subject: Some Simple And Easy To Follow Tips For Maintaining Window Blinds Properly [print this page] If you want to maintain window blinds properly, you must always opt for a frequent and simple maintenance as compared to infrequent and complicated maintenance solutions. If you try to clean the dirty blinds once in a month, you can be rest assured that you will always end up with dirty looking blinds. On the other hand, if you give it a gentle brush once a day and if you carry out concentrated dusting and cleaning every weekend, you will maintain your window blinds properly and it will look as if it is brand new.
Another useful tool is the vacuum cleaner. Don't get the wrong impression here, you could totally go the simple way and clean them without the help of machinery. But then, there is the chance that you could damage the panels when you have to pick on them part by part as you clean. If you make use of a vacuum cleaner, you just have to adjust the power level and swing it over the blinds. That alone should be enough to have them properly cleaned.
Stains have been known to have an effect on the appearance of window blinds. Catching on to them early would allow you to deal with the stains with relative ease. Just wipe the blinds clean with a damp cloth. Sure the blinds themselves are important, but so also are the mechanisms and the levers that come with the system - they need cleaning too. The mechanism should operate without any trouble and in a smooth manner.
You'd want to do some needed maintenance on the system id the mechanism does not operate flawlessly, and you'd want to do it in a hurry. In some cases, a bit of greasing is more than sufficient. Sometimes, though, you'd never be able to use the blinds properly without doing some serious repairs on it, especially when it was not well installed.
Blinds often don't fare too well with rough treatment, even though they look quite strong at first glance. Hence, do not try to simply force your way and operate the window blind. It should be perfectly smooth at all times.
You may have neglected these few pointers in the past and as such you may have your blinds looking pretty dowdy already, but now would be a good time to have them removed and cleaned up already. Many people find it very difficult to clean the window blinds looking up and holding their hands over their head. By simply disbanding the window blinds, you can clean it properly and set it up so that it looks new all over again. Make sure you know how to dismantle and reassemble the blinds properly.
