Sofa & Upholstery Cleaning in Goa

Between ₹300 and ₹500 per seat. Where it falls in that range depends on whether the piece is partly or fully upholstered — a fully upholstered sofa has a great deal more surface to work through than a wooden-framed one with loose cushions. Removable cushions are charged proportionally to the extra area they add, and GST is extra. It is one of the few services we can price over the phone, because a seat is a seat wherever it is in Goa.

Yes, the same job under two names. Shampooing is what almost everyone calls it and we are happy to use the word. Wet extraction is simply the accurate description of what actually happens: solution into the fabric, agitated with a bristled brush, then drawn back out with a wet vacuum along with everything it has loosened — repeated until the water runs clear.

No. Wet extraction needs a fabric that is both washable and colourfast, and not all upholstery is either — some dyes will run the moment water touches them, and some pieces are solvent-clean only. That is exactly what the trial on a hidden section is for: we find out there, not in the middle of a seat cushion.

We clean the whole piece only, and that is not us finding a way to charge you more. Wet cleaning one section leaves a visible ring where the damp area meets the dry one, because the two dry at different rates and the boundary between them sets as a watermark. More often than not that mark ends up more noticeable than the stain we were asked to deal with. Cleaning the entire piece keeps it drying at one pace and the finish even across all of it.

Approximately half a day, more or less depending on fans and airflow. The material makes a difference too, so it can be quicker or slower than that.

We never encourage it, even in summer. Sun dries one part of a piece far faster than another, and uneven drying is precisely what leaves watermarks where the two meet. There is a second problem as well: rapid evaporation at the surface draws moisture up through the fabric by capillary action, and whatever is dissolved in that moisture travels up with it and stains as it reaches the top. Indoors under a fan or the air conditioning is what you want — slow and even. Carpets and rugs are the exception, and it is worth explaining why, because we sun dry those deliberately: a rug is flat, saturated evenly all the way through, and laid out whole, so every part of it dries at the same rate. A sofa has arms, a back, cushions and a frame, and there is no way to expose all of it evenly. It is the shape of the thing, not the sunlight, that decides it.

Wet extraction is very effective on stains, odour and general soiling, but we do not guarantee a particular result and would be cautious of anyone who does. What lifts depends on what caused the mark, how long it has been sitting there, the fabric itself, whether the contaminant is water-soluble at all, and a number of other things that simply cannot be predicted before we start. Old dye transfer, bleach marks and some oils have permanently changed the fibre itself. We tell you what we expect before we begin. But if something is not going, it will not be for lack of trying.