Been out shopping for sofas (and carpets, curtains etc)? You have probably come across the product which eager salesmen want to sell that is fabric protection. (Also known as Scotchguard, which is a registered trademark of 3M, I think, or fabricguard). This product is a chemical spray which bonds to fabric and makes the fabric more stain resistant.
And if you get to sit with someone from the furniture industry, buy them a beer and loosen their tongues and ask – is it worth it? You will get a host of answers from: Yes, best since sliced bread, to No, it’s a rip-off.
My straight answer is it definitely helps.
A customer of ours bought a beautiful cream fabric sofa from us, the Hayley. The sofa was delivered last September with our fabric protection applied. Then, in January, they came in to us to buy the extra footstool/ottoman that goes with it.
They related to us how happy they were to have added the fabric protection to their purchase.
The husband had left a glass of red wine on the arm of the sofa at Christmas, and during the night the glass of wine fell on the sofa, and was left. So, in the morning, they were greeted by a glass of red wine on a cream sofa that had probably been left there for 6-8 hours to dry.
Honestly, I would have thought they were goosed.
Not so. They wiped and applied Vanish and within 10 minutes the stain was gone. Really gone.
I was delighted they came back and shared this – nothing like real stories from the field. If you have any more to share please do.
Cheers,
Mark