Cleaning upholstered chairs: eat clean at the restaurant
What are typical types of dirt when cleaning fabric chairs?
Upholstered chairs come in many variants. At Funky Fish, fabric chairs are used for guests. Fabric upholstery readily absorbs moisture, odours and dust, which is why regular chair cleaning is essential for a clean appearance.
In restaurants, soiling often arises from:
Over time, this leads to discolouration, stain rings and unpleasant odours that settle deep into the fibres.
Mr Wins also confirms that cleaning upholstered chairs is no easy task: "Upholstery cleaning was always a difficult subject because we can't send our chairs away. We're open from Tuesday to Saturday, continuously from noon to midnight. How do we do it, when do we do it, we have no time for it, we don't have the equipment for it."
- Drinks such as coffee, juice or wine,
- Grease and oil stains from food,
- Sweat, skin oils and odours, and
- Dust and pollen.
Cleaning fabric chairs — classic versus dry ice
When it comes to cleaning an upholstered chair, classic cleaning methods or home remedies are usually the first idea. With baking soda, vinegar and mild washing-up liquid, light stains can indeed be removed, but older and deep-seated dirt often remains.
Shampooing or steam cleaning are also frequently used. However, the upholstery gets wet in the process, leading to long drying times and encouraging mould growth and water marks. That is why cleaning with dry ice and a dry ice blasting device is an ideal alternative, especially in restaurants.
Mr Wins confirms this during our visit: "And then the solution with Dry Ice Energy on Monday — a quick once-over — was just right for us. Clean chairs, and on Tuesday we can go straight back to work, nothing has to cure for hours, it's ready to use again immediately."
How does cleaning upholstered chairs with dry ice work?
When you clean the fabric of a chair with dry ice, frozen carbon dioxide in the form of small pellets is used. These are blasted onto the contaminated surface and sublimate on impact — they transition from solid to gaseous — releasing dirt particles, bacteria and deposits.
A chair cleaning runs through just a few steps:
Typically the chair is ready to use again within a few minutes, an advantage over wet cleaning. "As a business, you don't lose any operating efficiency," Mr Wins also confirms.
- Preparation: First, the chairs are vacuumed to remove loose dirt and to assess the material.
- Cleaning: The dry ice is then blasted onto the surface with the correctly set compressor pressure, removing dirt gently and without moisture.
- Post-treatment: Loose particles are vacuumed away and the upholstered chair is checked for any remaining contamination.
The advantages of cleaning upholstered chairs with dry ice
Besides the absence of drying times, dry ice cleaning offers further advantages:
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- Chemical-free: Dry ice cleaning is environmentally friendly and suitable for allergy sufferers.
- Gentle on materials: No fibre damage or warping of the upholstery occurs.
- Hygienic: The technology removes germs, odours and bacteria sustainably.
- Fast: The method is ideal for restaurants where long downtimes are not an option.
Cleaning fabric chairs live on site: our visit to Funky Fish
Before our arrival, Mr Wins didn't have to prepare much for us to start cleaning the upholstered chairs: "I just unlocked the shop, put the chairs out in front of the door, and then everything got going immediately and smoothly."
We inspected the chairs and got straight to work. Carefully, we blasted the seats and freed them from the soiling of daily business.
The result after the chair cleaning
"We didn't have to prepare anything, we didn't have to have anything," said Mr Wins. With dry ice cleaning by Dry Ice Energy, we bring everything required for an effective clean.
The difference is clearly visible: after just one day with Dry Ice Energy, the upholstered chairs at Funky Fish shine again thanks to the chemical-free cleaning — without stains or signs of use.
Mr Wins was thrilled too: "I myself wouldn't have thought that the chairs would become so clean so quickly."
Cleaning upholstered chairs with Dry Ice Energy
Beyond the visual aspect, clean upholstered chairs are a sign of hygiene, quality and respect for guests and employees. With dry ice cleaning from Dry Ice Energy, you get a gentle, environmentally friendly and efficient solution that deep-cleans without stressing the materials.
Find out more about dry ice cleaning and about us, and book your appointment to have your upholstered chairs cleaned!