cleaning venetian blinds.......

fizzypotter

probably not much help but my husband takes them all outside and hoses them every so often

tinamoo

I have Venetian blinds up in the living room that look great but are not the best quality if I am honest. They are a pain to clean. I bought one of those cleaning tools from the 99p shop, but because of the quality of the blinds the slats bend too much when I use it to do any real cleaning.

I know that the best solution would be to take them down and clean them that way but I am physically unable to do that.

Does anyone have any tips for me?

Pink.

This thread should help:

cleaning venetian blinds.......

I'll add this thread to that one later to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

nettles77

Just got new metal venetians that look like wood effect, have seen many tools to clean them just wondering are some better than others or what else maybe is best? TIA

Linda32

I've had these blinds before. You don't need any special tools but they do take alot of work, (sorry) I would say at least 3 times a week they will need dusting. Just wrap a duster around you fingers and wipe along the blind.

I surpose you could quickly do a blind every other day rather than all of them at the same time.

They do catch the dust, I'm afraid. If you let it slip then you can use a glove on your hand and dip in hot soapy water and wipe you fingers along each blind.

adouglasmhor

A clean odd sock over your hand - best tool for the job.

Eenymeeny

I once cleaned a whole houseful of blinds left by the previous owner when we first moved in, then some kind person told me that you can take them off and swish them in water and bio detergent in the bath. Be careful to line the bath with a bath sheet or big towel though in case you scratch the bath.
I reckon this is a kind of Spring cleaning job though, I usually give them a flick over with one of those nylon 'feather dusters' and kid myself that all the dust sticks to the mop by static power...

GeronimO76

Hi all,
First off it's important to separate cleaning and dusting. Kitchens and bathrooms are best avoided with Venetian blinds. The rest of the home now few smoke should in mean that blinds require no more than dusting,no mean feat if you have a house full.
Forget socks on hands,multi fingered cleaners and anti static wipes you will be just wasting your valuable time. Every item I have tried and looked into until recently just pushes the dust around or into the air so it can come right back plus it dirties the ladders.
I recently developed a vacuum brush that pushes on the blind blade on top and below is then moved along the blind blade. One pass and 100% of the dust and any cob webs are gone and nothing to atmosphere! I can dust a blind about 3ft x 4ft 26 2" wide blades in a few minuets effortlessly. Turn it on it's side and you can finish by dusting the sill, job done!
None of the big boys are interested and I can't spend thousands on tooling or on patents so I am now considering making to order using simple readily available materials so it wouldn't look like a vacuum tool from a manufacturer more diy but most importantly it would beat anything out there hands down. Cleary reading all the threads on this there appears to be a damnd for a tool that works.
I would appreciate any feedback on this. Thanks, R