How To Clean Mohair Upholstery

Only limited dry cleaning techniques should be used.

How to clean mohair upholstery. The finish could easily be lost in the process. Step 1 brush the mohair fabric using a hard clothes brush. As a general rule embossed fabrics made of cotton rayon linen silk wool or mohair as well as blends of these fibers should never be cleaned with water or water based detergents. Although the fabric is durable it is delicate and can be ruined if an abrasive cleaner is used to clean the upholstery. Proper care and maintenance are required when cleaning mohair upholstery to ensure no damage is done to the fabric.

Always treat the entire surface of the soiled furniture. By spraying a dry shampoo onto a dampened squeezed out sponge and rubbing onto the fabric following the manufacturer s instructions. After each treatment use a soft brush working in the direction of. For mohair velours it can be done in two different ways. For more general cleaning hand wash mohair garments with cold or tepid water and a gentle wool or delicate fabric soap.

Be sure to gently squeeze the garment to release soap and excess water never wring the garment because wringing will distort the delicate fibers. Do not use a brush or a vacuum cleaner with a brush because this will damage the surface of the fabric. Regular cleaning and maintenance remove any loose particulates such as crumbs pet hair dirt and soot with the upholstery attachment on your vacuum. This brush will have hard bristles that remove lint from clothing. Pile distortion may be a problem.

The intermediate clean is defined as the treatment of the whole surface of the upholstery cover fabric. Cleaning of mohair should involve a foam shampoo sprayed and rubbed onto a water dampened squeezed out sponge or a liquid shampoo worked into a foam with a sponge using only the foam. For mohair velours it can be done in two different ways. First you will use a hard clothes brush. The intermediate clean is defined as the treatment of the whole surface of the upholstery cover fabric.

Use a dry shampoo that crystallises 100. There are three separate steps to cleaning mohair each using one of these tools. By spraying a dry shampoo onto a dampened squeezed out sponge and rubbing onto the fabric following the manufacturer s instructions.