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Upholstery Cleaning

Fabric sofas, sectionals, armchairs and dining seats cleaned with the same truck-mounted extraction that does the floors, tuned gentler for upholstery. Body oil, pet dander and settled soil flushed out of the cushions, not worked deeper in.

Freshly cleaned grey modular fabric sofa and matching ottoman in a bright living room

Why a vacuum was never going to be enough

The cushions people sit on every night hold more than they look like they do: skin oil, hair product, food, pet dander and the fine grit that rides in on clothes. A vacuum lifts the loose surface layer and nothing under it, so the fabric slowly darkens where bodies rest and arms wear.

Professional upholstery cleaning works the fabric the way we work carpet. An eco-friendly, non-toxic pre-spray breaks the oils loose, a soft hand tool agitates it out of the weave, and a controlled hot-water extraction pass flushes the soil and most of the moisture back out, so the piece comes back even in color and dry in hours, not days.

Read the fabric before the water

Upholstery is where thirty years of judgment earns its keep. Cotton, linen, microfiber, chenille and synthetic blends each take moisture and chemistry differently, and the wrong approach leaves water rings or a stiff hand. Every piece gets checked, and its cleaning code read, before a drop of solution touches it. Delicate and 'dry-clean-only' fabrics get a low-moisture method instead.

Pet households and homes with kids get the same enzyme treatment the carpets do: it breaks odor down at the source in the cushion instead of spraying a scent over the top. The products are non-toxic, because the whole point is a couch the family gets right back on.

On the truck

What upholstery cleaning covers.

  • Sofas, sectionals, loveseats and recliners
  • Armchairs, accent chairs and ottomans
  • Dining and kitchen chair seats and backs
  • Fabric office and conference seating
  • Pet dander and odor enzyme treatment
  • Fabric-safe, non-toxic cleaning solutions
  • Optional fabric protectant

Upholstery is priced by the piece and the fabric at the same free walk-through as your floors, whether it is one sofa, a set of dining chairs or a whole room of seating. Pet treatment and protectant are optional and quoted up front.

Before you call

Upholstery Cleaning, answered straight.

  • Usually 3 to 6 hours. Truck-mounted extraction recovers most of the moisture it puts down, and we tune the water volume to the fabric, so cushions come back damp rather than soaked. Airflow and humidity move that window, and we tell you how to speed it along.

  • Usually, yes. Enzyme pre-treatment breaks down the odor source in the cushion the same way it does in carpet, and extraction flushes the residue instead of masking it. Set-in stains and some fabric dyes are honest exceptions, and we tell you what will lift before we start.

  • Yes, when the method matches the fabric. We read the manufacturer's cleaning code and check the material first, then choose hot-water extraction for durable weaves or a low-moisture method for delicate and 'dry-clean-only' pieces. Thirty years of fabric identification is exactly what keeps a linen sofa from ending up with water rings.

Ready when you are.

Tell us about the job and we will come see it. Firm price at the door, mon to fri, 8am to 6pm, no travel charges anywhere on the route.

609-342-3183

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