Simple Ways to Clean Your Blinds
They may let in light – or keep it out – but that doesn’t mean your blinds will always remain dust-free. You clean your windowpanes regularly; why not give your blinds a good cleaning too? Most people wash their windows until they sparkle, but often tend to neglect their blinds. Your blinds can be cleaned easily with this popular household tool: your vacuum cleaner.
Blinds gather dust, especially when your windows are closed in the winter months. Dust can build up very quickly, but giving your blinds a quick cleaning can get rid of dust and debris. In order to try our simple ways to clean your blinds, you will need your vacuum of course, and its attachments (hose and brush). Most vacuums come with these attachments. If you have an old vacuum, it will not have these features and it’s probably time you bought a newer model to clean your house more easily.
For very dusty blinds
Step 1: Close the blinds.
Step 2: Apply the brush attachment to your vacuum. Check to ensure that your vacuum is on the lowest suction setting. High suction will be too powerful for your blinds. Vacuums are powerful machines and most of the time we ignore the settings because we’re using them to clean a carpet or wood floors.
Step 3: Hold the bottom of your blinds to steady them. If not, they may flap and twist making it harder for you to clean them.
Step 4: Vacuum one side of the blinds, then the other.
For moderately dusty blinds
Step 1: Close the blinds.
Step 2: Apply the hose attachment to your vacuum. Settings will need to be on low as well. No matter how dusty your blinds are, anything higher than the lowest setting on your vacuum will be too strong.
Step 3: Hold the bottom of your blinds to steady them.
Step 4: Vacuum one side of the blinds, then the other.
For spot cleaning
If you are simply spot cleaning your blinds in between vacuuming them, you can use a Swiffer cloth to pick up any dust.
If you vacuum your blinds on a regular basis, you will only have to wash them once a year. You can use the vacuum cleaning technique on all types of blinds like faux-wooden, fabric shades, vinyl, and aluminum. Vacuuming your blinds removes dust and debris that collects daily and it only takes about five minutes to do. Who said the vacuum is just for the floor?