There are a few fabrics that really do need to be S -- rayon chenille, 100% cotton, mohair, and silk. But when faced with having a stain or having a little color bleed, most people will want the stain removed. The real question to ask is not the cleaning code, but the fiber content.

S cleaning is not very effective against ordinary soils. It has to do with the chemistry of the soil and the cleaner. Without getting too technical, "what goes in wet comes out wet." Meaning water-based stains need a water based cleaner, cleaning code be d@amned.

Now, I'm not telling you to jump in with water based cleaning on your fabric without seeing it, and more importantly without doing a test on the fabric for colorfastness and water-spotting.

I do have S cleaners in my kit and have used them to remove grease from chenille and even dried-on oil based paint. But my go-to cleaners are all water based. There are very few, if any, people in my metro area who do real s-cleaning. While my water based extractor machine (a portable) runs about $500, a dry cleaning extractor would run about 10x as expensive. Water is nearly free and s-cleaners run quite expensive, too. One of them I have has a boiling point of 85 degrees F. So since I use it infrequently, most of it evaporates away out of the gallon (about $30) before I get a chance to use it.

Broyhill should be able to tell you the fiber content of your fabric. Find that out and come back. It may be a drop of Dawn in a cup of water, a toothbrush, and a wet-dry shop vac is all you need.

In an obscure spot (I like to use the back boxing near the zipper if your cushion is of this configuration):
- Take a dry white cloth and rub the fabric, looking for any color loss
- If that passes, wet the cloth and repeat.
- If that passes, then dry the spot (you can use a hair dryer), looking for water spotting.
- If all is good, you should be able to successfully wet clean.

For such a small spot, mix up a cup of water and a drop or two of dish detergent, like clear Dawn (not dishwasher like Cascade!). Spray or drip a little on this area. Let it sit for a minute and gently work around with a soft brush, like an old soft toothbrush. Extract the solution with a wet-dry shop-vac or upholstery attachment to a carpet cleaning machine, if you have one. Repeat until it comes out. It might take two or three times, or more. Then rinse with plain water and wet the whole surface (seam to seam) and extract.

There are four elements of upholstery cleaning that work for you. TACT - the less of any one of them, you more you need of the others to get the same cleaning effect:
T - Time (let the solution dwell)
A - Agitation (the toothbrush)
C - Chemical (the Dawn)
T - Temperature (warm, but not super-hot water)

Just look around at anything cleaning in your house and you will see these at work - washing machine, dishwasher, your shower, car wash, floor scrubber, etc.