Upholstery Cleaning Hacks: Expert Tips and Tricks for Keeping Your Furniture Fresh

Be it vacuuming, spot cleaning, or deep cleaning, cleaning your upholstery is the best thing you can do to care for it. And to make it even easier and more effective, our experts at Complete Floor Care have brought some upholstery cleaning hacks for you. Read on for those tips and tricks for keeping your upholstery fresh and clean.

We know you start with vacuuming when cleaning upholstery. One hack would be to brush the upholstery with a soft-bristled brush that will loosen all the stuck-up dust and make vacuuming even easier. 

And if your upholstery looks dull due to the dusty layer, this brushing before vacuuming can help with that too.

Your vacuum that sucks the dirt out of your upholstery surely removes the dirt but leaves minute particles and germs unaffected. If you want to make vacuuming even more effective, use one with a HEPA (high-efficiency particulate air) filter as well as a UV light. 

HEPA filters will trap the smallest particles (almost 99% of them), and UV light will kill the bacteria and germs on the surface.

Finding it difficult to suck up pet hair and dander with a regular vacuum? Try using a lint roller, squeegee, or tape to remove it. The hair will stick to the roller easily, and leave your couches and sofas nice and clean.

One upholstery cleaning hack that never fails is cleaning the spills as soon as they happen. Keep white wipes or cloths handy near your upholstery and just blot the spill right away to avoid letting it enter deeper and turn into a stain. Just blotting it away immediately will make your spot cleaning so much easier.

Whenever you spot-clean your upholstery, we always recommend giving it a clear water wipe as the last step. Don't just end with cleaning soap. It can leave behind residue that will be visible after it dries. 

Always end with wiping the spot with a damp cloth with clear water to clean that residue and leave your upholstery clean. 

You can deodorize your upholstery with a simple, household odor neutralizer, and that is baking soda. Sprinkling a generous amount over the surface and letting it sit for a few hours or even overnight will work like a charm to make your upholstery as fresh as new.

Choose steam cleaning to deep clean your upholstery. It not only loosens the ingrained dirt but also kills the germs and bacteria with its high temperature. So there is deep cleaning and disinfection both done with one step. 

To make it even better, we advise adding some vinegar to the steamer's water tank to make the cleaning more effective.

Upholstery cleaning hacks like a vacuum with a HEPA filter and UV light, lint roller for pet hair, quick blotting, baking soda to kill the smell, and steam cleaning your upholstery can help it look fresh.

Apart from that, we also insist on hiring our expert upholstery cleaning services every year to have it deep cleaned to extend its lifespan. Our Austin experts have the right knowledge to deal with stubborn dirt and stains and restore its beauty to its original.