Is there an easy way to clean faux wood blinds?
My faux wood white blinds are so dirty and dusty. I have tried painstakingly cleaning every slat but they still are dingy. Any suggestions?
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Perhaps you can take them outside and use a garden hose.
Yes, take them down, put warm water in your tub, put your blinds in the water let soak for a bit then remove them, they should come clean!
Use a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, followed by a spray of Windex. Should clean and sparkle
try putting a white cotton sock on your hands and use a product for wood.
Judi has the right idea, except I'd add a bit of dish soap, maybe a tablespoon or so to the water and then rinse them once they've soaked. You can hang to dry in the tub or shower or outside - whatever is easiest. The rinsing really helps get the stuff completely off the slats. Remember to spray both sides.
Agree with previous answer of putting them in bathtub with enough HOT water to cover the. ADD powered dishwasher detergent make sure it is dissolved. Slosh them around a couple times as they soak overnight. Rinse and stand them on end in the tub to drain and dry.
You will be amazed!
I put mine to soak in the tub with vinegar and water. I use one gallon of white vinegar and fill my tub 1/2 full with warm water. Place the blinds in the tub and slosh. Rinse with the shower head, stand on end to drain for about an hour. Hang back up! I do this for every window in my house every year. They look and smell wonderful.
All the folks saying to use the tub are right. But all of them missed an important way to make it even better if the blinds are really bad: use a clean broom to scrub them (without having to bend over). Sure it's a bit messy, but it even worked on the blinds over the sink that had been there for more than a decade when I moved in.