I'm moving to my new turnip in the country next week, and agreed with the retired owners that they could leave there whatever they wanted when they move out.
As they are downsizing to a bungalow, it turns out this will include most of the contents and in particular loads of good quality sofas.
This is very handy in a way as the place has several large rooms, for which sofas are useful and convenient furnishing, and decent quality ones such as Chesterfields would be very expensive to purchase new in the quantities needed.
But there's a snag.
The owners have five elderly dogs, which for years have used most of the sofas as handy beds. So, although the owners keep the sofas covered with a blanket, and they and the place are scrupulously clean generally, I suspect these sofas will reek of dog. Unfortunately they are satin and upholstery rather than leather.
So in summary, I am wondering if there is a treatment that can thoroughly clean and de-doggify a sofa (one that doesn't involve a garden bonfire or hiring a skip!)
I mean for example, can one pay to have sofas taken away and treated in a giant "sofa dry cleaning" chamber? I imagine something like that might be required.
Or can one buy or pay for treatment with sofa shampoo and shampooers as for carpets?
Any constructive ideas welcome ..
As they are downsizing to a bungalow, it turns out this will include most of the contents and in particular loads of good quality sofas.
This is very handy in a way as the place has several large rooms, for which sofas are useful and convenient furnishing, and decent quality ones such as Chesterfields would be very expensive to purchase new in the quantities needed.
But there's a snag.
The owners have five elderly dogs, which for years have used most of the sofas as handy beds. So, although the owners keep the sofas covered with a blanket, and they and the place are scrupulously clean generally, I suspect these sofas will reek of dog. Unfortunately they are satin and upholstery rather than leather.
So in summary, I am wondering if there is a treatment that can thoroughly clean and de-doggify a sofa (one that doesn't involve a garden bonfire or hiring a skip!)
I mean for example, can one pay to have sofas taken away and treated in a giant "sofa dry cleaning" chamber? I imagine something like that might be required.
Or can one buy or pay for treatment with sofa shampoo and shampooers as for carpets?
Any constructive ideas welcome ..
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