ok cleaning gods.....aka mums..........whats the best way to clean my fabric sofa arms????

[faeriemum]

they're 9months old....should be cream....looking off now......cant take the fabric off....never cleaned a sofa before!!! help!!!!!

(have taken cushion covers off to wash...although we do have throws to cover them anyway)

do i scrub the arms? what with?
do i need a special vacum thingy?
hot water? fairy liquid? wahsing powder? special fabric cleaner?

it sounds like i dont clean but i do! honest! just not my sofa!

ohh thankyou!

I once borrowed a steam cleaner and did the arms of our old sofa quite successfully.

It was quite a basic cleaner from what I remember and you had to wrap a cloth over the end to make a "pad" which you rubbed over the fabric.

Sorry thats so vague its probably no use to you whatsoever ...ignore my ramblings!