Washing Vinyl Vertical Blinds

What you should know before cleaning your fabric vertical blinds.

Washing vinyl vertical blinds.

The type of material your vertical blinds are made from will determine the cleaning method. Open the blinds completely. While cleaning you may notice that one of the slats or vanes is damaged and needs replacing. This is necessary because you risk damaging your fabric blinds if you choose the wrong one.

The main types of vertical blind material are fabric wood metal and vinyl. To remove a vane for replacement or cleaning. You ll need a vertical blind cleaning tool buckets mild soap or detergent water and towels or drop cloths. Use caution when handling the vertical blind vanes the tabs at the top of each vane can break off if they are pulled too far in any direction.

Regular maintenance helps preserve your blinds but you can also spot clean any stains or marks with soapy water. Follow the manufacturer s directions for cleaning the type of blinds you have. Rigid vinyl vanes the most common and soft fabric vanes. Vinyl blinds splattered with grease such as in a kitchen require a bit more cleaning than blinds that are simply dusty.

Wand tilt mechanism makes operation easy and its no cord construction is child and pet safe. The first step in cleaning your vertical blinds is to know what type of blinds you have. Vertical blinds can either be washed while hanging or by removing them and washing them. Removing and reinstalling vertical blinds.

Begin by dusting vertical blinds and cellular blinds with a feather duster or the brush attachment on your vacuum cleaner. A very informative video i made on how to wash blinds safely and properly in the washing machine. Before you undertake the task of cleaning your fabric vertical blinds you need to know the difference between the cleaning methods for wood vinyl aluminium and fabric blinds. Wooden vertical blinds can be cleaned much the same as any wooden furniture you have.

Open the blinds and dust them from the top to the bottom on both sides. I hope you can follow my tips and let me know how you went. Vertical blinds provide an expanded view when opened and provide maximum coverage when closed. Once the bulk of the smoke residue has been removed wash the blinds as described above in the section washing vertical blinds.

Don t use water on wood blinds. Since the blinds are vinyl they may be washed with a mild soap and water. It comes with a reversible head rail allowing you to choose either a right or left hand opening so it can work in any room.