Save My Chenille
Dear Mouthy Housewives,
I have an ink spot on my chenille covered couch. Please tell me, is there something I can do to get it out?!
Signed,
Jennifer
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Dear Jennifer,
I was sitting on MY chenille covered couch, working on my latest novel, okay, writing out a grocery list, whatever, when I decided to get an apple (okay an Oreo, okay 8…ish Oreos) and when I sat back down, I couldn’t find my pen. Turns out, it was trying to squeeze its way into the crack of my ass, but alas, after realizing it was teetering on the edge of a landfill, it escaped and in retribution left a HUGE ink stain on the cushion.
I knew the easy answer would’ve been to just turn the cushion over, as was recommended by the many cleaning and fabric design places I called. Unfortunately, that was an option I’d already utilized several months ago after my friend’s kid took a candle and poured the melted wax on top of the cushion because, she, “wanted to make a princess.” I know. WTF?
One idea I had was to sit on that particular cushion each time I had a visitor and not get up until they left the house. Great idea, if I remembered to pee and completely empty my bowel prior to their arrival. I even tried covering it with a blanket, but then looking at it just screamed, “THIS COUCH HAS STAINS ON IT!!!” Of course, I chided myself for not having put plastic covers on it like my grandmother did, if for no other reason then to watch my guests sit down and refuse to breathe because every time they moved a millimeter, everyone would hear this loud crunching sound and stare at them as if they’d just let one fly.
Unfortunately, you’re going to have to have the whole couch cleaned by a professional. If you treat only the ink stain, it might disappear, but you’ll likely end up compromising the integrity of the fabric and personally, I would not be happy living with a sofa that looked like is was spot cleaned by a roving band of pre-schoolers on a sugar high.
Love,
TMH
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3 Responses to “Save My Chenille”
Comment by =Tamar.
Ironing only works if the couch cover isn’t acrylic or some other plastic that will melt. If it’s wool, no problem. Cotton is iffy – it burns and smolders.
The hardware store sometimes has a product designed to remove wax by dissolving it.
Or just put a baggie of ice cubes on it, then break the solid wax off the threads, which will at least make the stain smaller.
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Comment by kitten.
to get rid of candle wax…
iron it! with newspaper uner the iron to absorb the melted wax.
This is how we got the wax out of the fabric we batik printed in 4th grade.
Also useful for science projects when pressing flowers for 6 weeks creates a mouldy blob
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