Buying a new sofa in the summer sale? Keep it looking good for longer!

Those summer holiday sales are hard to resist aren’t they? If you’ve been thinking about treating yourself to a new three piece suite or comfy sofa, and there it is, you spot it in the sale down the road at 30% off, you naturally get straight in there and make the deal.

Once your new furniture has been delivered, you’ll need some tips on how to take care of it so that your purchase lasts you for many years to come and you’re not out looking for a replacement sofa in 18 months’ time!

Keeping your furniture clean is something that’s virtually guaranteed to extend its life. You can take care of it as much as possible yourself by making sure it’s protected, whether leather or fabric, with a good stain repellent, and wiping up any spot stains, spillages or accidents as soon as they happen.

Another way to really look after your upholstery is by having it professionally cleaned.

Once you’ve had the sofa for a little while, treat it to a proper, thorough clean by 1st Choice Chem-Dry to freshen it up and restore it to its nearly-new glory. It will perk up the colour as well as removing any traces of stains or spills that you thought you got rid of but are still there if you look really hard.

If your furniture is fabric upholstered it will be lovely, clean and dry within four to six hours (unlike some cleaning methods that leave your furniture or carpets out of action for a day, sometimes even two days).
If your sofas are leather, don’t worry as 1st Choice Chemdry can tackle those too. We don’t advise you using any of the any generic cleaning products on the market at the moment for cleaning leather, because some of them can damage the leather, breaking down the finish, drying the material out and causing it to crack.

We have a special range of Chem-Dry leather cleaning products which have been proven safe and effective for use on leather furniture, and they are recommended by 300 tanneries and manufacturers. Keep some leather cleaning products at hand for those little accidents, and make sure that if it’s looking a little weary, you get your sofa expertly perked up by a qualified professional furniture cleaner.
Just a little love and attention will keep your sale buy sofa looking fabulous for many months to come…

Keep carpets clean – it might help prevent allergies and hay fever

If you know the misery of hay fever, or someone in your household suffers from allergies, you will really benefit from making sure that all your carpets, curtains and upholstery are clean, pollen and hair free this summer,

It’s even harder to keep your carpets clean in the summer moths – the doors are open, people are walking in and out, and you’re more likely to entertain or have visitors bringing pet hair indoors if you don’t have pets of your own.

It’s not just pollen; other airborne allergens can cause summer misery too. The farmers are out fertilising their fields and particles of this, pesticides and other nasties can make their way into your home when doors and windows are open, and bed in to your upholstery. What you need is a really deep professional clean that gets rid of all the things that make you itch, wheeze and sneeze.

A 1st Choice Chemdry clean will get deep into the fibres of your carpet and upholstery, giving a really thorough clean using as little water as possible, using state of the art cleaning techniques and equipment to suck all the pollen, dirt and grime out of the carpets leaving them spotless and allergen-free.

You needn’t worry that your carpets or furniture will be out of action for too long, because using less water means that everything dries much faster than with traditional steam cleaning, or any equipment you can hire to do the job yourself – so if it’s an emergency “Did you see that stain?” moment before a big party, or just the desire to relieve hay fever misery for a loved one, 1st Choice Chemdry can get straight in there and get the job done with the minimum of fuss and disruption.

A proper, thorough clean by Chem-Dry can also help to  add to the life of the fabrics in your home, and don’t worry about any job being too much for them; tour technicians are professionally trained to be able to handle delicate and difficult fabrics, including Haitian cotton, wool, velvet and some fabrics that conventional cleaning methods won’t touch.

Get rid of that pollen and dust, relieve the allergies and make your home summer sniffle proof with a deep professional clean from 1st Choice Chemdry!