Cleaning roller blinds?

theblindman

Washing your blinds is going to be very difficult, milldew is almost impossible to get out of your blinds. To prevent it in the first place you should allow the blind to dry out by leaving it down with the window open to get the air circulating to prevent the milldew from occuring in the first place.
Try contacting the company and see if they can help by recovering the blind as you have only had it 6 months, but please be polite, nothing gets my back up more than someone coming into my shop all stroppy and i'll do all i can to avoid helping, but I will refund or replace quite happily for nice customers!
You need to replace the blind fabric with a PVC fabric that wont grow mould. Louvolite or Eclipse are names to look out for.
Like the other posts this much condensation will cause damage and its worth investing in some sort of ventilation, either extractor fan or window vents

purplegirluk1

theblindman wrote:

You need to replace the blind fabric with a PVC fabric that wont grow mould. Louvolite or Eclipse are names to look out for.
Like the other posts this much condensation will cause damage and its worth investing in some sort of ventilation, either extractor fan or window vents

The blind is made out of a pvc lining with a material front, the mould is on the front. I will try to speak to the company that made them,I hope they can help. We do have an extractor fan and it stays on for thirty minutes. Thanks for your help.

theblindman

from what you say you have been sold a 'blackout' type blind not a PVC fabric, a cotton or polyester fabric with blackout treatment, if rolled up damp you will get milldew, a true PVC fabric such as Louvolite's Tessa fabric will allow you to scrub the blind without damaging it.

Heb123_3

Hi all,

New to posting but have been reading and loving this forum for ages.:D

Quick question for you all. I've searched for an answer to this on here but have found nothing on my particular problem.

I recently bought a new house and had the fortune to inherit the previous owner's blinds. I have a huge white roller blind in my sitting room. Unfortunately it's become a bit of a moth cemetary - at least 3 moths have been caught up in it and squished them! Therefore I have moth remains (i.e. dried in blood it seems) on my lovely white blinds, right where they can be seen by visitors, etc.

I wonder should I hire a steam cleaner and see if that does the job? Or should I try bleaching?

Debt_Free_Chick

On another thread, someone cleaned a stain on satin shoes using vodka!

Any pure alcohol should work, but test in a corner before hand as it may leave a watermark

coffeeandfags

I have cream rollerblinds in my kitchen (yeah i know, not a good idea!). They get all manner of crap on them, cooking fat, cigarette smoke (coz i only smoke in the kitchen), dead beasties, etc etc.
What i do is fill a bath with warm water and chuck in a whole bottle of Milton fluid, dump in the blinds and leave all day or overnight, and they come out good as new!
BTW, you need to check if the tube at the top is metal or cardboard. If its cardboard then obviously youd need to leave that bit over the side of the bath!

Heb123_3

Thanks, sounds good, will give them both a shot, staring with the alcohol and then a bath!

the_other_mce

coffeeandfags wrote:

I have cream rollerblinds in my kitchen (yeah i know, not a good idea!). They get all manner of crap on them, cooking fat, cigarette smoke (coz i only smoke in the kitchen), dead beasties, etc etc.
What i do is fill a bath with warm water and chuck in a whole bottle of Milton fluid, dump in the blinds and leave all day or overnight, and they come out good as new!
BTW, you need to check if the tube at the top is metal or cardboard. If its cardboard then obviously youd need to leave that bit over the side of the bath!

Milton is F.A.B. - works a treat on blinds. It does make the skin on my hands really drythough. Use gloves or (my preferred option) get the other half to do it for you!!!!:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

samh_2

I do my kitchen blind in the bath with milton fluid too. I don't know if they're all the same, but mine is fixed to the metal tube with double-sided adhesive so you can just peel it off. After I've soaked it I let it drip dry and iron it with starch otherwise it seems a bit floppy! Mine just sticks back on the tube then as the adhesive tape is really sticky.

Oh and definitely wear rubber gloves!

P.S. If the milton fluid doesn't get them clean I've had good results with Biotex as well.

Sarahsaver

After my experience with printer ink and soapnuts I would say soapnuts do the trick. A handful boiled in a pan of water, strain and put in a spray bottle. I am waiting for another stain as I don't want it to have been a fluke!
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