Red Leather Sofa

Protecting Your Sofa

If you’ve recently purchased a sofa, you’re acutely aware of how expensive they can be. Seeing your new sofa deteriorate and depreciate is not a fun activity, especially if it occurs in a very short timeframe. The purpose of this page it to help you understand some things that you can do to protect your sofa, whether its brand new or one that you’ve had for over five years.

If you haven’t bought a sofa yet, consider the color and fabric that you want carefully. Darker colored sofas can look better than they really are because the color can hide stains or damage. Lighter colored sofas will show dirt and grime more distinctly. If you’re one of those people who isn’t crazy about cleaning, you will want to purchase a darker colored sofa.

Prevention is the best medicine. This is true in the case of caring for your sofa as well. Don’t eat or drink on or around your sofa. But if you do eat or drink around your sofa be especially careful that you don’t spill. You might also want to brush off your sofa after eating as well. No matter how careful you were, I bet a few crumbs still managed to find their way to your sofa fabric. If you have kids, do not let them near your sofa with any sort of food. They will spill on your sofa. It’s just a matter of time.

If you have a leather sofa you may want to take some extra preventive steps to protect your purchase. Leather sofas are more expensive so consider that as extra motivation to care for it. Buy and apply a leather protectant to your sofa. This will help to repel water and stop your leather from drying out and cracking. Be careful when applying this to your leather sofa. You never know how a chemical will react with your leather sofa, so apply a small bit to an area that is unseen and make sure it doesn’t cause any undesired reaction.

Keep your sofa out of direct sunlight. Even if your sofa is only exposed to the sunlight for a couple hours each day, it will cause damage to it. Find a place in your house where the sun is on at the least amount of time, preferably never. Keep your sofa away from heating and air conditioning. These will also damage your sofa.

If the unfortunate circumstance occurs and your sofa is stained, you can do some things to help restore it to its original charm and condition. There are professional companies you can have treat and restore your sofa. Usually this isn’t an economically sound idea as the cost of restoring your sofa is expensive. Purchase a leather cleaning product. Apply the product to a sponge and make it foam. When you apply it to your leather sofa use a circular motion to clean. Remember to test the cleaner you have on an unseen area of your sofa to make sure it won’t yield and undesired results.