Thankyou for someone coming up w/ a forum like this..I was frantic as I had just purchased my first couch in 15 yrs and it's the new micro-fiber but feels like soft suade. ONE of my cats decided to initiate it with a hairball the first week, we caught it before it went thru my cover 'towel' --yep i'm a neat freak... I was worse before I got the cats...they taught me to be a little more relaxed lol. Anyhow I found several solutions and thanks to the one above who mentioned "Mr.Clean eraser" --i had one hidden for emergencys. Well as i said I lucked out the first week, second week comes along and well another BLOT at first couldn't recognized. I was about to hang my son [whose almost 20] who had already been caught eating while sitting on the couch. [He'd been warned, and he can see the tv. from the kitchen table.] anyhow apparently I realized the color of the stain was similiar to the previous and concluded it had to been something a cat threw up. Unfortunate because it sat a couple hours before I got up it seeped thru the mattress pad/sheet cover. OH forgot, it's a click clacki sofa bed couch... thought that would protect it, unfortunate it didn't and I was so upset. I had purchased what I thought was some kind of scotchguard spraying/guarantee, but thru the forums i'm wondering if it's only some type of "insurance". I called the showroom where I bought it and they said they would have someone come out and check it. Their guarantee co. had changed recently... basically got the run around. I tried first wiping off but left what looked like an oily stain. I was nervous but felt what have I got to lose, tried the Mr.Clean sponge [even thou it' tends to fall apart] and vacuumed the loose peices after. Now looking at a big square thinking "what have I done?" I went to get one of those dry clothes that soaks up liquid and wala, kept wiping it down, multi-directional and to my surprize it looked like new again.

Now for other' suggestions, Bounce is wonderful for many things, including wiping over furniture to keep static down. We use them over the cat's as well. One long hair cat loves the vacuum brush [with vac. on] go figure... i'm not complaining. I personally think a few of them are slight def. Anyhow We also bought a new table and chairs [Chair's w/ micro fiber to match the couch] and the table had ton's of styrofoam packing peanuts...oh what fun. Bounce again to the rescue. Wipe, Vacuum; We keep several sticky lint rollers around, I was shocked when my mom showed me her cat' loved it going back and forth. I'd tried the one way "with the fur" but they actually like a good massage. Some of the roller may need to go over something / couch or such first so it's not as sticky, depending on the cat's preference for "stickiness".

we are very protective of the cat clawing. keep several claw tree's, etc -depending on how many you have, we have 7 cats inside and a small wild colony outside that was here when we moved in. It wasn't by choice, someone abandone'd a "rare" mommy. As long as you have seperate rooms; room to roam. I don't believe in {in/out} cat it's either / or..not both. In our case because the wild bunch outside may have disease. Anyhow I got a great deal for my sofa bed in micro fiber under 500 at mcmahans. It has a storage area under and fold down to make into a bed... very comfortable.

Thinking of putting a survellance camera facing the couch to find the culprit :) think that is going to far? lol...

Oh How long do those nail caps stay on the cat' we have one [of the babies] whose my baby pursian, but she's a lil diva [el] and average cost for clipping, I'm with the one above who it's like that cat with a million knives when we try to come close to touching. We'd have to sedate her. Or us... lol

It's been confirmed. Today when McMahan's exchanged one of my chairs to my new dinette set [w/micro-fiber] I told them that I cleaned the spot on my couch, and asked point blank....are these sprayed with anything or is this simply insurance were buying? The manager bob said it's insurance. There is no spraying, the fabic has been tested, made for long wear and stain resistance. So for those of you who don't pay the extra I salute you for saving money, cause for the rest of us....although 10 years is a long time to be covered 'IF A STAIN DOESNT' COME OUT' we will be put thru the ringer as we have to first prove that we went to all lengths to get it out first.... I guess we'll just have to wait and see.... would I buy the insurance if i'd known the facts, possible, possible not... it's hard call when it's a light camel color...

I just got my new camel microfiber sofa Monday because this is what my husband wanted. I am scared about getting stains because I have 2 kids. When I got home from work last night we seen that my son spilt a bottle of water on the sofa and there was a water line on the seat and upper cushion. I wiped with a damp white cloth and got the mark off the upper cushion but on the seat cushion there is still a water mark. It is dry. I was going to maybe try an upholstery cleaner but thinks it might be harsh on the fabric. Any suggestion on what I should do would be appreciated.

i have a light tan micrifiber livingroom set. i love it for the most part. the biggest drawback is that i'm a smoker (bad habit to begin with!!) but i have dropped a cig on it and picked it right up and it burns immediately. even just a falling ash leaves a tiny mark... i did buy some fabric glue and a fray stopper and used the material from one of the throw pillows and made a patch for the bigger hole and u can hardly tell. u have to know its there and u have to look for it to see it.

as far as stains. i have 2 cats and a 3 month old baby that spits up ALOT. ONE time the cat peed on it (right after the baby was born. jealousy?) and the baby has spit up on it dozens of times. i don't clean the spit up daily (well i do wipe it up. i just don't scrub it up daily cuz my couch would be wet 1/2 the day). once or twice every 2 weeks i take some OXICLEAN (God Bless Billy Mays) and water (i have a mixture already pre-made under the kitchen sink) and I take a sponge (the kind with one soft side and one rough side) and I pour a good amount of the OXICLEAN and water on it and run the rough side of the sponge up and down a few times and then i put them on my porch to dry. Like new. No smell... Nothing...

As far as pets go--i have 2 cats (had 3 but one was peeing everywhere--he had to go) They like to use the couch as a scratching post. i just realized the other day that as much as they scratch U CANNOT tell. the material is in perfect shape... the cats also love to lay on the top of the loveseat (like behind your head on top) and i can just take a damp cloth and the hairs wipes right off...

love it...

I'm another cat owner who thinks it's great that her cat doesn't even attempt to claw up her microfiber couch. I've had my new sofa for 2 weeks and my cat is still clawing at her old Ikea Poang chair. She's very fond of destroying furniture so I'm shocked. She's choosing to sleep on the microfiber sofa instead!

I have to agree with the few others on this post who find microfiber cheap and tacky looking. I've always had a distaste for it.

Regardless, I recently got a great deal on a black microfiber chair and a half with ottoman and it is not too bad. However, we are a childless, pet-less household, and given the amount of crap that sticks to the chair with two very clean adults, I can't imagine how dirty this material would get with pets or kids in the house.

Definitely not a recommended fabric, in my opinion. Go with leather or upholstery.