Upholstery Cleaning

Cleaning Fragile Furniture

On the one hand, our furniture can take a beating. Pets will claim certain chairs as their own. Kids will jump up and down on the couch. Even adults will flop down on an easy chair as soon as they get home from work. We ask our furniture to handle a lot, and for the most part, they live up to the task. On the other hand, when disaster strikes, upholstery is usually the first thing to sustain damage. Water stains and scorch marks reach upholstery before they get to anything else. It's the nature of the soft fabric. We depend on our furniture, so we hate to see it destroyed. When disaster strikes, the team at Castros Cleaning & Restoration will do everything possible to clean and restore your furniture. Sometimes furniture must be replaced, but we can often salvage more than you think. Our cleaning process often breathes new life into furniture. Let us assess the damage and determine if we can save your upholstery.

A Deeper Clean for Your Upholstery

You can brush the crumbs off of your couches, and you can even run a vacuum cleaner over the cushions, but that only cleans the surface of your upholstery. What about the deeper levels? Think about spills, for example. When something gets spilled on your couch, you wipe up the mess as quickly as you can, but how do you know that you've cleaned the entire mess? Those small spills often go deeper into your furniture than you realize, and they stay there long after you’ve forgotten about them.

What about pollen and similar substances? You carry dust and airborne allergens into the house every time you come in from outside. These substances stick to your clothes, leaving many of them behind when you sit on your couch. Your sweat also gets into your upholstery after a lot of use. As we said, you can wash the clothes without any problems, but you need a way to deep clean your soft furniture. You should have your upholstery cleaned about once every 1-2 years. You should have it cleaned more often if it has started to smell bad or if your kids and pets put your furniture through a lot of hardship.

Upholstery Cleaning Benefits Your Health

Aside from merely having clean furniture, what are the benefits of regular upholstery cleaning? Perhaps the most important benefit comes from what it does for your health. We already discussed the allergens you bring into your home from outside. Again, you carry these substances into the house on your clothes and shoes. When you sit on the furniture, you can release all of the deeply embedded allergens into the air, causing breathing problems for any family members who suffer from allergies or asthma. Upholstery cleaning will eliminate those allergens.

Cleaning your upholstery will also eliminate the possibility of dust mites. Many homes have dust mites, and because these creatures are microscopic, the occupants usually have no idea they're sharing their living space with them. In spite of their small size, dust mites can leave behind waste and other unhealthy substances people shouldn't breathe. Couches and other upholstery can become harbors for dust mites, so make sure you clean your upholstery regularly.

Finally, upholstery cleaning will also remove mold and mold spores from your furniture. Mildew will often leave a musty smell behind, but it may be harder to tell if you have mold in your upholstery. If your couch has mold spores, any moisture – like rainwater on your kid's backpack – will activate those spores and allow them to grow. Mold can cause serious health problems, especially for those with allergies. Regular cleaning can eliminate and prevent this problem.

Enjoy Your Furniture More

When you bought your furniture, you invested in your family's lifestyle. Shouldn't you get the most out of that investment? When stains and dirt are allowed to accumulate on your upholstery, you'll eventually have to get rid of them. When you keep that upholstery clean, you can keep it around and enjoy it for many years. Even better, you can enjoy your furniture more fully with upholstery cleaning. Remember how bright, vibrant, and clean your furniture looked when you bought it? Has your furniture dulled a bit since then? Let Castros Cleaning & Restoration bring it back to life for you. Clean upholstery will brighten the appearance of your entire home, and you can enjoy your furniture to its fullest extent.

Our Certified Process for Upholstery Cleaning

Still, just because you want clean furniture doesn't mean that you should trust your upholstery with just any company. Check for experience and certification first. At Castros Cleaning & Restoration, we believe in doing things the right way. That's why all of our team members are trained in best cleaning practices. All of our personnel are certified by the IICRC. We use superior cleaning tools in our process, and we only ever use cleaning materials that have been proven safe and effective.