Cleaning Furniture

[Guest guest]

I am going to take a risk here because it seems there is such divergent

information regarding cleaning upholstered furniture. We were advised,

by various experts, that it is impossible to clean mattresses and

sofas, chairs, etc.--anything that is " stuffed. " (Hard surfaced, non-

porous items are a different story.) We were also told that leather

sofas, etc. could be cleaned; and, as that was essentially the only

furniture we owned, we did have that done. When we failed to improve as

expected, Dr. Shoemaker started asking quetions about our environment.

When I told him that we were told that leather could be cleaned, he

disagreed strongly and said to get rid of the furniture. He was right--

I have improved since getting rid of that furniture.

I will add that we had a 4 1/2 year time period of mold growth, unknown

to us, due to defective construction in the attic. Maybe the " rules "

are different depending upon the length of exposure, I don't know.