{"id":7153,"date":"2016-11-22T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T08:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/distinctive-test.smith.co.uk\/en-us\/blog\/2016\/11\/22\/one-10-brits-never-clean-sofa\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T21:08:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T21:08:30","slug":"one-10-brits-never-clean-sofa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/distinctivechesterfields.com\/en-us\/one-10-brits-never-clean-sofa\/","title":{"rendered":"One in 10 Brits Never Clean Their Sofa!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One in 10 Brits never clean their sofas, despite three quarters of them being stained with food, drink and even bodily fluids!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/4869.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6651\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/4869-1024x510.jpg\" alt=\"4869\" width=\"1024\" height=\"510\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We made this unpleasant discovery during our recent nationwide survey, which further revealed that 20% of people considered disguising their marks using either cushions or a throw as a simple \u2018cleaning\u2019 solution.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6646 aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/1.png\" alt=\"1\" width=\"514\" height=\"308\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those in Northern Ireland had the most frequent cleaning routine, with 7.27% cleaning their sofa every single day \u2013 despite 5.45% admitting to never washing theirs.<\/p>\n<p>Our survey also showed that the main reasons behind the sofas being stained were tea and coffee, with these hot beverages being responsible for tarnishing 20% of UK sofas. This was followed by chocolate (12.6%), wine (11.5%) and juice (10.6%).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6647 aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/2.png\" alt=\"2\" width=\"516\" height=\"365\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, food and drink are not the only stains that Brits find on their sofas, with 6% of respondents claiming that their couches are tainted with bodily fluids, including sick, poo and even semen!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6648 aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/3.png\" alt=\"3\" width=\"532\" height=\"313\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Semen was most likely to be found on couches in the East Midlands, with 5.32% admitting to having an ejaculate stain on their couch.<\/p>\n<p>Brits only have themselves to blame when it comes to their stained sofas, with 44% admitting to eating on theirs\u2019 daily. 62% also claimed that they drink on their couch every day, inviting the possibility of even more stains.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6649 aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/4.png\" alt=\"4\" width=\"515\" height=\"372\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eating and drinking is not the only thing that Brits get up to on their sofas, with 1 in 10 people admitting to get frisky on their couch once a week, with 2% indulging in a spot of lovemaking every day.<\/p>\n<p>A piece of advice from us for those of you who have a sofa with a removable cover, is that upholstery cleaning is straightforward \u2013 simply put the covers through the washing machine or alternatively go down to the dry cleaners.<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t have this luxury and your sofa is made of a delicate material, such as velvet, then you should clean it using an approved upholstery cleaner by lightly dabbing the stain with a cloth.<\/p>\n<p>Leather sofas on the other hand are not a fan of water and they could stain the material. Cleaning agents such as oils and waxes are a good solution as they act as a moisturiser for the suit. A steam cleaner should also do the job efficiently.<\/p>\n<p>Need a new, stain-free couch? Take a look at our elegant range of <a href=\"\/chesterfield-sofas\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">chesterfield sofas<\/a>, they are all lovingly handcrafted and arrive at your door pristine and stain-free!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a study of 2000 people, we found that one in ten Brits never clean their sofas despite many being stained with food, drink and even bodily fluids!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[364,395],"tags":[1136,431,1137,413,1071,1138],"class_list":["post-7153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chesterfield-furniture","category-team-news","tag-brits-dont-clean-sofas","tag-chesterfield-sofas","tag-cleaning-sofa","tag-distinctive-chesterfields","tag-sofa-cleaning","tag-sofa-research"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>One in 10 Brits Never Clean Their Sofa! 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