microfiber couch

[Perry]

I know microfiber is tough,after you slightly wet it you can't tell if the stain or dirt is gone.I used encap & cloth just to touch up were hands grab the arms.
When I clean furniture I whip the encap into a foam in a bucket,use the foam & a horse hair to scrub the arms,then mist encap on the rest and use a cyclo then wipe the furniture down with a towel.
This was my second microfiber couch in 2 yrs.how can you tell if you got it clean.

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[Mike M]

Is there any dirt transfer to your towels when you wipe it down?

No dirt transfer is about as clean as you can get.

[noweare]

Good question. Had the same problem last week. Quess you could put a fan on it while you
do other stuff.

[jeffvanburen]

I clean alot of Microfibre and what Mike said is about the only way, the cheaper microfibre tends to retain oils and can be permanet

[ChemBright]

I have changed the way I clean microfiber upholstery lately.

I am now using my small orbital stair tool with 15" gladpads and running it over the upholstery after spraying with encap green and then following up with my spotting machine (can't use portable due to ruining my upholstery tool). I don't use much spray from the tool and I have had excellent results. The fabric has been drying in about and hour and all the spots are gone.

Like what was mentioned above. If you don't have any transfer then you should be good to go.

[Mike M]

Chem - Haven't you got that tool fixed yet!!?? 

[chrissalter]

I had a callback on a microfiber couch we have cleaned quite a few and never had a callback.  This couch was however 8 years old and never been cleaned.  To see instant results a hair dryer on low speeds up the dry time.  Clean a cushion and dry it a little and move on to the other cushion.  Couch was dry when we left and looked brand new.  We use horse hair and release it or encap green both have worked fine with similiar results.

[Grant D.]

I have a cheap crappy microfiber couch and I can't get about 10 spots out.  Most are from a couple years ago when my daughter pretty much dumped everything she drank on the couch.  I gave up trying to clean it.  I'll never buy a microfiber couch again.

[luvsnow]

I've got a Microfiber sofa and loveseat in the basement at home. There are a few stains that I cannot get out of my sofa no matter what I try. Yet, I will go to a customers house and get a stain out of their microfiber couch that I cannot get out of my own. Someone once told me there are different blends of microfiber, so maybe that is why.

[ChemBright]

I believe there are 4-5 different generations of Microfiber used on couches now.

[azsteamer]

there are DEFINITELY different qualities of microfiber, but I think most, if not all, are made from Poly.  You can usually tell the really cheap ones from the **** imprint that is permanently molded into it.  These are garbage.  Then again, I hate almost all microfiber.  Use a booster and a buffer, if you op guys have that, to remove the oils which oxidize into polys.  A booster is an oxidizer, like "boost all" from bridgepoint, but I understand you guys have one for op.  Good luck. 

[chrissalter]

I returned ours the salesman pushed us and said it could take the abuse from our children.  My children are 5,4,2,1 so needless to say a month later  my 2 year dumped a bottle. smelled horrible nothing could get the smell out I was contomplating a bonfire.  They sent a tech out and replaced the cushions 2 days later stains just appeared all over it no idea what they were.  We promptly returned the couch and got leather it has been a year and only a couple cracks that were easily repaired.  Microfiber is for the birds in my opinion.