We all love our sofas. They are strategically placed (in front of the flat-screen TV) and are the focal point of your living room. They should be inviting, comfortable, and, most importantly, clean. However, over time, they lose their charm, fade, and become covered in stains, streaks, and pet hair. How do you get a new sofa? Steam cleaning is a highly recommended method.
How often should you clean your sofa?
Some people may clean their sofa once or twice a year. However, this should not be an absolute rule. How often you clean your couch should depend entirely on its daily use and whether or not you have pets using it. And are your family young or old? A young family increases the number of stains your sofa is exposed to.
Sofa steam cleaning makes your sofa look and feels like new. It also removes unpleasant odors that have lingered in the fibers. Especially if you have pets, it removes the dirt they leave on the sofa, as well as pet urine.
When steam cleaning your furniture, it is important that you use a hand-held attachment. This will allow you to clean every nook and cranny and ensure that no area is left without steam. Since you only steam clean your upholstery a few times a year, you don’t need to buy a steam cleaner. You can easily rent one for the day. Some are sold in supermarkets. You can use it to clean carpets as well as sofas and furniture.
The difference between light and deep cleaning
What is commonly called light cleaning should be done regularly, preferably daily. However, it is sometimes necessary to alternate between light and deep cleaning. What is the difference between the two? To help you do so, we provide the following explanations.
The basics of light cleaning
Light sweeping involves vacuuming the most used areas of the floor. This includes light dusting of all rooms, including kitchens and bathrooms. We also pick up any trash left behind. Dusting is just to get rid of the dust. For light daily cleaning, there is no need to polish the furniture.
Nor is it necessary to move the furniture if it is lightly cleaned. Even if you have unexpected visitors, they won’t have to fish for dust in places you can’t reach. So, as long as you are cleaning dust in places that are easily accessible (because they are always in sight), there is no need to take criticism.
However, from the point of view of hygiene, the kitchen and bathroom should be cleaned every day. This means that they should be lightly cleaned and wiped down with a disinfectant or other weak disinfectant. A brand-name kitchen and bathroom cleaner purchased at your local store or supermarket will suffice.
Deep cleaning – highlights
Deep cleaning involves the same tasks as regular light cleaning, but with a few extra touches. Here, for example, you’ll need to move furniture around in order to reach hard-to-reach areas. We also clean the back and rear of the furniture.
Wiping blinds, washing windows and curtains are also part of the basic cleaning process. Spider webs should be removed from walls, ceilings, and hard-to-reach corners. All air vents should also be cleaned. In the kitchen, take out the refrigerator and stove (if not built-in) and clean under and behind them.
You should also take the opportunity to shampoo your carpets. Use a brand-name product for this, apply it, and vacuum it. Deep cleaning is not an easy task because it requires a lot of work. If you want to spend more time with your family, or if you don’t have the energy to deep clean yourself. Then you can simply hire an upholstery steam cleaning company.
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