Cotton Dilemma
We have numerous gorgeous looking white sofa sets that we haven’t used in awhile, simply because it is a bit dirty on the arms and cushions due to the moving and handling. Like most of our furniture, these sofas were custom made by Calico Corners and costed us thousands of dollars each, it would be a shame to throw in the towel on them.
In the effort to give these sofas a new life, I called up numerous upholstery cleaners to see if there is anything they can do to revamp the fabric. I eventually picked Chuck from Ameripro Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning due to his great customer ratings on Yelp. Chuck flat out told us not to waste money on trying to clean the sofas, reason being the fabric were pure cotton, while it looks fabulous and great to the touch, they are very hard to clean. Chuck specifically pointed out the few water stains result of our workers attempts to clean the fabric with off-the-shelf upholstery cleaners, and said that cotton does a great job soaking up the stains, and it would be impossible for him to renew the fabric for our staging purposes.
Lesson learned here, although we love the look and feel of cotton, we have to keep in mind that it is a material that’s harder to maintain when compared to other fabrics with mixed cotton and synthetic materials or microfiber. For those of you shopping for that perfect family couch, hope what we learned can help you with your purchase decision.
What’s going to happen to these sofas we have? well, they won’t be used for staging anymore, but we’ll try to find new homes for them by either sell them or donate them to families in need…
