Hi. I'm Kelli Ellis with Kelli Ellis Interiors, here with Eddie Aronda at Pete's Upholstery in Santa Ana, California. And this is how to clean upholstery. OK. Eddie, we're all a little messy, we all make mistakes, spill something on our upholstery. We've got a beautiful sofa. How do we clean it initially? I'm always afraid to just start attaching a stain because I'm never sure if it's going to come out. What would you best advice be for me? Well, you never really want to do that. You want to make sure of the cleaning code, there's cleaning codes. OK. And there's W which is the best one. It's water, water based. You can clean it with soap and water, really easy. That's the best one you'd want to use, for fabrics at least. Right. And then you got an S, which is cleaning solvent. So, we have a W and a an S. OK. S, solvent. That's right. OK. So, what you want to do when you do clean it with something, is you want to try it with a small little piece, on the back of he sofa, maybe on the bottom of the skirt. See what happens. Because if you try to use it on the whole piece, there might be trouble. Yeah, There's so many different fabrics and there's so many different fabric contents and different ways of cleaning. I would be scared. So, good advice, so take a look at the cleaning codes. Now, is that actually, I think I know where that's located. And most of us you know, we don't know what fabrics. You know, we don't have books and we're not really choosing fabrics unless of course you have a designer do it for you. But if you're at home, you want to unzip, right, and they have little tags. Now, my cleaning codes are going to be on the tags. That's right. So, I've got a W and an S and anything else? Anything else? A combination thereof maybe? What am I looking for? I'm a little scared. The W and S? Well, there's a W and S. Yeah. You can do a little bit of both. You know, a little bit of water. You can try that or you need dry cleaning, professional dry cleaning. OK. So, this is definitely where you're going to use your test spot. Yeah, that's right. OK. We've got cleaning codes, very good to know. We know to test a secret spot. That's right. OK. And then if all else fails, reupholster it? That's right. Give me a call. Give you a call. I love it. And you know, I've also heard and you can verify this, that do not try to just wash the cushions alone because they may not look the same as the body again. That's right. Really? It changes a little bit. OK. So if I've got a W and I think go for it, maybe again, do the test spot? I would suggest that you try a little throw pillow. Try a little throw pillow. Pull it out, wash it, see what happens. Great advice. Thank you very much. My name's Kelli Ellis here with Eddie Aronda at Pete's Upholstery. If you have any other questions, go to KelliEllis.com.
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