This is one frame from our own job photos. A sectional sofa cleaned in a house in Union, in Union County. The caption on the file names the town and the piece of furniture, nothing else, so you will not find a date, a customer or a price here.
What the photo shows
A grey sectional set in an L. Three back cushions run along the near side, then a corner seat, then the return heads out of the right of the frame. Stitched seams divide the panels. The floor at the bottom left is wood look plank and the wall behind is plain and pale. The white circle in the top corner is our logo, not something in the room.
The two seats closest to the camera carry pale diagonal stripes. That is the nap of the cloth lying in the direction the cleaning head was drawn through it, the same effect a vacuum leaves on a carpet. It settles as the fabric dries and the pile lifts again.
Only one picture exists from this job and it was taken after the work, so this is not a before and after page. Nothing here describes how the sectional looked when we arrived.
What we did
- Cleaned the sectional where it stood. It was not taken apart, wrapped, or carried out to the van.
- Tested a hidden patch first, low on the back or under a cushion, and watched for color lifting before touching any surface you look at.
- Cleaned by low moisture extraction, which puts solution into the fabric and draws it back out through the same head, so the piece holds as little water as it can and still come clean.
- Worked the backs, the arms and the corner wedge as well as the seats.
- Left the nap lying the way the head was drawn. Those are the stripes in the picture.
- Photographed the finished piece from where you stand when you walk into the room.
What you should know
Fabric upholstery is dry in about 4 to 8 hours. That is the figure we publish, so plan your day around it. Keep air moving in the room, and leave throws and scatter cushions off until the cloth feels dry to the back of your hand.
The test patch does real work. Some upholstery gives up dye the moment it gets wet, and a hidden inch of cloth is a better place to find that out than a seat cushion. If the test says a piece should not be wet cleaned, you hear it at the estimate rather than afterward.
Cleaning in place is how we handle sofas. There is no storefront and no drop off point. The van comes to the house, the work happens in the room, and the furniture never leaves you.
When to call us
Call when the seats have gone a shade darker than the arms, or when a sectional looks tired in a way that vacuuming does not fix. What we do to fabric and leather, and what we will not do, is set out on Sofa and upholstery cleaning. This job was in the township of Union, which has its own page at Union Countyunion/, and the rest of the area is on Union County. You get a written estimate before anything gets wet, and more finished jobs are on Before and after.
