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cleaning blinds

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I clean mine wearing a pair of gloves
I can do 5 slats at once by pushing gloved fingers between them icon10.gif

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  • Queenie
    Queenie Posts: 8,793 Forumite
    Plagiarism!!!! ;)

    You've been reading Double Duty haven't you! :rotfl:
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  • MATH
    MATH Posts: 2,941 Forumite
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    Cleaned three of my venetian blinds today. Boy! do I hate that job. If only I didn't have an alergic reaction to net curtains:D
    Life's a beach! Take your shoes off and feel the sand between your toes.
  • Bennifred
    Bennifred Posts: 3,986 Forumite
    Oh - are you supposed to clean them, then?! :o The dirt doen't just slide off when you tilt them?? There goes another fine theory! :rolleyes:
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  • MATH
    MATH Posts: 2,941 Forumite
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    amghiggs wrote:
    Oh - are you supposed to clean them, then?! :o The dirt doen't just slide off when you tilt them?? There goes another fine theory! :rolleyes:

    You can get away with tilting them away from you for a few months/years;) That way you don't see the carpet of filth encrusting each slat.
    Life's a beach! Take your shoes off and feel the sand between your toes.
  • ukbill69
    ukbill69 Posts: 2,790 Forumite
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    Yes it is a very hard task, if you ever need new blinds, then I bought some from expertblinds.co.uk and they where fantasic and well cheap.


    http://www.expertblinds.co.uk/
    Kind Regards
    Bill
  • loopy_lass
    loopy_lass Posts: 1,551 Forumite
    Bennifred wrote:
    Oh - are you supposed to clean them, then?! :o The dirt doen't just slide off when you tilt them?? There goes another fine theory! :rolleyes:

    OH!!!! er..... news to me also....... thort they just changed with age, perhaps not then.........
    :rotfl: :rotfl:
    THE CHAINS OF HABIT ARE TOO WEAK TO BE FELT UNTIL THEY ARE TOO STRONG TO BE BROKEN... :A
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