Keeping the furniture in the house clean is one of the common household tasks that helps keep your expensive soft furnishings looking new and fresh. Fortunately there is a wide range of products available for upholstery cleaning in Charleston SC. The trick with these products is to know which product is the best to use with the type of upholstery you have in your home.
Prior to doing anything, the first thing is to identify exactly the type of material that needs cleaning. Although the common furniture covering is fabric, there is also leather, faux leather and suede. The fabrics that are used are both natural and synthetic so you can see that identifying the material is important. Some fabrics are colorfast, others are not. Those fabrics that are not colorfast will usually show spots if the incorrect cleanser is used, harsh chemicals must be avoided. Once you know the type of material it then becomes easy to identify the correct cleaning agent and method to use to avoid bleaching or fading of the fabric.
Identifying the fabric is one thing, identifying the type of stain is quite another. A product that works well removing one material may not work well at all for a different material. Grease based stains for example will require a very different cleaning agent than coffee stains. Once you have identifies the stain and purchased the proper cleanser, you have a very good chance of successfully eliminating the problem stain.
The final factor in deciding which material to purchase for your upholstery cleaning Charleston SC is the age of the stain. A stain that is recent is going to be much easier to eliminate than one which has had a chance to impregnate the fibers. Although the cleaning agent may be the same, the old stain will often require multiple attempts before the stain is completely eliminated.
It is a combination of these factors that have an impact on whether you attempt to remove the stains and clean your upholstery yourself or whether you call for a professional service. In most cases, although it may be marginally more expensive, professional upholstery cleaning in Charleston SC will provide superior results as these operators understand the nature of the stains, the fabric and the best method to remove it.
