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I think velour is a dry clean only kind of thing when you wear it. So I think that your couch can only be cleaned by a professional who uses organic solvents. I would say leave it to the professionals.

"I'm not as big a fan of velour as you are."

Sorry I couldn't help but throw in a futurama quote. Whenever I see or here the word velour I think of Zapp Brannigan.

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This site recommends calling a professional, and states they will usually either steam-clean, dry-clean or foam-clean. It also recommends applying a stain resistant guard after it is cleaned.

Velour was used for track suits and the like. I know my mom always tossed it in the wash. If its truly velour and not some crazy silk velvet, I'd test a small spot on the underside of a cushion and see how it responds.

ahh, velour track suits. thanks for taking me back.

I just recently got rid of a peach velor sofa. I used the woolite upholstery and fabric cleaner and it worked great. But I would test a small hidden area first.

Great furniture find and good luck with the cleaning.

My car is all velour inside, and I use this stuff I find with the car wash items in the grocery store. It comes in a spray can with a plastic scrub nozzle. Comes out as a foam you leave on for a few minutes and then you scrub it away. It has managed to keep the backseat where my toddler sits clean! You could probably find it in the household cleaner isle too, as an upholstry cleaner. I have no idea how green it is, but it's comething you use very infrequently.

I recall my mother trying to steam clean a velour chair and parts of it became discolored. She ended up recovering it many years later.

The kind of velour used on track suits is not upholstery velour. Leave this to the pros.

DO NOT steam clean your velour couch! I have a light blue carved mahogany sofa with light blue velour upholstery, and it completely discolored the light blue and gave it this really odd texture. It's awful and now it needs to be refinished. :(