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This whole last three weeks my family has come down to help us get the outside of our house painted. And let me just tell you, painting the outside of your house is a TON of work. So while the guys are painting, my mom and I have been working on tidying up the garage and back deck and getting things ready for the winter. You see, with two kids and a full time job + blogging…it’s hard for us to stay up on all the maintenance of living in the country on a large piece of land entails! And one of those things we have fallen behind on is cleaning our patio cushions. We bought two cute patio chairs two seasons ago, but after a few times of leaving the cushions out through storms and wet weather, they had become stained and had mold growing on them. So today I wanted to show you How to Clean Patio Cushions and disinfect them the easy way!!!

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First, I pulled out my trusty AutoRight Steam Cleaner for the job. The nice thing about this tool is that it not only helps get the grime off, but it kills 99% of bacteria that it comes in contact with, so I know that I’m not only making them LOOK cleaner, but they are also bacteria free when I’m done!!

So let’s see what we were starting with on these chairs…..

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That’s just one side of two cushions, but you can see…they were dirty. The other cushions had green moss growing on the backs and they had black spots on them. Needless to say, we never sat in them.

So first, I made this cleaning solution and put it in a spray bottle and sprayed it on the cushions. Then I let it soak in for about 15 minutes.

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Patio Cleaner Solution

I used about 1 tablespoon of Borax, poured around 3-4 tablespoons Dawn soap in there, filled the rest of the bottle with 3-4 cups of water and let it dissolve in the spray bottle.

There is no “exact” recipe for this. You can adjust the Borax and Dawn according to the size of your bottle. The mixture will work well regardless of whether you use the perfect amounts of not.Ā 

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I sprayed it all over my cushions and after it soaked in I got my trusty AutoRight out and got to work!

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The AutoRight comes with lots of different tools, so I used both the fabric steamer, as well as the scrubbing brush and crevice tool for the chairs. The fabric steamer got rid of all the bacteria, the scrubbing tool took care of the stains, and the crevice tool helped clean between the woven parts of the chair (and knocked off tons of creepy crawlies living on the inside of the chair! EW!).

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I scrubbed all of the cushions really well with the nylon scrubbing tool, went back over them with the fabric steamer, and then I rinsed them off with the hose and set them in the sun for 24 hours to dry.

The next day….

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Two very clean and good looking chairs! Are they perfect? No. There are still small stains that wouldn’t come completely out, but for the most part, they look great. The mold and green spots are gone, the water marks are gone, and they are brighter and cleaner looking!

The AutoRight works on ALL sorts of things, especially great for cars, but it really helps ensure that you’re cleaning to your fullest capability and leaves no chemicals or residue behind! Grab an AutoRight Steam Cleaner and get to cleaning before winter sets in

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  1. Marion Kutsch says:
    4 years ago

    W
    I don’t have a steamer. Would it still work if i just scrub it .

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    • Abbey says:
      4 years ago

      Yep! The steamer just helps kills all the bacteria that you can’t see šŸ˜‰

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  2. Susan Renfroe says:
    4 years ago

    Ours is a Better Homes & Garden patio set from Walmart, with cushions that look like yours, covered in a plastic fabric, called polypropylene (it has other names also). We used a pressure washer on our moldy cushions & it cleaned them quickly, without all the steps that you did. It was once and done. Quick and easy. But, please test it on your own cushions before using full force and please use the lowest pressure setting there is on your machine (you wouldn’t want the pressure tearing up your cushions).

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