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how do you clean a white love seat?

armchair_warrior
armchair_warrior
edited November -1 in The Lounge / Random Stuff
I left it in my brothers garage :/. well he put his equipment and other things around it. now its stain with some black marks and rust stains.

besides making a cover for it.

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  • plucky purcell
    plucky purcell
    with pure, cleansing flame?
  • veggiequeen
    veggiequeen
    what's it made of? fabric? leather?
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    fabric
  • domino
    domino
    Try testing an area that will not be visible first (lower back, lower side, etc.) Here are the options:
    1. Carbona (usually available at Duane Reade) -
    this is dry cleaning fluid so very stinky and highly flamable.
    Usually takes out most stains but needs a few times
    2. Solution of bleach and soapy water with nail brush
    Depends on the fabric - if it is microfiber - not an option.
    If it is a canvas heavy cotton - might work.
    Careful - might lighten too much in contrast to rest of fabric.
    3. Flip the seats and get a throw
  • toadette
    toadette
    I would be on the lookout for a code identifying the recommended cleaning process. Some fabrics won't take water well. See here for more info http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/chicago/how-to/how-to-read-upholstery-cleaning-codes-057653
  • vintagejames
    vintagejames
    The best way to clean any white upholstery is to throw it out. Even when it is clean it is fugly.
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    :p after cleaning a section of it lol, kinda looks still weird. i guess i'm going to get some cover for it.
  • sweet tea
    sweet tea
    good call.

    incidentally,

    rust + bleach = holes in your fabric, in exactly the shape of your rust stain.
  • emmaviz
    emmaviz
    Step 1. Trash it

    Step 2. Buy new, non-white loveseat
  • doctorj
    doctorj
    1) White shoe polish
    2) Liquid Paper / Wite-Out / Tipp-Ex
  • anastasia beaverhausen
    anastasia beaverhausen
    sweet tea wrote: good call.

    incidentally,

    rust + bleach = holes in your fabric, in exactly the shape of your rust stain.

    GAH! You people are KILLING ME!! Who do you trust, Sweet Tea? WHO? You trust me. You trust me 'cause I've never led you astray when it comes to matters of the clean. Before you touch any stain, call me.
  • sweet tea
    sweet tea
    ^and where were you in the summer of 1999, when, after hanging lights all day, i fell dead asleep every night* on my then-good pillow cases with shower-wet hair wrapped in rapidly rusting hairbands? where were you then?


    *every night that we were allowed to sleep, that is
  • anastasia beaverhausen
    anastasia beaverhausen
    My job isn't to teach you grade 5 chemistry, it's to make you a cleaner person.
  • operagirl
    operagirl
    I thought of Beave immediately when I saw this thread. She can clean anything.