How to remove grease stains from the sofa

A beautiful comfortable sofa is a favorite place to relax at home, so it is often used by new people. Without proper care, upholstered furniture quickly loses its appeal. If the home, through negligence, has left a grease mark, you must find a way, ikak vyastob. It is better not to delay cleaning. Deeply absorbed dry grease is embedded in the fibers of the fabric and is difficult to remove.

How to get rid of fresh stains?

Before removing grease stains from the sofa, blot them with a clean dry cloth to remove excess oil. Do this carefully, do not rub the stains, otherwise, the dirt may penetrate deeply and this will complicate its removal.

1. Take table salt and sprinkle it on the grease for several hours. During this time, the salt will absorb the dirt.
2. Brush it off with a brush and vacuum the sofa. Any adsorbent can be used instead of salt for this purpose. You can use starch, chalk, or baking soda.
3. They do a good job with fresh stains, so after processing, you rarely have to look for a new remedy to remove the oil stain from the sofa.

If cleaning with salt did not succeed and subtle marks remain on the upholstery, do not be discouraged. "Fairy" will help remove the grease stain from the sofa. This product is designed to destroy fats and its use is quite effective.

1. Generously pour Fairy on the stained area.
2. Gently rub the upholstery with a sponge, wait a quarter of an hour, rinse the foam with water, and dry the furniture.

Treat stains slowly. Start cleaning the grease from the edges, gradually working inward. This will prevent the oil from spreading across the surface and increasing the amount of dirt.

Removing stains from upholstery

Before removing a grease stain from a sofa, you should carefully study what the upholstery is made of. The methods for fighting different materials may differ from each other.

• It is easy to clean velvet from fresh stains. Blot the grease with a napkin. Take a piece of white bread, heat it slightly, mold it into a ball, and roll it over the dirty fabric. The crumb extracts oily dirt well.
• Suede upholstery can be cleaned with salt and alcohol. First, sprinkle it with salt, wait for it to extract most of the grease. Clean the sofa with a vacuum cleaner and then wipe the dirty areas with a cotton ball soaked in alcohol.
•  How to remove grease stains from genuine leather upholstery? Household bile soap will help. Lather it, rub gently, pick up the foam with a damp cloth, and dry the leather. If this method does not work, beat an egg with a mixer, apply the mass to the dirty area for a few minutes, and clean the upholstery with water. This method is ideal for refreshing the leather of the sofa and removing grease marks.
• If you have an elegant ostrich leather product, it is best to leave stain removal to professionals. At home, effective treatment with talcum powder or a damp cloth, lathered with household soap.
• Shaving foam can help a velvet sofa. You need to completely cover the dirt, use a cloth to clean the edges of the stains with a cloth, then process the medium and let it sit for a few minutes. Rinse with warm water, dry, and repeat the procedure if necessary.
• When the wooden handles of the bed get dirty and you have no idea how to clean them, use refined gasoline. Soak a piece of cotton and treat the grease marks.
• Dark fabric upholstery requires careful selection. How to remove an oil stain from a sofa like this? A simple and effective way is dry mustard. You will need to dilute the store-bought powder with water to achieve a thick homogeneous consistency. Grease the fresh remnants of oil with the mass, wait for the mustard to dry, and rinse with water.

What to do with stubborn stains?

If you did not manage to clean the sofa immediately and the stain had time to dry, it is more difficult to return the furniture to its original appearance than to follow new traces.

You will need a drying agent. Place it on the fabric upholstery, heat the iron, and iron the paper several times. When the grease does not absorb too much, this method works well. The grease marks transfer to the paper and the sofa is cleaned.

You can use a mixture of lemon juice and vinegar. Combine them in equal amounts, pour over the stains, and brush. Rinse the solution with soapy foam and clean water.

Effective stain removers

There are several more options on how to remove a grease stain from the upholstery of a sofa. You will need to purchase ether and magnesium powder. Mix 1:1, apply it to the grease remnants, and wait for the ether to evaporate. Then brush the fabric with a brush, and you will see that there is no trace of dirt left.

There is a good recipe on how to remove a grease stain from the sofa. To prepare it, you need to combine 1 teaspoon of ammonia with 2 teaspoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice. Pour them into a half-liter jar of warm water, moisten a sponge in the liquid, and clean the stain well.

Before using any method, do not forget to test them on a less visible area of the upholstery before removing grease stains from the sofa with aggressive means. If in an hour it does not change color and does not deform, you can safely apply the solution to the sofa.