Cleaning Remi Window Blinds

[Dustydog]

After many years we decided the blinds were looking rather grubby. In fact on close inspection Yuk!

The photos show before and after. Top section clean lower section Yuk.

Homemade cleaning solution of 1 part bleach
1 part washing up liquid
8 parts warm water

Medium bristle tooth brush

Wet regularly rinsed fine sponge

Plenty of elbow grease.

 

[Mel]

Looks great. Well done.
I would worry about crushing the pleats whilst cleaning; but clearly you have successfully retained them. Did you have to be really gentle or are they more robust than they appear?
Mel

 

[Dustydog]

Looks great. Well done.
I would worry about crushing the pleats whilst cleaning; but clearly you have successfully retained them. Did you have to be really gentle or are they more robust than they appear?
Mel

Mel ,
It takes quite a while. You do have to be gentle with the brush and fluid. Some of the pleats near the edge did fold in. But once “rinsed” were easy to push back from the underside. Just scrub gently like the archaeologists do.
Each blind is about an hour work.

 

[Hutch]

Dusty Dog, your obviously getting more patient as you get older, excesize for the shoulder though.

 

[Beachball]

Those blinds looks stunning well done