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Cleaning fabric dining chairs?

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Hi hope someone can give us a hand with this. I have six dining chairs with cream fabric seats, with 2 children. The Chairs have become quite dirty and two have fresh plastercine stains on. Any ideas on how to clean, I have not attempted to clean them at all as I really don't want to ruin them.
Any help would be appreciated,Cheers guys.
Any help would be appreciated,Cheers guys.
:smileyhea:heart: Mrs Lea Nov 5th '11
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The lazy version of this (ie, what I did lol!) is just to cover over the stained cream fabric with something a bit more "stain friendly", like a darker colour or some of that laminated plasticy fabric which will just wipe clean.
If they're not removeable then this is no help at all! Sorry
If you haven't got a vax, then I would still wash them by hand. Don't wet as much but use as much water as you need. You can rub the stains with just a clean cloth and some ordinary toilet soap. To dry them, get dry towels and stand on the chair seats to soak as much as possible out.
My seat pads are difficult to take out - ie they have to be unscrewed and then the backs have fabric in them too, so I've never taken mine to bits. However, I intend to recover them sooner than later, but I've found 'washing' them brings them up well. If we're having a 'messy' tea than I have covered them with a teatowel - easier to wash
You can usually get a large can for 50p or £1 local car boot sale, or market.
Sure I've seen some other thread about removing plasticine on here, put it into search at top.
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