Ingredients for making homemade upholstery cleaner:
- 1 cup of 3% hydrogen peroxide
- 1/4 cup of Blue dawn dishwashing liquid (Ultra works best for this)
- Spray Bottle
- Soft bristle brush (upholstery brush) or microfiber cloth
Directions:
- Spray the surface of your upholstery where you want it to be cleaned.
- Allow solution to sit for a few minutes.
- With a brush or microfiber cloth (brush works better for stains), rub UPWARDS (Rub up towards your body instead of rubbing down into fabric, link to IG video of this can be seen in blog post )until stain is gone. Very important not to rub down or around when it comes to stains.
- Let surface dry and make sure stain is gone. Most stains are gone immediately, but anything tough or set in might need two treatments.
** I always use Dawn Ultra in these solutions, but if you don’t have any, use a good quality CONCENTRATED dish soap for this recipe. Click here to learn why I use Dawn over any other brand for homemade solutions.
Have a question about this project?
My dog “scooted” on my fairly new dark blue couch. I’m concerned about using this with hydrogen peroxide. Won’t it bleach out the color? Generally, I use diluted “Amazing” from the dollar store on everything including rugs. I even use it in the rug shampoo machine.
Hydrogen peroxide 3% isn't really strong enough to bleach fabric coloring, but does oxidize stains. I would just test a small area first and check fabric the next day. I have never had issues with it discoloring fabrics, but always good to check
I'd love to try out this homemade cleaning product BUT I live in France so Dawn Ultra is not available to me. Could you explain what makes this dish cleaning product better than one from another brand? Is it the 50% spudless claim or does it relate to a chemical ingredient that only Dawn uses? Thanks for sharing anyway!
Hi! You can read the blog post where we break down why we always use blue dawn ultra: https://chemistrycachet.com/diy-upholstery-cleaner/
For those in other parts of the world, you can substitute another good quality brand of concentrated dish soap :)
Can this be used to remove stains on carpeting? The hydrogen peroxide doesn’t affect the color at all? Thank you.
Yes hydrogen peroxide was recommended to be used full strength by a carpet cleaning professional. He stated it is a protein based stain remover. For bodily functions and blood. spray and let it sit a little & blot off. I use this all the time.