A Guide to Cleaning Your Couch

Sofas are expensive, so if you really want the best bang for your buck, make sure you take care of your couch & extend its longevity. Please don’t go so far so as to cover your couch with plastic; it’s really not the most comfortable option, even if it keeps smudges and spills away. There are plenty of other options available to you like ensuring that your sofas have loose sofa covers – easy to slip on and off!

For those of us who don’t have sofa covers, there’s still a chance to keep things stainless! Keep your couches clean and living long by doing this every month:

1) Vacuum the sofa, including cushions and pillows

Take advantage of the attachments of your vacuum, or use a handheld vac such as those recommended by SpotlessVacuum.co.uk, and try to get all the spilled crumbs and bits from the sofa’s crevices. Clean the arm rests and back and anything you can reach with the vacuum.

2) Dust the wood areas

Any wood pieces that you can reach should be dusted with a cloth.

3) Read the manual/guide that came with the sofa

It should state how to best clean the couch and which cleaning supplies you can use safely, or look on a tag underneath the couch cushion. Identify the type of fabric over your couch. Different fabrics need to be taken care of differently. Locate the tag to determine what material the sofa is made up of. Couch manufacturers may use letter codes to detail how to best clean the furniture.

These are the code letters and the best way to clean the fabric:

5) Purchase cleaner for your couch as advised above

Cleaners at the supermarket should clearly delineate what they are for: i.e. “water-based upholstery detergent’, “leather cleaner”, etc.

For detailed instructions on how to use each type of detergent and clean different materials, check out this great source here.

What’s going on with your couch? When was the last time you gave it a good cleaning?