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Helpful
Tips: Care & Cleaning
of Window Blinds
Once you have purchased and installed the perfect
window blinds for your home, you want to keep
them looking great for years to come.
To do this, it’s necessary to
occasionally clean your blinds.
It is recommended by most manufactures
of window blinds that you clean your blinds at
least once a month.
The surfaces of most window blind slats
are often quite smooth, which makes cleaning
them easy.
However, when cleaning your blinds, make
sure that you use a soft dusting cloth to dust
them with, or if using your vacuum to clean
your blinds, make sure to use the brush
attachment so you do not scratch the finish of
your window blinds.
By regularly dusting or vacuuming your
blinds you can save both time and money.
Vacuming Your Window Blinds:
Make sure to use the brush/dust head attachment.
First tilt slats up, then down, but make sure
that you do not close the slates entirely so
that you can clean the entire area of the
slates.
Dusting Your Window Blinds:
There are several products currently on the
market that are made for dusting blinds that
you can purchase, or you can use a soft clean
clothe. As
when vacuuming your blinds, when dusting you
want to simply tile the slats up, gently wipe
then off, then tilt the blinds down and wipe
then again.
Make sure that you do not close the
window blinds entirely.
If needed, there are several chemical cleaners
that you can use.
However, before cleaning your entire
blind, we strongly advise that you test an area
that is not noticeable to make sure that the
cleaner will not harm your blinds.
Some cleaners will harm vinyl and wood
composite window blinds, while other chemical
cleaners will remove finishes on wooden window
blinds. For
these reasons—we strongly suggest that you
carefully read the cleaners to make sure you
can use them on the type of window blind you
have and then for added care—test an area
first.
Washing Your Window Blinds:
Yes it is possible to wash your PVC, aluminum,
and certain types of wood composite window
blinds! All you need is a damp cloth and warm water mixed with
a mild detergent to clean your blinds.
Before you start, however please make
sure that you protect your flooring from the
excess water as well as your windowsills.
When washing your window blinds, tilt
the slats up first and wipe the window blinds
clean with the damp cloth, then tilt the window
blind slats down and wash them, making sure
that when you finish that you wipe off all
excess water.
Another method of washing your PVC, aluminum, and
some wood composite window blinds is to take
them down from the windows, then place them in
a tub of warm mild soapy water. However you must make sure that you rinse all the soap off of
the blinds and to carefully wipe them dry.
If you can not completely dry the
blinds, then you should allow your window
blinds to air dry completely.
Having Your Window Blinds Professional
Cleaned:
Having your window blinds
professional cleaned is something that you
should only need to have done occasionally.
Many cleaning services provide
ultrasonic cleaning for a deep cleaning. As with any service, check in your area for companies that
provide this service.
When you have your blinds ultrasonically
cleaned, they will look like new.
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