cleaning vertical blinds

danneva

To keep your vertical blinds last long, you should know the best way to clean them to prevent any damage.

_remove the bottom chain and plates

_take the blinds off the top hooks

_place them on top of each other as you remove each one

_use cold water and light soap depending on the fabric

_hang back up to dry



or for dirt and pet hair on vertical blinds, try using a natural enzyme spray found in the pet section of a store. Spray both sides of the blind (if they are not lined) wait a day to let dry then vacuum.

Kiwisaver_2

If like mine they start looking a bit manky just around the bottoms, like at animal height where cats the constantly mooch around the windows all day. I bring a bucket of warm soapy water to the blinds, open the blinds so they're all slid to one end and then dangle a bunch of slats together in the bucket for a while, giving each slat a bit of a rub by hand.

Afterwards I splash them around in a bucket of clean water to rinse and then let them drip dry into the empty bucket. When the worst of the drips have gone I unfold them, and open the windows to dry out properly. I just do a few at a time as and when I feel like it, so no need to take them all down or have masses of dripping blinds that you don't know what to do with.

susank

I did not see this thread before now - I took mine off yesterday and put them through the washing machine at 30 degrees and a short spin, ironed them dry and hung them over a radiator and then put them back together again - obviously I took out all the hardware etc. They look fine!

devilishdickdiablo

small square bowl, drop in 6 dissolvable denture cleaning tablets, put your blind vanes in, soak for 10 mins, rinse with cold water, hang to dry. jobs a good un.

skintstudentnurse

Anyone done this? My kitchen blinds are terrorised by my cat winding in and out of them, I'd really like to freshen them up, any ideas? Thanks

amibovvered

Try doing a forum search - there was a thread on this not too long ago because I had the same problem as you (only dog, not cat!) and found some very helpful advice

ixia

I put mine in the washing machine they do come out slightly crumpled but I hang them back up when they are wet with the windows open and they always end up looking fine.

mummyroysof3

i wash mine but also use a sticky roller to remove the hair, we have 3 cats argh....must add this to my ever growing to do list

squeaky

This thread...? cleaning vertical blinds


More help here... blinds threads here on Old Style MoneySaving

skintstudentnurse

Thanks very much everyone, I'll have a look at those threads too Squeaky