Hack for cleaning sofa with a detergent pod divides internet

A cleaning guru has gone viral on TikTok after sharing an ingenious hack for cleaning sofas has gone viral after receiving praise on Tiktok.

Content Creator @kate_cleanhome, who has more than 276,000 followers on TikTok, shared a makeshift technique that keeps her sofa clean.

The viral clip, which shows the 30-year-old cleaning her sofa with the lid of a pan, cloth, and laundry detergent pod, left many viewers baffled in the comment section.

The savvy cleaner starts her demonstration by placing a cloth on a flat surface before placing a pan lid in its center. She then ties the cloth corners into a tight knot at the center.

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A detergent pod is then dissolved inside a pot of boiling water, which the makeshift scrubber is subsequently dunked into and submerged.

Once soaked, she rubs the surfaces of the sofa until all stains are dissolved.

The video, captioned “The best way to clean your sofa”, has been viewed an impressive 81 million times and racked up nearly 6,000 comments to date.

The technique was approved by hundreds of viewers, with one labeling it “the best hack with such great results.”

Another wrote: “It’s amazing, please show me how to clean my carpet.”

Others had their doubts about using detergents, with one pointing out: “This works fine but I can’t stand the scent of the dishwasher cube left behind on the sofa.”

Another viewer explained: “You could skip the pod and just do it with the steam from the hot cloth. It will clean without the chemicals/residue.”

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