Reliable ways to clean a white sofa without streaks

Modern designers often use light or white sofas in interiors. They look impressive, add sophistication and light chic to the decor, and the variety of types and shapes allows you to choose any model for a specific decor. Despite its huge popularity, light upholstery is less practical than dark, any stains immediately become visible on it. Therefore, it is important for owners of fashionable furniture to know how to deep couch cleaning, how often it should be done in order to get rid of stains in time.

1. Surface preparation

For cleaning at home, you need to seriously prepare:

• Select the type of detergent. If you have a leather sofa and your neighbor has one made of upholstery fabric, you will hardly be able to use the same composition. This is the most important step, on which both the quality of cleaning and the safety of the cleaned surface will depend. Careful study of the instructions for use and strict adherence to all recommendations will help to avoid an undesirable result.

• Vacuum the sofa thoroughly, if the upholstery is leather, wipe it with a soft cloth. This will help prevent streaks during cleaning, which are then quite difficult to remove from light furniture.
• The most contaminated areas and stains should be pre-treated with special agents. If there are no such stains, you can begin cleaning the sofa.

The only way to get fresh furniture in its original form and without streaks is to choose the right product and strictly follow the instructions for its use.

Many people know how to clean a leather sofa, because furniture with leather or microfiber upholstery is the easiest to keep clean. But jacquard and tapestry are very capricious. Even with careful use, these fabrics cannot be protected from stains, which are then difficult to clean.

Modern household chemicals offer special compounds for such cases. After impregnating the upholstery material with them, the dirt-repellent properties of the fabric improve, and it becomes much easier to care for such furniture.

1. Household chemicals

Cleaning a sofa at home can become a routine task and not take much time. The main thing is to choose the right cleaning agent. Special formulations for upholstered furniture and household chemicals for cleaning carpets will do. If you have a light-colored sofa, pay attention to the label. Quite often, manufacturers give special instructions for furniture of such tones. We suggest that you familiarize yourself with the most popular products that can quickly and efficiently clean white sofa upholstery:

• Vanish. The foamed solution is applied to the surface of the sofa, the foam dissolves and absorbs dirt, after drying the remains are removed with a regular vacuum cleaner. The furniture acquires a clean, fresh look.
• Amway. A shampoo similar in its application to Vanish, but for some reason many housewives like its foam more.
• "5+". Don't be alarmed that the instructions talk about cleaning carpets. You can easily clean a sofa with the solution, and the results will be no less effective, especially for light upholstery. After all, the shampoo contains bleach.
• Nordland. The bottles of this brand contain ready-made foam, which should be applied to the surface of the carpet or sofa. 

• Beckmann. This is a good stain remover that can easily remove individual stains from coffee, tea, wine, blood, etc.
• Bagi "Shtihonit". The sprayer is filled with a concentrated spray, which can be easily applied to any dirty areas of the sofa.
• Dry cleaning powders. Designed for use with delicate fabrics that are not able to withstand the effects of more aggressive household chemicals. The powder is simply sprinkled on the dirty sofa, then you need to wait for a while (for better absorption of dirt) and clean the remains with a vacuum cleaner.