A couple of weeks ago I was wondering around The Container Store and I stumbled upon this dry cleaning pad. I had never heard of it before even though the packaging looked super dated. It was only $4.99 so, I decided to pick one up and give it a go.
I have a white slipcovered sofa in my living that has gotten it’s fair amount of wear and tear. I know many people swear by slipcovers and simply toss them in the washer and bleach them, but that’s not the case for me. First off my slipcover is linen and according to the instructions it’s dry clean only. Secondly it’s an insane workout to remove all of the covers and then place them back on. It’s such a hassle that I have only sent them to the dry cleaners once! I had my fingers crossed that this pad would work wonders.
Overall my sofa isn’t dirty per say, but with two kids and a dog that loves to rub up against furniture when he walks by there it wasn’t a crisp white anymore.
Here is a particularly bad spot:
The pad is pretty simple to use. First step is twist the pad to activate the ingredients inside.
Then you rub, rub, and rub over the stain:
Then you simply vacuum over the area:
Here is the after:
Pretty good.
PROS: It’s relatively inexpensive and it’s easy to do. It makes a bit of a mess, but it’s super simple to vacuum it up.
CONS: It doesn’t work on everything. I tried to remove pen marks and it didn’t work for me, but I read on amazon reviews that it works for others. It also didn’t remove a water stain, but I didn’t really expect it to. With colored stains I found that it lightened it much better then anything else I had used, but didn’t get rid of it completely.
Will I buy it again? I think it’s a good thing to have in your house. I did my sofa from top to bottom and it really helped get rid of a layer of soot/wear and tear/kids/dogs/etc.
For the best price pick them up at The Container Store. For some reason it’s $8.99 on Amazon.
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