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Cleaning a dirty ultrasuede sofa

Can anyone recommend a way to clean our increasingly dirty rust-colored ultrasuede sofa? It's almost four years old and while I've been able to easily spot-clean with water and Dawn, the seat cushions are getting kind of nasty and I would love to either have a service come to our place or buy some sort of cleaner myself that can take care of cleaning the entire sofa without staining it, discoloring etc. The seat covers do come off, so if it's possible to dryclean I could try that (any drycleaners who do ultrasuede reliably?). But the arms and back could really do with a clean as well. And turning the cushions over would just be deferring dealing with the grime (although it's tempting...) Thanks for any suggestions! Grimy no more

2006 Recommendations

I just had Mark from SunClean (BPN recommendation) come and clean my couch, carpets and area rugs. I highly recommend him-- he's prompt, works hard, does a great job, and delievered on every promise. Add to that you you are using only safe, environment and kid (and adult) friendly cleaners, as well as supporting an independent family business--and what have you got to lose?! Call Mark 510.263.0321 www.suncleancarpetcare.com it's easy being green

I just thought I'd write saying that I do not recommend Stanley Steemers for upholstery cleaning. I saw a few positive messages on BPN so I called them, but they didn't do a good cleaning job, they whipped through it in 20 minutes, and then they dumped the waste water on my plants in the front yard without asking me! I said, wait a minute, what about the chemicals? And they claimed they didn't use chemicals, even though I saw them spraying stuff all over the furniture. I decided not to have them come back to clean better because I really didn't feel like dealing with them again. Yuck

Want to get couches cleaned

Hi - we need to get our couches cleaned and were wondering if anyone knew of a great cleaner who will come to the house. Thanks, aut

Need to get upholstered furniture cleaned

Two years of toddler abuse has left our furniture in pretty bad shape (wish I had thought of slipcovers at the outset!). It's too far gone for spot cleaning. I'm wondering whether professional cleaning might be the solution or if I should just bite the bullet and re-cover/replace/slipcover the furniture. If anyone has experience with professional upholstery cleaners I'd appreciate some advice/recommendations. Also, I suspect that a home/rental steam cleaner wouldn't be great at this, but if anyone has tried that approach, I'd like to hear how well it worked. Thanks. Kathy