You all know I’m a huge fan of Pinterest! I like to share what works and what doesn’t from the various things I find there! Check out these previous posts HERE, HERE and HERE, if you want to see all the fun!
But I tried something new over the weekend, so, of course, I wanted to share! Have you seen this pin?
(You can find it over on my “Clean as a Whistle” Board on Pinterest!)
I mean, WOW! That’s pretty impressive, right?! (By the way, the above pin actually came from the lovely Lilly over at Listotic. If you’d like to see her original post, CLICK HERE!)
We have a tan microfiber couch and love seat just like this one…and the funny thing is that when my hubby spills something, he tries to clean it up with carpet stain remover. Which might actually work…except THEN you have a stain from the stain remover!
So we had a few actual stains…and then the “tried to clean this up before you saw it” stain…and then there was the stain from our Year’s Eve Party when one of our guests dumped an entire serving of grape soda on the couch…and then there was the stain from when Taffy the dog caught a beetle and played it to death on the love seat…you get the idea.
Although I would LOVE some new furniture (hint hint to my hubby if he’s reading this) to be honest, this set is only about 4 years old, so it’s still got some use left in it. I decided to try the above pin and see if it really worked or not.
Before:
After:
Voila! This was a bit of work, but you can barely see the stains anymore, and the entire area is definitely brighter and a bit fluffier! I declare it a success! What do you think?
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I have the same exact couch, but I have 2 kids, so I Have you beat with the stains. I am TOTALLY trying this.
But do you have the original woman beat with stains?! (Hint: if it doesn’t all come out at once, try it again the next day!)
What a total transformation! Wow! I wonder if if works on other fabrics because I don’t have microfiber.
I have no idea! I had just pinned this one a while back – I haven’t seen anything else on other fabrics 😦
I could have used that when we got our dog.. Those are great results!
Yes, I was pleased!
Wow! I can’t believe those results! That is totally amazing. 🙂
I know, I was happy it worked!
That’s pretty incredible! A Pinterest win!!
Absolutely, Brandi!
Before and after pictures are such a great way to show a product in action and Pintrest is such a great channel for that. Thanks for sharing this post.
Glad you enjoyed it, Andy!
Here’s to a big Pinterest win! I’ve seen a lot of Pinterest failures in the past and while I love looking at all the stuff that’s done on Pinterest I’ve never had the guts to try them all. Another thing is that I don’t have light furniture due to me having kids and one a toddler. As soon as they’re gone though I’m celebrating with white! 🙂
OH! I do love the look of white furniture! But as long as my hubby is alive, he’ll be eating ketchup…so no white furniture for me! LOL
I, too am addicted to Pinterest. It’s like saving magazines without all of the clutter! Looks like this one was a good Pin.
Definitely, Shirley!
Wow! That is some excellent work. I would have called that cushion dead!!!
You and me both! HA!
This is awesome! We have so many stains on the carpet, furniture and I don’t know what to do about them because I totally agree about stain removing products leaving more stains. I’m definitely going to use the tips in the pin/post and hopefully it will work just as good for me. Thanks!
Isn’t that frustrating, Chavonne! I hate when I clean one thing up but I’m left with another issue because of what I USED to clean the first mess up! I hope this works for you, as well!
Now that is cool. I am going to have to look at pinterest for ways to get rid of mold in the shower.
Oh yes, you should! I absolutely adore Pinterest!
I really need to check pinterest out more. I never use it and I think I might be the only one that doesn’t. The photos of the stain are impressive.
Yes, please check it out, Jennifer! There are so many things on there…from stain removal to the house plans I was pinning last night LOL
Looks like a good product!
And cheap, too! LOL
Wow. That is a furniture upholstery miracle. I love that there was a “beetle incident” on your couch. For some reason one of my cats insists on bringing her kill onto the furniture–namely lizards. I will keep this in mind for her future hunting wins!
HA! Yes, our dog’s choice of kill is beetles…our cat’s is lizards, as well 🙂 At least I broke the dog of capturing the frogs. BLECH. That was just too disgusting.
Rubbing Alcohol and a sponge–who knew!! Thank you so much for sharing this. and yes I went way back to the original post to find out what caused this miracle!
Oh good, Michele, I’m sure Lilly appreciates that click 🙂
Smashing success! Have you tried rubbing mayonnaise on a water stain on wood furniture? Need to try that on my china cabinet.
No! I’ve seen that idea, though! That scares me a little LOL
Wish I would have seen this before chucking our microfiber furniture. I got so sick of fighting the stains all the time and ended up going with leather. I could have saved a ton of money here!
Well, don’t think I’m not going for leather next time, too LOL But until then…
I really need to clean my microfiber couch. thanks for sharing the ideas!
Sure thing, Amanda!
My goodness, what a difference! 🙂
I know! I was pleased!
WOW!!! Impressive! I can buy lighter fabric now with 3 kids, LOL I have avoided this for years!
I know it! LOL (When I was young our couches were navy and burgundy LOL)
Awesome! I have microfiber couches and my kids spill stuff on there ALL the time. I will definitely try this rubbing alcohol! Thanks.
Hope it works well for you too!
Wow!!! great job, I tend to stay away from microfiber due to the staining factor but now I’m thinking they might be an option. Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks, Ricki! I’ll head over there and link up!
Very cool! I think it’s too late for my current (very old) couch, but I’ll remember when we finally get a new one.
Well, new furniture is nice, too 🙂
That worked really well! I need to try this out on my microfiber recliner.
Hope it works well for you!
I declare it a success too. This is just the kind of post I love to happen across because you KNOW it’s going to end up being useful!
I hope so! 🙂
What amazing results!! This works great! Incredible before and after
Yes! I’m loving it!
This is great! I have a few things that can use a good cleaning. And who can afford new furniture every time the kids make a mess?
If only, right? 🙂
I’d definitely call it a success!! It looks brand new! It’d say it was worth the hard work. =)
Agreed, Amber!
Wow, the difference between both pictures is amazing! You can barely even know there were stains.
I know! I hope it keeps working like this LOL
WHAT!! It looks great!! I learned a couple tricks from pinterest as well.
Don’t we just love Pinterest?!
Holy cow! I have a microfiber couch with stains ALL over from my kids and dog – this is amazing!
Try it out and see what you think!
I’ve seen that pin floating on Pinterest! I was curious how well it worked!
Now you know! 🙂
There’s definitely a lot of improvement there. What a relief to you, I’m sure!
Absolutely, Liz!
Wow, the results are amazing! We could definitely use this on our couch too because it’s looking like your before photo right now.
Well, it happens! I’m just glad there’s a way to undo it!
OMG that is amazing. I have a couch in my sons playroom that I need to clean.
Hope it works just as good for you as it did for me, Danielle!
The stains are what drove me nuts about our old (now deceased) microfiber couch and loveseat. If I’d found this sooner, maybe I’d still have them!
Well, I hope this works for something you have now!
Great job on the stain removing! I think you found a winner.
I think so! 🙂
Wow that’s amazing. It looks like it’s a total different couch. Really impressive.
Thank goodness, right?
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