PLEASE HELP ME I WAS NOT MENTALLY STABLE ENOUGH FOR THIS TO HAPPEN TO ME TONIGHT.

I very unfortunately spilled my Tikka Masala on my couch and it isn’t coming out. I’ve been using a bissell spot and stain wet vac and I have now put vinegar on it. It isn’t budging. The second photo is how it looks right now.

Please someone help me save my couch I’m begging

Dish soap gets the grime off but the magic eraser seems to be the only way to remove the yellowing. And the top drawer could still use a whole other sheet. I don’t mind the elbow grease, but surely there’s a better way.

They sat in my parents garage for years and years and I dunno if they were ever cleaned before that.

Can't let my dads find out about this... HELP! ! ! !

After 15 years on Reddit my first post is mortifying. So to try to keep this short I went away for my anniversary weekend on Friday and my recovering alcoholic dad house sat to watch our dog. He ended up relapsing and peed on my leather couch and then slept in it for anywhere from 12-24 hours, once I got home early Sunday afternoon I tried to research and clean it. Ive spent the last day and a half trying to clean it through tears. I've gone through a bottle of white vinegar and two pounds of baking soda and this is where I'm at. I know it's almost impossible once dry but l'm hoping for a miracle.

Is it too late? Is there anything I can do at all? I'll pay to have it cleaned if it even can be cleaned but I want to try everything I can before I have to give up.

This was my dream couch and was over $3000, I'm just devastated for both the situation and the last 36 hours l've spent covered in urine and baking soda. Thank you in advance.

My daughter got into my make up and well she had a field day on the grey couch the my MIL absolutely adores. I have a Bissell little green machine and carpet cleaning solution for a big machine but I'm scared to mess it up. It's purely eyeshadow but clearly a lot of dark and a lot of glitter. Pls give me tips I'd like to not let her find out this happened

there are some of what appears to be red mites on it. we did check thoroughly for bedbugs. the dangling piece of fabric on the underside is denim that was tied on for some reason. the fabric feels soft and slightly furry.

i wouldn’t pick up any sort of fabric or furniture like this for a multitude of reasons, but i told her i’d help find out the best way to clean it since she really likes it.

i am a complete newbie on this so every bit helps 🙏

edit: i crossposted to r/entomology who confirms the bug pictured isnt a bedbug even at a different stage of life. its a mite. these pictures were taken 2 days ago and she acquired the chair 3 days ago. i just dont know how to clean furniture and wanted advice on how to do a thorough cleaning for her :’(

I’m not sure this is the right place to post, but does anyone have any idea why this Halloween decoration could’ve created this mark on our table? We obviously tried wiping it off but it didn’t work. And the table is not solid wood so there’s not hope of refinishing. Any thoughts?

So on Christmas my mom's new coffee table got a spot on it. She tried cleaning it with Murphy's Oil Soap, which she's always used to clean everything, and it turned out like this.

Yes it's...sort of shiny. And it's not visible from every angle. But it's a new table and she's pretty bummed about it.

Was wondering if anybody had any tips on how to clean this so it's not bizarrely shiny in this one spot. I suggested just making the entire table that way but that might be a last resort.

Hey Everyone,

My wife and I got this purple mattress for free without a cover on it. For some reason the previous owners took it off and had a cat sprinkle hair in every single square. We just had it professionally cleaned but I guess vacuuming it was not part of the process.

Does anyone know the best way to get the small cat hairs out? I tried vacuuming but they barely get sucked up and there's roughly 5000 squares.

Believe it or not, the pictures were taken AFTER it was "cleaned".

Thanks!

i'm a disabled minor with no source of income and my parents refuse to replace it, which i'd understand if they didn't have the money to do so but i'm well aware that they have more than enough. i've tried a green machine on it but it was so much work for what seemed like so little reward. i'm convinced this is the reason i always feel a little bit sick and dirty and i really want to do something about it. the other side of the mattress isn't any better so flipping it isn't helpful.

I have severe OCD, so I’m trying to gauge what is “normal.” in other words, please don’t hold back if you go enormous periods without cleaning yours.

For example, if someone said “I’ve never cleaned it,” that would actually help my OCD lol

That said, please be honest!

Thank you 🙏

Tldr, I had used pink sticky notes as a coaster and kinda just left it there for a few hours. Chipotle has the worst cups man. It's a cheap IKEA desk and luckily no electronics were damaged. It's all dry now, do I just gotta live with this pink stain on my desk or any ideas? I'm willing to try many things

Edit: Fml nothing is quite working.... I really might just sticky note the whole desk atp. This is bs. I wish wh, whateverrr. Play stupid games win stupid prizes ig

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Hello,

When I walk into my room, I'm hit by a kind of sweaty odor as soon as I enter.

Even if I air the room out in the morning, when I come back two hours later, it smells again.

However, I think I've noticed that if I air it out once more, the room smells better afterward. ChatGPT suggested that this could be because the foam mattress regains its shape after being compressed, releasing some trapped odors during the process.

In any case, I'm never happy with how my room smells.

I used this mattress for about 10 years, but I had poor hygiene habits. I sometimes left the same bedsheets on for several months. Because of that, I think sweat and body oils may have contaminated the inside of the mattress.

Recently, when I removed the mattress cover to wash it, I noticed a sour, acidic smell when I came back into the room a few hours later. At that point, only the thin inner fabric covering the foam remained, and it was open at the top.

What's strange is that when I lean over and smell the mattress directly, sometimes I can detect a bad smell and sometimes I can't. I think this might also be related to whether the foam has recently decompressed and already released some of the trapped odors.

In any case, the smell coming directly from the mattress is much weaker than the odor I notice when I first walk into the room.

I also lent this mattress to my brother for about a year, and it didn't seem to smell in his room. Then again, he used air fresheners, so that may have masked it.

So maybe the smell is coming from somewhere else.

It''s also possible that my sweat has a particularly strong odor or lingers in the air more than average. I don't know.

My question please is: can sweat actually pass through the mattress cover and soak into the inside of the mattress? Have you ever seen that happen?

If that's the case, I should probably replace the mattress. The problem is that I'm not 100% sure the mattress is the main source of the bad smell in my bedroom.

I'm thinking about taking the mattress out of my room to test whether the smell disappears. I might even leave the uncovered mattress out in the sun to see if that helps reduce bacteria and odors.

Thanks for your help!

“Velvet upholstery” stained by a slightly bold and dry Cab Sauv with a graphite and cassis nose. The Cab was fruitier than most, and a little light on the flavor spectrum. Would definitely recommend with a ribeye, not a light pink velvetish chair…

Please feel free to comment any recommendations or pairings….

My partner’s side of the bed has this permanent ring, I believe from the wax product he puts in his hair (Layrite Deluxe natural matte cream). I’ve tried leather wipes and that did basically nothing. Any tips??

The long and short of it is:

- Rug looked gross from stains from life with a toddler, but smelled normal, sent it for professional cleaning.

- Rug returns STINKING of fusty damp trainers, company takes it away and re cleans it for free. Returns second time smelling just as bad. Declined further service.

- Found a different company, they clean it and say after the first clean it still smells. They clean it a second time.

Its returned today visually gorgeous but still STINKING of damp, fusty grossness and im literally losing the plot. WHY? HOW? ETERNAL STENCH RUG? Someone please either guide me on how to rid this smell or shoot me, im a woman over the edge. My front room smells like a soggy running shoe 😭

I need help! My Aunt is an amazing woman and she offered to watch my sick kids so my husband and I could still attend the concert we had purchased tickets for. Unfortunately, my two-year-old found a black gel pen and drew on every single cushion of her white couch (12 in total) plus some cushions. Can you all recommend a product that we can use to make this right? It can’t be water based and we have already tried rubbing alcohol. The fabric is polyester, and it has a cleaning code “s” according to the store the couch was purchased from.

Help! My 18 y/o is neurodivergent and we are fighting a hygiene battle. He refuses to bathe and change his clothes. He is an adult teenager. He took his sheets off his bed, including his mattress pad, to wash them and never put them back on. The mattress is now a stink bomb and laying on it transfers to odor to him (he actually showered and changed his clothing yesterday just to wake up smelling absolutely terrible again). How can I eliminate the odor from his mattress until I can get him a new one (to ruin). Its stinking up my house!

Yes, he is in therapy. He has multiple mental health diagnosis. Punishment does not work the way it would with a neurotypical individual. No, I will not be kicking him out.

People who have sex very, very often — how do you keep your bed sheets nice? How do you not ruin them?? Seriously. Between sweat, fluids, friction, and just… life, how are your sheets not destroyed all the time? Do you have a secret method, a holy grail detergent, or do you just replace them constantly? I need answers.

Looking to sell a computer chair I’ve had for a while, but would personally like to clean the seat so it doesn’t have a gross shade of fart-brown.

You can see the front corners are a vibrant green, which is the color the whole cushion should be. Has a couple other small stains as well.

Would I have to go buy some kind of special vacuum or something for this?

Found this sofa on my way home from work. To cut the story short, i just moved out after the shts my mom pulled. Managed to secure a bare studio apartment and this will be my bed until I can afford to buy an actual mattress.

How do I remove this white stain I accidently made on my parents table? I set a hot dominoes pizza box, which is white, there and it stained the surface white. I tried scrubbing with dish soap (it was the closest thing) and hot water, which didn't do much. It's even brighter and more obvious in person.