How to clean a microfiber couch?

[KLAIT]

I have a microfiber couch that is showing some dirt. It is a mocha brown and I can see some darker spots. What would you use to pull that off without damaging the fabric. I thought of dawn and water, but not sure that would pull up the dirt.

Thoughts?

 

[Rupert B Puppenstein]

Dawn and Water should work just fine. That is what we do with ours. I did get the scotch guard treatment on ours - and sometimes I even take the cushions out of ours and wash the covers on gentle and dry on low. I haven't had any issues with the fabric shrinking although it did take some practice to figure out the easiest way to remove and put the covers back on the cushions. I use the duvet method.

 

[kristilew]

Mr. Clean Magic Eraser works great on ours with just a little water.

 

[htmom]

Dawn and water should be fine. Be careful about over wetting it may cause water rings to form when dry. And if you have one of those carpet cleaners with a hose that pulls water out of fabric that would work even better because it will pull most of the water back out.

 

[Cindy's Mom]

We have the local carpet cleaner come out and do it. He charges us $20 for the couch and love seat and does an incredible job.

 

[AristocatFan]

I use Windex. But then I use Windex for just about everything.

 

[AKL_Megs]

I use diluted Tide... Smells good for weeks and really cleans well.

 

[LuvOrlando]

I just put some Oxyclean in hot water and dab it on my sofas and everything comes out fine. I have also had good success with the Oxyclean in my carpet cleaner for sofas, carpets, the car floors, car ceiling (don't ask) and upholstery when the kids were little &/or after my dogs muddy feet would hit. I guess it's my go-to product. The only time i have trouble is if i use too much and it leaves a white powdery ring, but even then the ring comes out with more water so no worries.

 

[Robinrs]

I had a microfiber couch that survived the flood. I kept it in the garage for months. When we moved it smelled and had stains on it.

I rented a carpet cleaner for my carpets but used the upholstery hose on it. Worked like MAGIC. I added the odor eliminator solution to get rid of the smell. I love microfiber, especially with cats!

 

[Ohiodislover]

I use Windex. But then I use Windex for just about everything.

YEP- this was going to be my answer. I use windex for most things too

 

[Luv2Scrap]

We haven't cleaned ours at all yet, but our salesperson said one part Dawn to ten parts water.

 

[CaliforniaDreamin]

We have a microfiber couch. When we first got it I looked up instructions on how to clean it and apparently there are 2 different microfibers and they require 2 different types of cleaning. You can pull up one of the couch cushions and there should be a label under one of the cushions on the actual couch or maybe on a tag that will tell you a code that will tell you either to use water only or soap only. Ours had W which means water only. And it actually works. I just take a damp clean sponge and water has cleaned every mark that I have ever found. It's very important to look at the code.

Ok, here are the codes, I googled them to find them.

Microfiber furniture will commonly come with a tag that has one of the special microfiber codes that tell you how to clean it. The tags will say, W, S, S-W, or X.

W means you can use water based cleaning solution.
S means you have to use a "solvent" based cleaner
S-W means you can use S or W type cleaners

This is different than I had originally read. The website I first found (I have no clue which one now), said that W meant water only. And honestly, water has worked wonderfully. We have a light tan couch and a dog. Not a good combination. But there is not a food stain, a pen stain or a paw print from dirt that I have not been able to get out just by using a damp sponge and scrubbing a bit.