How to Clean Upholstery 

1. Spray bottle filled with hot water - spray entire fabric surface till sufficiently wet 2. Spray bottle filled with 3:1 water and stain remover - spray the dirty areas 3. Scrub and remove dirt with white cotton rag - switch to different areas of the rag as you go 4. Spray bottle filled with 2:1 sparkling water and destilled white vinegar - spray entire fabric surface 5. Repeat cotton rag scrub till the rag is clean Optional: when dry use lint trimmer to remove pilling + spray with 2 light coats of scotchgard fabric protector

When you bought out the trimmer I was like shut the front door lol 😆 didn’t even know that existed, thanks for the tips ❤️

Watched about a dozen clips on how to get my formerly white couch back in shape, your's is by far the best one I've watched. And you weren't trying to sell anything, thanks!

This is a great advice - glad to see this old advice still being passed around. I have done my furniture and rugs this way for many years, and the Clorox 2 is great; in the old days I used something they don't make anymore because it is super toxic - Clorox 2 is better. The key is the rinse in the end, that soda (carbonated) water and vinegar at the end and dry absorbent (cotton) rags at the end to do the final clean up with. Super important.

I am on bended knees to you. I have two chairs that are covered in linen someone got chocolate on it. I searched for two.months trying to find someone to clean it. I however used water and dawn big mistake. Anyway cost me $115.00 for.one chair. Then I found you! Yesterday I actually got spaghetti sauce on one of the chairs. I followed all of your directions and the stain is GONE!!!!!! I am stunned it cost me next to nothing. I ran to a supermarket bought what you said,used it,and it allllll worked. Thank you thank you thank you. Jim

After countless DIY videos, I trust your technique, because you included your background experience! Thank you for sharing!

Been watching videos literallyyyyyyyyy all day about this trying to find a good legitimate process...this is BY FAR the best I have seen ALL Day 🙌🏼🙏🏼

I am stupefied by how well this process worked. What a blessing to have stumbled onto this chemical process. From old and stained to acceptable new. 5 stars!!!!!

Great video. What an awesome background and experience you have to share.Thank you!

This worked great! I was a bit nervous but then figured I had nothing to lose as the chairs would have to get covered or be replaced. So happy with the results. Wish I had done before and after!

This is by far the best video I've come across about how to clean upholstery. Thank you so much! No fancy tools or some weird product. :)

Excellent information and I appreciate that you use easy to find products. I don’t have an upholstery cleaner and needed a simple approach. Can’t wait to see how my,new to me ,couch turns out.

Thanks so much for this video!!! I just got a chance to try out your method today and our couch looks SO MUCH BETTER 🙌

I used this on an upholstered chair that I bought second hand for a steal and it worked like a charm! Thank you so much!!

Thank you so much! Your method saved my fabric headboard - I had previously treated only the stained area and thereby increased the size of the stain 🤦 Your method was cheap, easy, and required no special equipment. Your video is organized, straightforward, informative, no bs. Thank you very much.

This did miracles for our car's upholstery, too, as well as the carpets. YES! THANK YOU! Tip: we had carpet inserts on top of the floor carpets. Those, I washed and drained a couple times in our shower, then used the same technique. Amazing refresh. Wish I'd known this years ago. 🙂

IT WORKED! Our couches were so gross - white with 2 rough collies and a lot of coffee spills. Our couches look brand new. I am so stunned. Thank you so much for this!!

Rachel!!!! My new friend!!! Oh my goodness...you have made my day!!!! Had been looking for a way to clean a futon I purchased used and this was AMAZING!!!! Thank you dear heart for sharing!!!! While taking a break, I watched your video about adding doors to a bookshelf. OMGSSSH!!!! Just yesterday I wished there was some way I could add "real" doors to my new bookshelves!!! You are a treasure!!! Thank you! Happy weekend! 💖🌈☺️ Wishing you every success and more!!! ❤️❤️❤️

I cleaned my upholstery dinning room chairs. Your video was so helpful, I'm cleaning almost everything that need cleaning. I even clean my mattress. You are a lifesaver. Great Video.

I have to thank you SO much for your video! I followed your concise, easy to follow instructions and my upholstered wing back chair now looks amazing! No change in color to the upholstery. It was really pretty soiled; especially the arms, the headrest area, and the top of the wing (that's often been used as a handrail) :) I should have taken "before" pictures... Thanks again!

So happy I found this video! My grandma has nearly the same ottoman & we’ve been trying to figure out how to clean it. I’ll definitely be trying this method out!

I was so happy to find your video yesterday. I did the upholstery in my chair. My car is a 2012 and now the upholstery looks brand new. Thank you so much. Your video was sooo helpful. Attempting to clean a beautiful old fashioned couch today. You are an inspiration! Thank you for posting your video. Cheers, Francine from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Canada

Am I the only one who had no idea of fabric shavers?! I was blown away hahaha. Thanks for the tips!

Hi Rachel. I used your cleaning method today with great success. It is a lazy boy with lots of loose fabric. It was hard to do but ... It was so dirty before and now looks so much better. Thanks, David

Thank for making this post. I just bought a recliner and plan to use the tips you gave to make it look brand new. Thank you!!! Thank you!!! Thank you!!!

Just watched this video today. We owned a fabric couch and then got 3 dogs, which as everyone knows it’s not a good mix. We had no clue how to clean it, but thank the Fabric gods for Rachel Pereira! Our couch is squeaky clean and look brand new. #FabricGoddess #RachelPereira #CleanCouch #CleanUpholstery #CleanPillows #ThankYou

THANK YOU!!! What sold me on this was the fact that you said your family owned a Professional cleaning and upholstery business! I take professional work seriously👍 I got all the supplies and I was SO happy with the results! It worked just like you explained step by step. I hope I can load the photos of before and after. I think the stains were dog vomit🤢 gross, I know!!! But I tried everything even steam Cleaner which actually SPREAD the stains!! Nevertheless, I am so happy for this educational video. Thank you once again! I will only use this method for future upholstery cleaning👍

Thank you. I’m moving and my husband wants to keep his favorite couch. I didn’t want it because it’s filthy. I look forward to cleaning it now and make it look brand new!!!!❤ I’m very grateful!

This has saved me!!! I’m telling you people, This Works!🎉 I had my white couch in storage and the movers did not cover it properly. One side was exposed and got really dirty. I saw this video and followed the instructions, and never looked back. Forever grateful ❤❤❤❤

I recently delivered a chair to my client and we want to change the fabric to grey, I told her to wait first to let me look for what we can use to clean it. I am glad I stumbled on your channel. I seriously pray and hope it works well. Thank you

Thank you! Tried this on my upholstered dining room chairs, they are very similar to your ottoman, it worked great!!! They look brand new now!!

You deserve 10 stars!!! that trimmer I didn't even knows exist, it will improve a lot the carpet and upholstery company that I'm opening!!! thank you!!

This worked like a dream!!! Just bought a used couch that needed some TLC, and the results are night and day! Thank you!! 🥳

Thank you so much from England, my pale grey sofa looks like new thanks to your cleaning method

Thank you!!!! So helpful!! I love cleaning this and your method is absolutely perfect! Keep posting!!

This was super helpful and it worked on my kitchen chairs! I also immediately purchased the lint trimmer, what a lifesaver..thanks for sharing

Thanks much for the video. It's a lot of work for me as I can't use my hands like that but I truly appreciate knowing the method. The shaver...wow! I have one too. Again, much needed video. Good job.

WOW! I wish I took a before and after pic. I used your method on a light beige ulphostered chair. It's a small bedroom chair, $300.00 and I loved it when I bought it. Over the last couple of years it's gotten dirty on the arms and center of seat. I called a company to have it professionally cleaned and they gave me a estimate of $180.00! I that's more than half of what I paid for the chair. So I went online and watched several videos. All looked good but yours stood out to me. The chair looks GREAT and will look brand new once I get a lint trimmer. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE:). ps I had everything in the house except for the detergent/stain remover. I use Dawn blue for many things and used as a substitute. It worked great too.

Thank you!! I bought a chair in great shape for $50 that has some serious dirt on the arms and this method made it look almost new!!

Very helpful. Great video. Now I'm going to do this on my living room couch!

Great job! Thanks so much. My new white sectional just came today and I'm doing research on how to care and maintain it. Thanks for this video!!! 💗💗💓

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Even though you showed a Scotch-guard spray, I don’t feel like you were trying to sell me anything. So many RU-vidrs are trying to soft sell everything now that I stopped trusting them. Thanks for keeping it real!

Super helpful and motivating. Thank you!

Thank you..This is so needed right now. Im cleaning my chairs tomorrow.

This was so informative and so well done. Thank you!

Oh my the trimmer!!!🤯 thank you for this video!

This is my first upholstery cleaning video and i am surprised to say that it was very enjoyable and informative! Thanks and i can't wait to try it out.

Thank you so much! It really breaks down what I was missing when I clean!

Amazing upholstery cleaning tutorial with things I already own!

Thank you for the demo, I was just about to call professionals but… So straightforward. Going to carry it out.

Yes 🙌 why I needed!

First of all you are flipping beautiful and intellectually advanced. Second off thank you for the tips

Thank you miss, I helped my dad clean the chairs today and I worked really good!

Thank you. Just got some beautiful used cream colored sofa and chair and can’t wait to try it🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

I used your method today and it worked on my sectional. A lot of elbow grease but well worth it. We have dogs and sometimes they use the bottom half of the furniture for a napkin after dinner. Drives me nuts. TY for the info Rachel.

Wow! Excellent demonstration! Thank you!!

Excellent video! Your expertise is so needed. Please make more videos😃

Thank you so much! It was nice to clean without any strong chemicals

that was a super satisfying video! thanks!

The carbonated water & vinegar…god damn… Vinegar has been one of my “secret” ingredients for cleaning, along with baking soda, but I never thought about the carbonated water. And the way you explained it… wow…just wow 🤯 Like your smile, this video is a true gem 💎

This is legit AF! thank you I almost had to get a new couch

A lint trimmer!!! What!! Who knew, definitely going to look for one of those.❤

I have several pieces that need cleaning and am so psyched to try this method!

Thank you 🙏 can’t wait to try!!!

You should have way more views. This was great!

This is a great video! This method works extremely well for me!!

Thank you! Such practical help.

Hi. Just came in to say thanks. I have this upholstery chair and it was so dirty I was wondering how to clean it, was a tossup between getting an upholstery cleaning wet vacuum which costs as much as the chair or to clean it by hand. I had this can of 3M Upholstery cleaner for a long time but the instructions were unclear, I had no idea I had to wipe off the dirt. So I followed your video about the hot water, used the 3M Upholstery cleaner and the sparkling water (I could only find lemon sparking water but it worked well and chair smells lemony!). Oh boy, what a difference, so much dirt came off!!!! Thank you from SIngapore! Oh and you're very pretty also!!

Hi Rachel!! I’m so happy we came across your video. Hubby and I bought some used Pottery Barn chairs yesterday without realizing how bad some of the stains were. We watched your video, went to the store to buy some of the supplies, came home...we were up until about 1am cleaning the chairs.....OMG!! THEY LOOK LIKE NEW AND ALL THE STAINS ARE GONE!!🤩🤩🤗. Do you have any recommendations on how to get rid of pet stains and smoke odor? Thank you!!

Thank you, this worked so well on my couch.👍

This was a great tutorial, thank you!

Hello, came across your video and I guess I found the solution to my problem and that's how to clean our couch....I have tried some methods but to my dismay it didnt work...im excited to try your method and by reading the comments they're really satisfied and happy with the results....thank you for this video and i hope i will get this right....

THank you so much. Great advice!

Wow, great video! Thanks for the great advice, will be getting one of those shavers thru your link ;)

WOWWWWWWWW what an incredible video I can't thank you enough

Thank you soooo much!!!! I needed this!!! 🥰

WONDERFUL video! Thank you for sharing!😍

I would never have guessed....thank you!

This was so helpful! !Thank you!

This video needs a ton of views!!

I have some antique chairs that I will try this on. Looks like it may work!

Very nice thank you for sharing this turned out so nice

Wow! I was just going to watch and do the same but once your brought out the trimmer I said she deserves a comment and a subscription 😂

Wow . love the style thank you. I will be using this method . I just subbed😉

this is really helpful thanks :)

Great video Rachel!

Lint trimmer 🤯 Pauses video at 6:01, goes to Amazon to immediately order a lint trimmer!!! I’m back and lint trimmer will be here on Tuesday.😁

Such great advice! Simple, direct and do-able. New subscriber here. Am definitely going to give this a try on a chair that can use a very thorough cleaning. (I previously tried to remove a dark "spot" on a tomato/cherry red chair using Woolite laundry detergent but found that it was lightening the color. I will follow your instructions carefully and KNOW that I will get the results I wanted. Thank you.

Thanks for this video I’m going to do this on my dinner chairs

thanks for sharing the fabric shaver link ❤

Thank you so much I got a grease stain out of my chair thanks to your advice

Amazing!! Thank u!

Question: I bought an old velvet (velour?) tufted chair that has what looks like years of deep dust/dirt around the buttons of each tuft. What tools, cleaners, method do you recommend for cleaning this? Thank you so much!

Wow thank you so much, I am going to give it a try. Greetings

Thank you! My white arm chair looks like new.

This worked great!!!

Love your rug and pillows where from 😅 bought a new home and would love to get pieces like yours 😍

I was surprised that this is not that complicated. Especially from who grew up doing this business.

Rachel- Great video. thank you! Was wondering of you have a back up for Clorox free and clear. Tough to find the small size locally or even on line. Thx!

Could do a video on shade cleaning couches or chairs ?