Cleaning Upholstered Dining Room Chairs

Cleaning Upholstered Dining Room Chairs

This post {AND GIVEAWAY!!}  is sponsored by HomeRight.  As always, all thoughts and opinions are 100% my own.
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You know those cleaning tasks that you just never seem to get around to?  Well, that's how things have been with our kitchen and dining room chairs.

I know some of you will think that I am crazy for having upholstered chairs for our kitchen table, but I love the look of them and the kids are {mostly!} past the ages of constantly spilling their milk or dropping their food.  Since the chairs were slip covered, I assumed that I would be able to put them in the wash, but it turns out they are spot clean only.  I did treat them with a stain guard but they have really been looking a little worse for wear over the past few months…

I am generally pretty good about cleaning up any major food spills that happen, but the chairs were just looking really grungy – especially on the seat and across the top of the chair {I am assuming from grubby little hands pulling and pushing the chairs into the tables!}  When my Mom started asking when I was going to buy new chairs, I figured that it was time to make cleaning them a little more of a priority. 😉

CLEANING SUPPLIES

• dish soap
• hydrogen peroxide {I like to add a spray top to my bottles to make it easier to apply.  Make sure you always keep it in the dark bottle though as it will break down quickly when exposed to light}
• HomeRight Steam Machine Plus {optional}
• Microfiber cloths {I prefer the Norwex cloths}

CLEANING INSTRUCTIONS

• Fill a large bowl with hot water and a couple of drops of dish soap.  {NOTE: It is more important to use HOT water if you are not using a steam cleaner} Wet down the microfiber cloth and wet the entire area that you would like to clean, giving it a quick scrub.  You want this to be quite consistently wet throughout the area that you are cleaning.  I did the full seat, back, and sides for all of our chairs so I basically covered the entire surface.  If you are doing a smaller area, ensure that you don't have hard edges at the end of your wet spot as this could lead to water stains.
• Generously spray any heavily soiled areas or stains with the hydrogen peroxide.  Leave on for at least 10 minutes.  I have used this safely on a number of different fabrics, but always spot check on the fabric that you are using.
• Next it is time to steam clean!  I experimented with using the scrub brush and the microfiber cloth with the squeegee attachments.  If you are just going for an overall clean or have a more delicate fabric, I would go with the microfiber cloth option; however, I preferred to use the scrub brush over the more soiled areas and found that it worked better to clean the corners as well.  Even with the cloth though, I was able to get a lot of extra dirt up…

• Run the steam cleaner over the fabric in a grid like fashion until all the areas of the chair are covered.  Spend extra time on the heavily soiled areas and scrub as needed using either the scrub brush or the microfiber pad.
• If you do not have a steam cleaner, you will need to use a little extra man power and give the chair a good scrub with the microfiber cloth and water/dish soap mixture.  If any stains remain, give it another go with the hydrogen peroxide and scrub again.
• Let dry and you will have a brand new chair!  I was actually surprised at how well they came out!

To keep them looking new {and make them easier to clean in the future}, spray with a stain guard treatment that you can pick up at any home supply store.  It's worth the extra $10 or so!

If you haven't tried cleaning with steam, I highly recommend it.   I have been using my HomeRight Steam Machine Plus for almost two years now and am still coming up with new ways that I can use it!  The high temperature, high pressurized steam easily loosens and dissolves dirt, grease, and grime {meaning a lot less scrubbing!!!}  and kills 99.9% of all germs and  bacteria without the use of any chemicals.  I especially love it for cleaning our kitchen and bathrooms and the detachable hand held unit makes it so easy to get into any space of those little spaces that are hard to clean.

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For more steam cleaning tips and tricks, check out these posts…

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Cleaning Upholstered Dining Room Chairs

Source: https://www.cleanandscentsible.com/how-to-clean-upholstered-chairs/