I certainly didn’t mean to turn our beautiful white sectional green. Let me back up. For the past few days I have been sidelined with a bad back. I can barely walk and have been out of commission (I have a bulged disc that flares up). The heating pad and ice treatments have been on constant rotation. Having said that, we couldn’t find our ice pack anywhere and desperate times call for desperate measures. Enter the bag of frozen spinach. Had I been on my A game, I would have placed it in a plastic bag but I am not quite functioning at full capacity.
OUR WHITE SECTIONAL
We had this sectional custom made for our California home and we couldn’t believe how well it fit in this space. It’s as if it were made for it. It’s remarkably comfortable and we have no intention of replacing it anytime soon. Until yesterday.
I used the frozen spinach bag off and on for hours. It was fantastic because it molded to my back and stayed really cold. All was well until I got up and looked down at my blanket with complete shock. It was green. Pure panic set it and I realized my white sweatpants were green and so was the sectional. My husband wasn’t home but I immediately texted him and said, “I ruined our sectional.” To be perfectly honest, my pain level prevented me from being overly upset. I guess that was the upside.
SO MUCH GREEN SPINACH JUICE
After changing my clothes, I grabbed some baking soda. I figured 15 minutes of baking soda might help with the odor. After 15 minutes, I used the hand vacuum to remove the extra powder. Then it was time to bust out the Little Green Machine.
SLOW AND STEADY
No part of my thought this would come out. Our sectiona was supposed to be fairly easy to clean but that has not been our experience. No spots ever come out of it. Green spinach . . . not a chance. You should have seen my hobbled over with this little machine. (Ryan wanted to do it when he got home but I was afraid to wait).
PURE MAGIC
Can you believe this? What? It actually came out. I couldn’t believe my eyes. When you use this machine you spray the area with water and then drag the vacuum over it. Nothing but green liquid was coming up. But after 8-9 washes it was clean!!! The most important thing is to go VERY slowly as you vacuum up the stain. You can’t be in a rush. Every time I repeated the process I sprayed it with water (from the machine) and then very slowly vacuumed the entire area.
*Any darker spot you are seeing is just the fabric being extremely wet.
THE TRUE MVP
I’ve heard good things about this machine and we use it for our outdoor furniture. But I have never put it to the test like this. It was the MVP for sure. It saved our sectional and I am so grateful. You want to use the machine until the water runs clear (if it’s an intense stain).
This is the cleaner I used (it came with it). Truth be told my back was in so much pain that I didn’t even give this process any thought. I just went for it and it worked.
I can safely say, every household should have one of these on hand. It doesn’t take up a lot of space and it saved us thousands of dollars. Big win. And while yesterday was a bit too much, I am really grateful that it all turned out just fine.
*Our sectional was custom but this one is phenomenal price (great reviews) and easy to clean. I have also heard great things about this sectional.
