cleaning a fabric chair-A stain on the fabric covering of your Mobitec chair? Do not panic!

Follow our instructions for cleaning your fabric chair depending on the type of stain. In most cases, all it takes is a little elbow grease and standard cleaning products to get your chair back in shape.

The right steps to clean a fabric chair

• If the cover of your chair is removable , remove it and check the washing and maintenance instructions given on the label of the cover. In some cases, you can simply machine wash it.

• First of all, try to determine the origin and the nature of the stain in order to be able to apply the appropriate treatment. Then refer to the list below to find the appropriate treatment.

Dust the seat with the soft brush of the vacuum cleaner to work on a clean surface

• Apply the stain remover to a clean cloth and never directly to the fabric.

• Test the stain remover on a less visible area of ​​your flesh beforehand.

• Always rinse the treated area after applying the stain remover.

• After applying the stain remover and rinsing it off, always clean the entire surface of the chair’s fabric upholstery. Local treatment may indeed leave a halo.

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A) Stain of unknown origin

• Scrub with 1 cup hot water + 2 tbsp baking soda

• Stubborn stain : once the fabric is dry, dab with turpentine

• White fabric : dab with a rust remover or hydrogen peroxide

B) Stain of known origin

• Encrusted stain: scrape then dab with soapy water

• If that doesn’t work: tepid benzine or glycerine or diluted ammonia or white vinegar Fruit or vegetable stain

• Natural fibres: water (1/2) + alcohol (1/2) then white vinegar diluted to 50%

• Synthetic fibres: soapy water then dab with a damp cloth + 1 drop of 70° alcohol. White or colorfast fabric : barely bleached water

• Wool: a little vinegar. Be careful to rinse as soon as possible, even if it means starting over.Red fruit : lemon juice (rinse well!)

• Orange: warm glycerin

Grease stain

• Stain still wet : sprinkle with talc or flour

• Dry stain : apply sheets of absorbent paper then pass a hot iron over the whole. Renew the paper when it is dirty. Dab the remaining traces with a cloth soaked in diluted ammonia.

• Silk : sprinkle with talc then brush gently

• Wool : land of Sommières

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• Cold water then white vinegar diluted to 50%. Leave to act then soak again

• If it didn’t work: undiluted vinegar or hot milk

• mustard stain

• Remove any excess with a spoon

• Water + soap then hydrogen peroxide + ammonia

• Very encrusted stain : lighten with lemon juice

• egg-stain

• cold water

Old stain : hydrogen peroxide, slightly diluted

• stain sauce

• Barely wet Marseille soap. Leave on for half an hour then rinse.

• Other options: lukewarm glycerin or diluted ammonia

• Greasy and sweet sauce : dilute with cold water then rub with glycerin + a drop of liquid soap. Or sprinkle with baking soda or cornstarch, brush gently and rinse with warm water. Or prepare a paste with soda crystals and water, leave to act for a quarter of an hour then rinse with very hot water.

• salad dressing Stain still wet : sprinkle with talc, cornstarch or baking soda. Leave to act then brush gently. Rinse under running water.

• beer stain Water-alcohol mixture (50%) then water-acetic acid (25%)

• Silk : dab with a mixture of water + household alcohol

• coffee stain

Warm glycerine then damp cloth

• Or rub with barely damp Marseille soap

• Or dab with water-alcohol mixture (50/50) then white vinegar

• Silk or wool : water + alcohol at 70°

• fruit juice stain Very hot milk or vinegar or carbonated water. Wet every 30 minutes until the stain disappears.

• Stubborn stain: rub with glycerine. Leave to act for 15 mins. then rinse.

• milk stain

Dab with barely diluted ammonia

• soda pop

• Stain still wet : sprinkle with flour or Sommières earth, brush then dab with soapy water

• Old stain : dab with rubbing alcohol or diluted ammonia

• tea stain Dab with soapy water, rinse with vinegar then clear water

• Old stain: lukewarm glycerin

• Synthetic fibres: lemon juice (rinse well!) or white vinegar-alcohol 90° mixture or soda crystals

Wine stains

• Damp stain : sprinkle with cornstarch or Sommières earth, brush then dab with milk then clean with soapy water. Or sponge with a clean cloth then rub with carbonated water. Dry stain : dab with white vinegar

• Stubborn stain : Soak in hot milk or vinegar for an hour or more and rinse well.

• damp stain Rub with a paste: 30 gr. of grated white soap + 30 gr. of starch + 15 gr. fine salt + lemon juice. Rinse then dry with a washcloth or hair dryer 

• Dab with hydrogen peroxide or ammonia. Rinse and dry well with a washcloth or hair dryer (medium temperature).

Rust stain

• Rub with lemon juice + salt then pour in wet washing powder and rub.

• Stubborn stain : rust remover

• White tissue : oxalic acid (sorrel salt)

• Synthetic fibres : lemon juice (rinse well!)

• pencil stain

Baking paste + water. Leave to act then rinse

• Ink stain Soak in milk.

• Persistent stain : rub with peroxide or lemon juice + salt or toothpaste

• White or colorfast fabric : dab with 90° alcohol or water + a drop of bleach

• Colour cotton : dab with water + alcohol vinegar or spray hair spray and wipe immediately and repeat several times.

• Wool : dab with alcohol at 90° or mix 1/3 methylated spirit + 2/3 cold water