Springfield & Eugene, Oregon
Upholstery cleaning, matched to the fabric
Sofas, sectionals, armchairs, dining chairs and mattresses. Cleaned in the room they live in, with the method picked for what the piece is made of.
The angle
Fabric is not one setting
A microfiber sectional, a linen dining chair and a mattress are three different problems. Treating them as one is how furniture gets ruined.
Most upholstery carries a cleaning code on a tag under the cushion or beneath the frame — W, S, WS or X. It tells you whether the fabric can take water, needs a solvent, will take either, or should only ever be vacuumed. We read that tag and test a hidden area before anything is switched on. Where there is no tag left, the test decides it.
The thing that actually wrecks a couch is rarely the wrong product. It is too much water. Fabric lets moisture through to foam and padding that have nowhere to drain, and what stays down there comes back later as a ring, a stiff patch, or a smell that was not there before. Getting the water back out is most of the work.
Free estimates, residential and commercial. Call (541) 556-1390 and tell us what the piece is.
What gets cleaned
The pieces people call about
If it is padded and covered in fabric, it is upholstery. Each of these takes a slightly different amount of water and a different pass.
Sofas
The piece that gets sat on every evening. Arms and headrests hold body oil, the seat cushions hold everything else. Cushions come off and get cleaned on both faces rather than one pass across the top.
Sectionals
Big, heavy, and usually built into a corner. We clean them where they stand, panel by panel, so nobody has to take the room apart first.
Armchairs and recliners
A recliner has a mechanism underneath it, so it takes more care and less water. Wings, arms and the sides of the seat, where hands land, are the parts that show first.
Dining chairs
Seat pads absorb whatever was spilled and keep it in the foam. They are cleaned damp rather than soaked, so the padding is not left holding water under a wooden frame.
Mattresses
The one piece you lie on all night, which makes drying it properly the whole point. Surface extraction, then air moving through the room until it is done.
Car seats and interiors
The same fabric problem in a smaller space, with metal and electrics underneath it. Seats, carpets and headliners.
See auto cleaning
The method
Suction is the half that matters
Where the fabric allows it, upholstery is cleaned with the same truck-mounted hot water extraction we use on carpet, run through a small hand tool instead of a floor wand. The engine stays in the van, so there is far more suction than any machine carried through the front door.
On furniture that counts for more than it does on carpet. A carpet has a floor under it. A cushion has foam, and foam holds whatever is left behind. More water pulled back out means shorter drying, less risk of a ring forming as it dries, and no damp sofa sitting in the living room overnight.
The hose runs 500 to 700 feet, so an upstairs apartment, a condo or a second-floor office is no harder than a ground-floor room — and the sectional does not have to move.
Common questions
Before you book
How long does upholstery take to dry?
Most pieces are dry to the touch the same day. Fabric, padding and the air in the room all change it, so open a window or run a fan and it goes quicker. Truck-mounted suction is what helps most, because the majority of the water leaves with the wand.
Can you clean any fabric?
Most of what is in a house, yes. We check the manufacturer's cleaning code on the label and test a hidden area first. A few fabrics should not be wet cleaned at all. If yours is one of them, we will say so before we start rather than after.
Do I need to move the furniture?
No. We clean pieces where they sit. The hose runs 500 to 700 feet, so an upstairs apartment or a second floor office is no harder than a ground floor room. Clearing loose items off the piece is enough.
Do you clean mattresses?
Yes. Mattresses, sofas, sectionals, armchairs and dining chairs are all upholstery to us. Call (541) 556-1390 for a free estimate and we will look at the piece before putting a number on it.
Next step
A free estimate on the piece
Describe the sofa over the phone, or have us look at it while we are already there for the carpet. Homes and commercial spaces both, across Springfield, Eugene and the towns around them.