Pat or rub (depending on the surface) with a clean, dry, non-linting cloth. Microfibre works well. I found packets of 4 microfibre washclothes (for babies) at the local dollar store, that's a good size for wiping steamed areas. I use the steamer with one hand, and wipe dry with the other hand. Keep the wiping hand *away* from the steamer's nozzle -- it's rather easy to get burned. BTW, I would be very careful before using steam on either carpeting or upholstery. Find a not-noticeable area such as hem or in a closet, and do a small spot first to be sure neither color nor size is affected. In both cases, you might have better results rubbing baking soda or dry cornmeal into the stain and then vacuuming it up.

You need to identify the grass, but if it is quackgrass, it can be tough to kill without killing your flowers. I have had good luck using Round-up, but that was when I was planning to redo the entire bed anyway. You must use edging or some kind of barrier to prevent roots from the surrounding area from moving back in as they will do that fairly quickly. I have also had good luck using the active ingredient in Grass-B-Gone. However, it is fairly slow to kill the grass--it just stops growing, then slowly dries up. Usually takes a couple applications when the grass eventually starts to regrow, but it is easy to apply. It is safe for many of your common yard flowers, but not for all. If your beds have flowers that it affects, then I think Round-up will be the better choice. Pulling the grass from damp soil, getting as much of the roots as possible is probably one of the better treatments. Just remember to keep after it everytime more grass appears--you have to get all the roots, any that break off and remain in the soil will start a new plant, so you have to keep going back after these, and again you have to prevent roots from outside the flower bed from moving back in. If the grass is an annual grass, then pulling by hand is very effective. Round-up and Grass-B-Gone will also do a good job, but could damage your flowers as noted above, and with annuals, there is probably more seed in the soil so new sprouts of grass will come up again later and the herbicides won't stop this unless you also put down a product containing trifluralin (Preen) to stop the germinating weeds for a longer period.

agnesd, what will you be using it for? I tried one and returned it; the reservoir was too small for my needs.

I had an off-white upholstered rocker that I suddenly realized was filthy. Funny how that kind of thing can sneak up on you.... Anyhow, I worked on it first with a can of upholstery cleaner. It was somewhat better, but then I realized that the bottom of the skirt was black with dirt. The foam cleaner didn't touch it. Then I tried my Shark hand-held steamer. I blasted a small section of the skirt fold with steam, then rubbed it with a microfiber cloth. A Lot of dirt came off. After working my way all around the edge I tackled the rest of the chair. It helped, but didn't get all the dirt off. Long story short, I tried to donate the chair to Goodwill but they wouldn't take it. I ended up driving it to the dump. Assuming your furniture isn't as dirty as my chair was, I recommend trying steam. It really loosened a lot of the dirt. Just don't wait as long as I did.