Re: On to upholstery issues....

Posted by Bobby On 2013/4/5 21:16:19

It's really not that much more money to get the right material, the labor charge (or amount of time you personally would need to do it) is the same regardless of the cost of the material. You might seriously get some price quotes and see.

I have never, ever heard of using brake cleaner, etc., on a large scale interior cleaning project. I cannot for the life of me see how that could work. Brake cleaner is not the same as dry cleaning fluid. Then there's the residue. On 60 year old material? Ditto for redying 60 year old fabric. I doubt it would withstand the process, and look decent. I really am on the side here of living with what you've got until you can do it correctly. And painlessly.

That said, I have steam cleaned my wool broadcloth (yes, the cheapie units from amazon work great), but be aware that steam = water, and that's not such a good thing to saturate your 60 year old material with, either, so be prepared to steam, and then follow up with a wet vac suck. The results are pretty impressive.

And I get to say 'suck' with an absolutely straight face...