I haven't cleaned my mini blinds since we moved in about a year ago! I've lightly dusted occasionally, but little spots and such are showing up on them now. Could someone please tell me the best way to clean them at this stage of 'dustiness'?
Just hang dusty mini blinds from MiniMaids support brackets stuck to a shower wall or an outside window, then simply rinse away dust from blinds using the shower sprayer or garden hose. Works great indoors or outside!
I hate mini blinds! You just look at them the wrong way and they bend and you can't fix them when that happens. I tried taking my down to clean as suggested and they got bent - Arggg! I have tried everything and they just get bent and continue to look awful. I am going to replace them. Just saving money from check to check during the recession in order to afford it!
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Take them down one room at a time and put them on a concrete area or porch outside and spray them down with the water hose to let them dry outside. Spray them down with a cleaner a few minutes before you spray them with water to let dirt loose. Hope this helps. If weather is bad, let them soak in bath water.
I take all the blinds off the windows. put them in my whirlpool bathtub, add clorox cleanup and water and turn the bath tub jets on for about 10 minutes The whirlpool aggitates the crud off. I just drain the tub and let them air dry. Easy.
The BEST way I have found is... Place your blinds in the bathtub and run the hottest water possible. While running the water, add a few cups of bleach. Let soak for 2-3 hours. Drain water. Run more hot water and let soak 15 minutes. Drain. Blinds should be free of bleach residue and they will look as new as when you bought them Have fun and good luck!
Put them in the bathtub turn the shower on and plug the tub add bleach. This cleans the cords too so they look new. scrub them if they are really grungy.
The bane of my existance I clean EACH slat with a baby wipe. It takes forever (34 windows) but it is the only thing that seems to cut the dust and grime (in kitchen). AND I have tried almost all the ideas mentioned. All blinds except kitchen and bathrooms seem to get by on occasionall dusting and a once a year power cleaning (Spray with cleaner, wipe each slat with a wet towel, repeat with clean towel if necessary and then dry. GOod luck! Diana
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Request: Cleaning Mini Blinds
Archived on 01/04/2008
Any tips on cleaning mini blinds?
Randi from Vacaville
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RE: Cleaning Mini Blinds
I take mine to the car wash. It is so easy to hang them, clean with the soapy brush and rinse with the nozzle. We do 3 or 4 at a time. (11/17/2006)
---> AFTER CLEANING TO STOP STATIC from ATTRACTING DUST & DIRT
* spray with 1 part fabric softener (any brand) and 3 or 4 parts water.
* OR wipe blinds with a dryer fabric softener sheet.
IF YOU DO THIS YOUR BLINDS WILL STAY CLEANER LONGER (11/18/2006)
Please share your easiest, fastest (yet thorough) ways to clean metal mini blinds.
Thanks!
Peggy GV from San Antonio, TX
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RE: Cleaning Mini-Blinds
How I clean my mini blinds: I put them in the tub (or outside) Spray with Dow Scrubbing Bubbles and then rinse off with clear water. Wipe with a towel or drip dry. Their is NO real washing (you let the bubbles do their job!) and they are disinfected and smell great. Also, the wand and cording comes really clean!
Again, with NO effort! (08/02/2005)
By Joyful
Cleaning Miniblinds
Clean miniblinds by spraying hydrogen peroxide on them. Then wipe dry. (09/23/2005)
By Terri
In The Shower
Stick 2 or 3 heavy duty to back shower wall and hang blinds, get a shower spray and cleaning product and presto! Easy on the back. (09/25/2005)
By ChinafromSI
Vacuum
On the subject of cleaning metal mini-blinds, I vacuum them, I wipe them down with a damp cloth, I've put them in the bathtub if they fit. I've also taken them outside and hang them on my fence with nails and used the window cleaning system you attach to your hose and they came out great! After doing all of that I decided when they get to be too much to handle, I buy new blinds!
(11/19/2005)
By Rob
409
I hate cleaning mini blinds, but unfortunately, they have to be cleaned fairly regularly. First of all, I never take mine down to clean them. That must makes even more work than you already have. I clean them while they are up on the window. Depending on how dirty they are, and that, of course, depends on what room in the house, most of the time I can get them clean using a dry Swiffer cloth. If they are really bad and need "wet" cleaned, then I spray 409 cleaner on them and wipe them with a wet cloth. (11/20/2005)
By Robin
MiniMaids
I bought a gadget called MiniMaids. I love it. It makes cleaning mini blinds so easy. I hang it in the shower and hang my blinds so all I have to do is spray with 409 and then use my shower hose to rinse off and they come out spotless. (01/04/2006)
I use Clorox wet wipes. It's the easiest and believe me I've tried everything. I have found they work on walls, doors, and any other surface. (02/20/2006)
