I have been meaning to do this since before Easter! Our dog likes to rub his itchy face on the edge of the sofa in the morning when he wants scritches. Sometimes he leaves some slobber or . . . other face juices. It grosses me out! Plus, we've been less diligent about keeping food out of the living room since Lou lived with us. (The kids used to sit on the vinyl floor looking at the cartoons on TV while eating . . . )
I took before photos and yes, they're gross. The smudges and dirt from use are visible.
After all the vacuuming, I brought up our carpet shampooer and the hose attachment for cleaning furniture. I re-read the directions and got to work.
It was hard on my back, but I tried to be thorough in "scrubbing" all the bits and pieces of the sofa, then slowly pulling back to remove as much water as possible. It took quite a while!
It's a microfiber fabric that looks similar to suede, but it's just chemicals treated with other chemicals to make it easy to clean. Ah well.
I left it open to finish drying out when we went to the lake. It smells better, even though it's not completely clean.
My last realization was that it is better than before (nowhere near perfect!) and that we've had two sofas in forty years of marriage. I won't be heartbroken if this one goes away when we sell our Jordan house and move up to the lake. When I started talking to Louie about it, he initially thought I was suggesting we buy a new sofa for our Jordan house. No! I'll just be okay with saying goodbye to this furniture when the time comes.
Oh! When I mentioned doing this before we headed up to the lake, my husband said, "It doesn't have to happen this week." I know what he meant, but because I had wanted it DONE in March, and April, and May . . . it was a super high priority for me. And I got it cleaned!
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