Now that we’ve gone over the best cleaners for microfiber couches, let’s look at some of the worst. While these products are good for certain cleaning tasks, we advise against using them on microfiber — or at least to be careful when doing so.
Hydrogen Peroxide
Hydrogen peroxide is an excellent household cleaner that naturally kills odor-causing bacteria. Do-it-yourself couch cleaners use this inexpensive germ-fighter to remove watermarks and other tough stains. When asked if a hydrogen peroxide-based cleaning solution works on microfiber couches, we must say that it does. But because hydrogen peroxide has well-known bleaching properties, proceed with caution when cleaning your microfiber couch.
Windex
When it comes to commercial cleaning products, Windex has a surprisingly huge fan base. The popular blue window cleaner has no clear connection to upholstery cleaning, so we have no idea how it came to be known as some people’s go-to microfiber couch cleaner. However, no one can argue with the results: Windex works. You should proceed with caution when using this product on light-colored microfiber couches, however. Windex contains a distinctive blue dye that can discolor your couch.
Hairspray
Surprisingly, some people use hairspray to remove stains from their microfiber couches. But the success rate for this cleaning solution is hit or miss, and we don’t recommend trying it. The reason some people have success with hairspray is because of its high alcohol content.
However, alcohol is overly drying, and some hairspray manufacturers have lowered the alcohol content in their products to avoid drying out people’s hair. Instead, they use filler ingredients such as oily emulsifiers, which can make microfiber couches dirtier than before a “cleaning.” Next, you’ll be trying to figure out how to remove hairspray from your microfiber couch. By the way, we did see a request from someone who needed to remove hairspray from her microfiber couch.
