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There are some things in your home that are harder to clean than others. Some things just aren’t made to be cleaned, but there are times when they most certainly need to be. The cushion covers on your couch and on your chairs are things that can accumulate dirt and hair, but they aren’t the easiest to clean. Though you can vacuum them often, that doesn’t mean they are going to be clean. There are good ways to clean them though and there are things you should never do. I know this from experience.

Common sense would tell you to remove the cushion covers from the cushions and to put them in the wash or perhaps have them dry cleaned. You don’t want to put leather or suede into a washing machine, but they can still be professionally cleaned. The cushion covers that are made of fabrics can go into the washer and this might be something you want to do once or twice a year. Just make sure the cushions will come out easily. Some are made of materials you can’t or should not try to remove.

I tried to save a cushion once by cleaning the entire thing. I didn’t remove the insides from the cushion covers and that is what I should have done. Instead I got frustrated and put the cushions in the tub and filled the tub with water and detergent. This was a huge mistake. The cushions never dried out and I had to go get a whole new couch. Had I just removed the cushion covers I would have been able to clean them and would not have had to deal with buying new and rather expensive, furniture.

You can get plastic cushion covers to put over your couch and chairs, but you will find that these are not very comfortable and they make weird noises. This is something you might see in a home, but they don’t make a place very homey at all. I don’t understand this and I guess that is why these cushion covers are not very popular any more. Though my grandparents never had these in their home, I had a lot of friends who told me their grandparents did and they always laughed about getting stuck to them when they were wearing shorts. As far as I am concerned, there is not sense in having a couch if you can’t enjoy it. If I want to sit on plastic I’ll go hang out at the airport.

There is one thing in my house that I always forget to clean and by the time I notice it, it has gotten pretty nasty. Thankfully, I’m not talking about anything that you would think to look at much of the time and perhaps the reason it gets missed is because it is not something anyone pays any attention to. I often notice it when I am lying in bed and that is because that is when I can see it. I notice that the light cover over the overhead light is looking a little dull and there may even be a few dead insects in there.

If you don’t have an open light cover, you probably don’t have to worry about the dead insects and it will probably only need to be cleaned on the outside. Many of them are open and as we all know, bugs are attracted to light. Sometimes they die up there and you can see vague brown or black shadows through the light cover. Top this off with the dust that can accumulate and you have something that will drive you nuts until you clean it.

The problem with cleaning a light cover is getting to it. If you have high ceilings, you may even have to get a stepladder to get to it. I have broken more than one light cover trying to take it down and clean it. I don’t look forward to doing it. In fact, they all look like they could use a good cleaning right now. Make sure you have a steady perch when you have to climb up to take it down for cleaning, or you may end up dropping it. Every time I have dropped one it was because I lost balance and had to either catch myself or save the cover. I don’t really want a broken leg, so the cover was dropped every time.

For the most part, a simple glass cleaner will clean up a light cover just fine and you may find that is all you need for the ones on your car as well. Don’t forget that you need to clean them on occasion so you can see at night. If you find that the dust seems to have formed into a thick layer that won’t easily come off, you may have to soak them to get them clean. Fill your sink with water and dish soap and soak for about an hour, and your light cover should come out nice and clean.