Venetian blinds are one of the most popular varieties of blinds which form a part of the most adored accessories at our homes and offices. After all, they are so versatile and classy! But like all other beauties, even Venetian blinds do require proper upkeep and maintenance. Let us find how to clean Venetian blinds:
The Venetian blinds
There are a wide variety of blinds that suit the interior tastes of many people. Prominent among them are
Roller blinds,
Roman blinds, Vertical blinds, Japanese blinds and of course Venetian blinds. The Venetian blinds have always remained one of the most sought after blinds.
They have got horizontal slats like bars stacked such that they are one above the other. They have a cord attached to them, which when pulled helps to adjust the slats; either pulled close or tightly packed.
These are made of many materials. The slats are made of wood or metal or plastic. The rustic and woody look gives a rich and classy feel and texture.
1. Need for cleaning the blinds
When it comes to cleaning, we can start off by first asking what the need is. Again there is no single point answer to this question. But it can be answered generically. Basically we all need cleaning to maintain the initial charm and beauty of our interior accessories. You may wipe them or soak them or simply dust them with a cloth, the choice shall depend on the type and amount of dirt involved.
Things to keep in mind while you go on a cleaning spree
Blinds are subjected to wind, sunlight and dust throughout the day. They bear the brunt of stormy outsides or a smoky environment or many times even your kitchen's residual steam and vapours. So it is only natural of them to get sticky and oily. Blinds can even seem to be having layers of deposit of soot and smoke particles. Due to the deposit of soot and dust, and persistently harsh sun rays, blinds may even appear to be fading colours or say, discoloured.
Tips on how to clean Venetian blinds:
I. Adjusting the blinds to clean
1. While cleaning, make sure to first pull the cord. This will help you to pull the slats together. Further, this would facilitate cleansing action.
2. This would make it really easy while cleaning. Once you have wiped one side, say from inside your room; just step outside and clean the other side as well, with the slats latched together.
II. Cleaning by dusting off
1. Venetian blinds are made of horizontal bar-like structures which enable people to lift them up or shut them down as per requirements.
2. Dust is deposited and entrapped over and beneath these horizontal bars.
3. In case of dust, you can use a readymade duster, or simply use a cloth piece as a duster. Hold it firm and wipe the dust off the bars.
4. While doing so, one thing you should keep in mind is to tilt the blinds down, so that you get an even surface so as to make it easier to clean it.
III. Cleaning by water and sponges
1. Sometimes the dirt actually gets sticky and it becomes really tricky to deal with it while dusting it dry. Water is the way how to handle such stubborn dirt!
2. All you have to do after you have first wiped the blinds off with a clean and dry cloth is to take a mug full of water and arrange something like a sponge.
3. Now dip the sponge in the mug, allowing it to absorb water. And that’s it. Simply use it as a wet wipe. Wipe off the sticky dust from your window blinds. And your Venetian blinds would become clean in no time!
4. Pieces of cloth also work just fine. But sponges retain some good quantity of water so you require them to be dipped less frequently into water.
IV. Soapy water
1. For those blinds that have not been cleaned in a while, stains and sticky dirt are the easiest to find and water is not sufficient to clean it.
2. Generally, mild soap or soapy solutions do the job. There are separate cleaning solutions available in the market for blinds and window panes. You can get one of them.
3. Now there are two ways:
a. In the first method, you have to squeeze few drops of the soap on the sponge and directly apply on the stained area in a slight rubbing and circling motion.
b. In the second method, you need to prepare a solution. Take a mug or a bucket of water, as per needed and dissolve the soap solution in it. Stir it till it gets a foaming consistency.
Now wet your sponge in it and off you go. Wherever it is that you find stickiness and stains, just clean till the dirt gets wiped off completely.
V. Vacuum clean them!
1. Vacuum is the best solution for the dirt hidden in crevices and corners, since they are difficult to reach.
2. Attach a duster cloth or brush to the vacuum cleaner and now use it. Simple!
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