How to Clean Velvet

Velvet is a luxurious and interesting looking fabric that’s used on furniture, clothing, and accessories. From time to time, your velvet items will need to be cleaned to ensure that they’re looking their best. In most cases, you can clean your velvet items at home, but sometimes you’ll have to go to a professional.

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You should always use special care when cleaning velvet to avoid creasing, stains, and matting of the fabric.

1 Brush the item with a clothing brush or lint-free cloth before treating. Brushing the velvet will remove dirt and lint, and loosen any mats in the fabric. This prepares the fabric for treatment and can remove caked-on dirt before spot cleaning.^[1]
- When brushing accessories, make sure you’re getting into corners and areas where there might be hardware to remove dirt and lint.
2 Vacuum velvet furniture with the brush attachment. The suction will remove any dirt and lint, and the brush attachment will loosen up mats in the fabric to prepare it for cleaning. Be gentle and don’t push too hard on the fabric as you can crush the pile.^[2]
- To prevent further stains and dirt from damaging the fabric, you can vacuum your velvet once per week.
3 Mix 2 tablespoons of baking soda and ½ a cup of lemon juice to treat spots on furniture. You may need to add extra lemon juice to create more foam. You won’t be using any of the liquid portion of this mixture, so don’t worry about having excess liquid.^[3]
- If you’re cleaning the entire…