Cleaning Fail! What I Did Wrong Cleaning an Upholstered Headboard - Headboard Stains

Here's the 3 BIG reasons this was a Cleaning Fail. With tips to clean an upholstered headboard right the 1st TIME. And, don't forget to give me all of your headboard cleaning tips in the comments, guys!

0:00 Cleaning Stains on a Headboard
0:15 Oily Head Stains on a Headboard
1:10 Why I LOVE the Bissell SpotClean Pro
2:11 I Should Have Used a Pretreat
2:42 DON'T Use OxyClean Detergent on a Headboard
4:44 I Should Have Used An Alcohol and Water Mix on my Headboard
5:42 Share your Cleaning Tips!

In this video -
I Should Have Used -
50/50 Mix of Water and Isopropyl Alcohol 70% Mix in the Bissell

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[karintempesta]

Use a chalk paint on the headboard and when dry buff in some of the chalk paint wax. I've done similar fabric dining chairs and it completely covers the stain and is not stiff to the touch.

[laurapaterson]

Oh no!!! Nightmare! I would've used oxy! Thank u!

[naomiali]

I appreciate your video a lot. I frequently check before I do things, but last night I was in a moment of productive energy that I squirted Shout, on purpose because of the grease/oily… and I took a steam shot to it. I’ve had this pottery barn linen chesterfield headboard for years now. I’m not opposed to getting a different headboard because I’m ready to change color, but wow as soon as I saw you mention possibly the foam to blame it all made sense. FWIW my side doesn’t get this way and I have long hair but I hardly ever wear product in my hair.. my husband always showers in the morning, so his hair gel is still in at night (yikes, I know!). I love having an upholstered headboard but my next one will be a more wash-friendly material.

[fabricleanserviceslebanon]

The problem is the material. Linen cannot be cleaned with regular upholstery or laundry detergents as it is made of natural cotton fibers that can be damaged from the high alkaline detergents. The recommended treatment is dry cleaning solvent. Alcohol is a solvent and that's why you saw a better result, but it wasn't necessary to mix with water. You can clean any other synthetic material using your bissel, but for sensitive fabrics such as linen, silk, velvet, etc it best to take them to professional dry cleaning service.

[lilianamartinez]

My husband’s side has the same stain 🤦🏻‍♀️

[Rowels_Darling]

I would have taken the headboard outside with some fabric paint in a spray can and repainted it - even close to the same color if you prefer.

[Jessie-lbpo]

Where did you get your bedding (brand/name?)??

[stephenagnew]

Throw out the bissell an hire a pro easy

[seanbanahan]

how much water to alcohol? there is enough head oil on my side of the headboard to fill a lawnmower, haha.

[liapris]

I have my own upholstery cleaning company...and almost every day we run into the problem of owners trying to clean the furniture themselves but making it worse, that sometimes we can't even fix it. It's better to call a professional right away.