Maintaining Your Upholstery
Keeping your upholstery clean is often difficult for a homeowner since the furniture is used on an everyday basis. Keeping the upholstery clean becomes even more problematic when you have children or pets. However, there’s no reason to despair. Having your upholstery professionally cleaned can make it a snap to deal with even the toughest, most persistent stains and odors. Some other major reasons to have your upholstery professionally cleaned.
As time goes by, a lot of dust and dirt can settle on your furniture from the surrounding air. Dust and dirt particles have tiny but sharp edges that can easily wear away at your upholstery and eventually cause it to wear out prematurely. Dust build-up on upholstery can also aggravate allergies and even provide an ideal environment for mold to grow on the upholstery, potentially causing illness from exposure to mold spores.
We all love our furry friends, but we probably don’t love the fact that they shed hair and dander everywhere they go in our homes. Over time, this can collect on your upholstery, especially if you allow your pets on the furniture. If you or any of your family members are allergic to animal dander, this can be problematic. In addition, the body oils produced by cats and dogs can work their way into the upholstery and cause unpleasant odors to emanate from the furniture.
Your upholstery can contain a good deal of dust, food particles, and other nutrients that can provide sustenance for a whole menagerie of microorganisms like dust mites and molds. If they are allowed to flourish, they can potentially cause allergic reactions or more serious health issues. In addition, molds and fungi growing on the upholstery can cause an unpleasant odor to emanate from the furniture if left untreated.
You may have noticed that even if a stain was cleaned previously, it reappears over time. Cleaning a stain out of upholstery is not always sufficient, especially in the case of something like sugary drinks or greasy foods. The sugars and oils may still be present in the fabric, acting as attractants for dirt and dust that can cause a stain to reappear in the same spot.
Professional upholstery cleaning can often be a great solution to any upholstery problems. When upholstery cleaning is performed the furniture is first vacuumed thoroughly to pick up any loose dirt or other contaminants on the upholstery. Once the upholstery has been vacuumed, it will then be steam or dry-cleaned, depending on the type of fabric.
This process penetrates deep into the fabric, breaking up stains and allowing them to be removed completely, as well as removing dirt attractants like grease or sugar that cause stains to reappear. Professional upholstery cleaning regularly can not only remove stains and odors it can extend the life of your furniture by preventing premature wear caused by embedded dirt and dust in the fabric.
