We have a wide selection of venetian blinds made from various materials and they all have different cleaning techniques.
Rather than group them all together, we’ve split them into their own sections below to make it even easier for you to find the perfect solution…
Real Wood
Wooden blinds can be a little more awkward to clean as the wooden slats can soak up moisture quite easily and are prone to twisting and warping out of shape. In order to avoid this, the best ways to clean them are as follows:
- Dusting on a regular basis – the best way to avoid a heavy clean is, quite simply, to give them a quick once over every week. This not only helps them to look fresh and new for longer, it will also save you time in the long run
- Wiping with babywipes – this may seem like an odd trick but believe us, it really works! The babywipes are just damp enough to remove any marks or stains from the wood without leaving excess moisture or damaging chemicals on the blinds
- Using wood cleaner – to ensure that the slats remain undamaged and looking good, always use a wood cleaner when you’re cleaning your blinds, simply spray it on to the affected areas and simply rub any marks with a dry paper towel to remove them
- Grab an old sock – honestly, this isn’t half as weird as it may sound! If you have larger slats, there should be plenty of room to fit your hand between them when they’re open, simply slide an old sock onto your hand and run it across the top of each slat in turn before tilting them the other way and repeating the process
Faux-Wood
These pvc blinds are much easier to clean to to the fact that they are 100% waterproof, meaning that you can get them wet without having to worry about them soaking up the water:
- Soak them overnight – if your blinds have picked up stains or marks over time and they look a little dried in, you can fill your bathtub with warm, soapy water and simply leave the blinds soaking overnight. Any marks should simply wipe off the following morning!
- Give them a good scrub – grab a scrubbing brush and some soap and go to town! You can be as gentle or as rough as you like and this durable material won’t break or wear away.
- Grab the hoover – if your blinds are in an easily reachable position, there’s nothing stopping you from giving them a quick once over to get off the dust quickly and easily
- Babywipes to the rescue – once again, babywipes are an excellent way to give your faux-wood blinds a quick and easy clean
Aluminium
Robust, durable and easy to clean, aluminium blinds are easy to upkeep to ensure that they stay looking as good as new for longer:
- Get your toothbrush – as most of our aluminium blinds feature smaller slats, it can be hard to try the old sock on hand trick, however if you get a toothbrush and a bit of soap, you can give them a nice and easy clean down before rinsing them off
- Hose them down – particularly good when that spring cleaning bug bites you, if you’re blinds are a manageable size, you can take them outside, balance them or hang them in place and give them a spray with your hosepipe. Even better, if the weather is sunny and light, you can even leave them outside to dry off!
- Regular dusting – the aluminium material does have a tendency to attract the dust so keeping them dust free can be a hard job. If you give them a quick dust down on a regular basis, hey’ll look fresher for longer
