Whether you have furniture indoors or outdoors, keeping the upholstery clean and free of germs could become a huge and expensive challenge. So, what do you do? If you are going to get the cleaner to come in every month to do your cleaning, your bills are going skyrocket. The more sensible thing would be to get yourself a good vacuum cleaner which has an accessory that could keep those heavy cushions (outdoor cushion covers), chairs, and sofas, clean and germ-free.

Maneuverability Is Key

You could get a good vacuum cleaner that could do a good job of keeping your house clean. The point is to figure out whether or not the same machine could keep your upholstery spick and span. For this, the prime requisite is to have a couple of accessories that you can fit on to the long and snaky pipe-like fitting on your cleaner. You need to ensure that it can be moved back and forth and sideways and most importantly, into the corners and crevices of your furniture.

Dangers Of Uncleaned Upholstered Furniture

In today’s world where pollution is a huge cause for concern, dust and dander could prove to be almost fatal, if it is not tackled in time. What usually happens is that a whole lot of dust, hair from pets and droppings of small insects, like crickets and beetles, make your upholstered furniture a fertile breeding ground for all kinds of allergy-producing elements. On the surface, everything could look spotlessly clean. But in a short time, you find that your little ones and sneezing and your Mum who like to sit and knit, on that comfy cushiony chair is sneezing her guts out too. All this is caused by that uncleaned upholstery that you thought looked very colorful and attractive.

Acrylic Covering

With today’s technological advancements, there are a couple of cost-effective solutions to keeping your upholstery clean and germ resistant. The best thing available today is the colorless acrylic covering that is available. There are spray cans that are sold in supermarkets, which can be used on sofas, pillows, cushions and most kinds of upholstered furniture, used outdoors. The other option is an acrylic sheet that is quite transparent. All you need to do is to peel it off from its protective covering and then place it neatly on the upholstered part of the furniture. A heating iron is then used to ensure that it fuses with the furniture, thereby creating a good sheath that protects it from many things including dust.