It was time. We got our couch a couple of months before we got married, so it has been in our household for right around five (!) years now. We have never cleaned it or had it cleaned. It hasn't been through any major spills or bad stains, so I guess it never felt like it needed it. Well this morning when I looked at the couch, I realized that it needed it. The winter has been especially rough because Remy's paws are impossible to get clean and dry after he has been outside. Lots of wet paws have left sediment and dirt and whoknowswhatelse all over the couch. So I did some asking around (and browsing on pinterest, of course) to see how I could go about cleaning the microsuede.
This blog post caught my eye because it used supplies I could get at our dollar store here in town.
I have to admit, I was pretty impressed with the results!
Here are some before pictures (please don't judge me!)
(I don't even know what that stain is!)
dirty doodle paw prints...
(the dark spot is still wet from a stain that needed immediate attention)
this one makes me not want to take my naps on the couch anymore
supplies (the original blog post said to use white sponges and bristle brush so that there would be no color transfer, but since our couch is brown I wasn't concerned with using the yellow)
So I went to work. And I will be doing this MUCH more often. The three sponges on the top are the ones I used, the bottom sponge is new. eww
And here are the after pictures! There are still some dark spots from the rubbing alcohol not being all the way dry, and you can tell that I didn't bristle brush the same direction all over, but you can also see that the stains are gone! :)
He looks so innocent, doesn't he?
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