Massive long shot as I say, but NSC rarely fails to come up trumps with an answer to niche problems. In tonight's edition, about a year ago or so we kitted our new house out with some furniture designed by a specialist interiors firm, with the brief that we wanted something which looked modern but would be relatively child-proof (my two young kids still have a penchant for mashing melted chocolate into things, drawing everywhere and anywhere and generally causing one another to shed a LOT of blood from time to time). What we got was something which ticked all the boxes on the first part, but flopped pretty badly on the second.
Essentially, they recommended a load of items which (unknown to plebs like me and my wife) were made with large amounts of viscose. Viscose, if you don't know it, is a kind of silky / velvety fabric which looks and feels really nice, but is about as resilient as those aliens from that awful noughties film Signs - as soon as the slightest bit of water or moisture touches it, it's fúcked.
Here's a photo of our headboard after the wife laid against it with some damp hair (note the white patch, which won't disappear).
We have similar issues with other bits of furniture, whilst our sofa (which also contains a lot of viscose which isn't quite as bad) is basically uncleanable once it gets a mark on it. So, my massive long shot questions are:
And yes, I intend to ask more questions and make better decisions in future...
Essentially, they recommended a load of items which (unknown to plebs like me and my wife) were made with large amounts of viscose. Viscose, if you don't know it, is a kind of silky / velvety fabric which looks and feels really nice, but is about as resilient as those aliens from that awful noughties film Signs - as soon as the slightest bit of water or moisture touches it, it's fúcked.
Here's a photo of our headboard after the wife laid against it with some damp hair (note the white patch, which won't disappear).
We have similar issues with other bits of furniture, whilst our sofa (which also contains a lot of viscose which isn't quite as bad) is basically uncleanable once it gets a mark on it. So, my massive long shot questions are:
- Is there any way to 'fix' viscose once it's absorbed moisture
- Is there any way it can be protected with something like scotchguard to prevent it from being so bloody suspectible to the slightest bit of damage?
And yes, I intend to ask more questions and make better decisions in future...
