Spilt tea on new ones sofa bed and worried husband will go so angry at me

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Husband bought a new Ikea sofa bed (Friheten) range in dark grey only just last week because we are redecorating and having a new living room. Everything all sorted and nice but we didn't have a side table for drinks/tea coffee yet. So we were all watching a film with kids and it was dark, I had a cup of tea in my hand and my daughter snatched a cushion from me ( she wasn't happy about something) and my tea went everywhere, I tried to hide it from my husband as he would really get angry at me so I got a towel discreetly and tried to soak up the tea. Then we all went to bed and the stain is there. I'm trying to hide with cushions too I find a way of getting it out but how? I've tried using a little bit of soap but it's not working. Please help I don't want to saturate it more. Will the tea have damaged the area underneath to and cause mould ?

Wait until he notices it and then plead ignorance “ooh I wonder how that happened” ?

You shouldn’t have to do this of course.

I am terribly clumsy and always spilling things. DH just calls me a loon and laughs and helps me clean up. That’s a normal reaction, a bit of laughter and shared “sorting it out”.

Keep talking to Women’s Aid too, you can always call them while waiting for face to face appointments.

I used rug doctor stain remover which I bought from B and Q online on a 3 day old coffee stain and it came out.

The stain remover wont cause mould. Neither will the tea which will have dried by now. You need to use a wet stain remover, it dries really quickly.

My mum and I lived in fear of my dad like you describe. It was horrendous for both of us.

I hated her for not leaving, as I grew up. I distanced myself from them both as the pain I felt witnessing his brutish behaviour toards my mum tore me apart.

One of the last things my mum said to me before she died was "I don't know what happy is."

Please call Women's Aid again. They will help you. Don't be my mum.

Have you managed to call Women's Aid again stressing?

Movinghouseatlast
That's so sad. Your poor Mum and you.
OP you're living in fear and may be suffering financial abuse as well as emotional abuse. Keep contacting Women's Aid.

OP - I agree with everyone else, please address the underlying issue here. If not for yourself, for your children.

And also - the care instructions for the sofa are here:www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/sofas-armchairs/sofa-beds-chair-beds/friheten-corner-sofa-bed-with-storage-skiftebo-dark-grey-spr-09133543/
However, its completely unhelpful as it says do not wash. How crazy to have a sofa that you cannot clean?!

I contacted Ikea via web chat about the sofa and they said they could not advise anything other than what was on the care instructions and wouldn't want to make anything worse.

I agree with pp about cleaning the whole cushion.