the stain or greasy, left on it for half an hour, and then removed with a moistened washcloth. Once the foam has been completely removed, the sofa should be wiped clean with a dry microfiber cloth.
Useful Tips
Cleaning from stains and greens is a complex process that must be performed correctly, otherwise instead of a clean and updated sofa you can get spoiled upholstered furniture. To prevent this from happening, you can use additional tips.
- To work with leather upholstery, the best option would be soap-soda or alcohol solution.
- The lint-free upholstery must be cleaned with brushes, using soap compositions for this. A mandatory step is the complete drying of the surface after the procedure.
- The upholstery with a pile is cleaned with a washcloth. Using a brush in this case is highly undesirable.
- For tapestry upholstery, only dry cleaning is suitable. When a large amount of liquid gets on the surface, the color and structure of the material change.
When choosing store cleaning products for a sofa, you should be careful, as there are such compositions that will not bring any result, time and money will be thrown to the wind. These include Carpet, My Family, Cinderella. To select folk remedies, it is worth evaluating the severity of the pollution and choosing the composition depending on the type of material.
With the correct application and implementation of the processing technique, very good results can be obtained after the first procedure.
See below for how to clean the sofa.