House cleaning should be scheduled regularly and must include your furniture. Repeated dusting and vacuuming upholstery will help keep them looking new and odor free. How to remove liquid spills from your upholstered home furniture? This is a simple chore that can be accomplished easy steps.
- The first thing you have to do is to check the material of your furniture. Is it upholstered in fabric, leather or vinyl?
- Afterwards check the manufacturer’s label on how to clean your furniture. If there are special instructions such as dry clean only, you have to use specific products or a homemade solution with ingredients used for the particular material of your upholstered furniture.
- Removing liquid stains from your upholstered furniture is easy if you instantly take action after the spill happens.
- Blotting or dabbing the liquid off is the best thing to do to remove it.
- Do not rub or scrub since this will only make the stain spread out or seep into the material of your furniture.
- Use clean absorbent cloths such as cotton shirts or towels.
- Press the cloth to the stained area and remove as much liquid as possible.
- Follow instructions on the cleaning product you will be using to clean the stain or you may use a homemade solution made of dishwashing liquid and water. The solution must be whipped using an eggbeater or mixer until you have produced foam or dry suds.
- Using a brush, test it first on a hidden area of the furniture to see if the material will not bleed or discolor.
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