Lounge chair

In my house lives a large person who is regularly less than entirely clean when he sits down for a rest or an afternoon snooze during the hottest part of the day, or in the early evening before we go out and do a little bit more after dinner (i.e. suggestions of water-blasting/showering the occupant of the chair before he sits in it would not be altogether practicable in the circumstances). Consequently there's a large grubby chair in our living room and I don't really like this situation.

Do others suffer similar difficulties and if so, how do you manage them? Ideally I'd like to find some sort of reclining chair with robust plastic covering, so the whole thing can be wiped down regularly with industrial meths. Unfortunately that wouldn't be very comfortable for actually sitting on. Putting covers over furniture drives me crazy, since they endlessly move around and leave bits exposed to getting grubby anyway, and there are cats as well, which add frustration by pulling things this way and that.

I thought of leather, but I read the cleaning notes on a chair in a shop the other day which suggested it would be unsuitable too.

Any thoughts, please?

use that spray stuff that seals and acts as a barrier then you can sponge it down... poor person who lives in the house and is of big build, he needs his own boys barn

Scotchguard. Talked to the guy at Harvey Normans the other day who told us that you can get an extended insurance if you have it scotch guarded. But it was $350 for a couch

You mean something like a stable? He says he won't cook unless he's allowed inside.

Is there such a magic spray which actually, really works?

those sprays are only useful against splashes and such, sitting down and wriggling into a comfy position for a snooze just grinds the dirt right past the sprays reppelant coating action.

All you can really do is shampoo it once a week and stay on top of the problem.

Right. Where can I buy a plastic recliner? Bugger weekly shampooing! I barely do the dishes that often!

What about a couple of cheap heavy cotton throws that can be laid over the chair and alternated so they can be washed weekly?:confused:

Ah Isla I sympathize. I have a large grubby, person who settles in the lounge to eat his tea and watch TV after being stuck under a variety of oily, smelly vehicles, or covered in little steel spirals off the lathe, or sawdust from the band saw and every now and then a mixture of all three.
I recently put the two single chairs from my beautiful lounge suite, out on the road for the inorganic collection. NOBODY loaded them into a van I noticed Yet mine was clean, just had a few rips in it where the large furry monster had sharpened his claws on it. Only bright spot in all of this is the two new , spoil ones self rotten, lazyboy chairs that took the suites place. I notice that since he had to pay for them, his is kept covered up, even though he complains about the covers moving all the time. And the best part is the furry thing sits on his lap

Lathe swarf can be nasty! It has very sharp edges, and these catch and hold on, so it travels very well.
A workshop coat (like a lab coat) has worked well for us to keep metal shavings in the workshop area, and it is easier to quickly put on/take off than overalls.

Stikkibeek;350847 wrote: Ah Isla I sympathize. I have a large grubby, person who settles in the lounge to eat his tea and watch TV after being stuck under a variety of oily, smelly vehicles, or covered in little steel spirals off the lathe, or sawdust from the band saw and every now and then a mixture of all three.

This is a problem I have with a HD husband who does wear overalls but seems to be oblivious to the fact that oil etc. seeps through them and on to other clothing. "His" chair is a disgrace. Not only that, he seems to have difficulty keeping food on his plate or getting it from the plate to his mouth without half of it ending up down the side of the removeable cushion. No wonder he's always hungry[}]

Now don't get me started on what he calls washing his hands and what I call washing hands - as I clean oily, greasy fingermarks off the fridge, light switches, cupboard doors, kettles, milk jugs....... And why does most of the dirt and oil come off on the towel rather than in the shower:confused:

Cheers,
Ronnie

So I am not the only long-suffering prefer-to-be-clean person living in a state of unmitigated filth? Thank goodness for that. I may have to get out the sewing machine, find some suitable fabric, and fashion some sort of covering - maybe I'll use a lot of pins to keep it in place. Some of them might come out though and end up where they oughtn't. [}] In the mean time I've often thought of taking the offending chair outside on a fine day and applying the water blaster! However, since I can't even get washing dry right now, that's currently out of the question.

Next fine day I am going to waterblast my floor mats, and I've got spare water now so waterblasting not such a bad idea. Then you could blast the chair occupier too. Low pressure of course.[:0] (Eleven different animals walk my painted concrete floor each day so carpet is out of the question)

My painted floor looks like eleven animals traipse through regularly! It's really just a couple of cats and a pair of (often bare and grubby) size 14 feet. Carpet would have been a foolish choice!

Hawkspur;350845 wrote: What about a couple of cheap heavy cotton throws that can be laid over the chair and alternated so they can be washed weekly?:confused:

Yep that's what we do for our dog...and we share the throw when we come in from the block for a break and want to sit down to recover []

Get leather. I wish I had years ago. I clean ours with saddle soap and it comes up as good as new.