I love the look and function of blinds in a room, but I’m at my wits end as to how best to clean them.
When we moved into our house (our first and only house so far) we decided to use curtains on the main floor and and a combination of blinds and sheer curtains or roller blinds in the upstairs bedrooms.
Curtains are easy to clean – just throw them in the wash or take them to the dry cleaner depending upon what materials they’re made of, but blinds are another story.
We have mini-blinds in our master bedroom and I’ve taken to wiping them down with a damp rag and dusting them with my big duster whenever I’m cleaning. This works, but not as well as I’d like or perhaps I’m just not doing it as often as I should.
The roller blinds in the two spare bedrooms we have get vacuumed or dusted. I’d love to wash them since they are made of material, but due to their construction that’s pretty much impossible.
Any good tips on cleaning mini blinds and roller blinds?
I prefer roll up blinds over mini blinds. You can’t dust them, wiping with wet cloth makes a mess. The only real way to clean them is take them down and put them in the tub. Pain in the back side. Roll ups always seem clean to me, but I can dust them or wipe them with damp cloth when they’re unrolled, they aren’t fabric. Fabric…no clue. Sorry and good luck.
Sandy
fill the tub with half-way with warm water and oxyclean if you ahve it or can get it, or mr clean with a touch of bleach (if they are white or plastic). pull them so they are wide open. dip them into the water and open them. let tehm soak for an hour or so them get a soft brush and wash three or so at a time.
the way to get them really clean is when drying them with a regular bath towel.
good luck!