Utilizing Your Tub in Cleaning Window Blinds
Keeping your window treatment clean might be one of your major considerations whenever you buy one for your home. Thus, while selecting your window blinds, for instance, you are already asking your supplier as well about some tips on how to maintain them.
In this article, we will give you some inputs on how to clean your window blinds without having to bring them outside. Yes, all you have to do is to utilize your bath tub. Read on to learn about these practical tips.
Here are the things you need:
· Bathtub where you are going to do your cleaning project
· Cleaning solution which you will use to get the cleaning project started
· Soft brush which you will use to scrub the dirt off from your window blinds
· Old towels or clothes which will help you out in wiping dry the newly cleaned window blinds
Meanwhile, here are the easy-to-follow instructions:
1. Fill your tub with warm water.
2. Add cleaning solution. (TIP: Make sure to follow the instructions on the label especially on the amount of cleaning solution that you need to mix with a certain level of water.)
3. Slowly remove the blinds from your windows, ensuring that the hardware is intact. Keep in mind that some window blinds need a screwdriver to remove them. Therefore, you have to be equipped on how to safely bring down your window covering.
4. Place the blinds in the tub. But wait! Just put one set at a time so that everything will surely be soaked enough. (TIP: Make sure that the blinds are totally extended and slats are closed.)
5. Leave them soaked for 15 minutes. This will help the dirt to soften and for scrubbing to be easier for you.
6. Scrub the dirt and grime off using a soft brush. (TIP: Scrub each slat to ensure that you do not miss out any.)
7. Turn over the blinds and scrub the other side.
8. If you think that the water is already dirty, drain the tub.
9. Rinse the scrubbed blinds clean using the shower. If you have the handheld shower nozzle, cleaning will be a lot easier.
10. Drain the water from the window blinds by letting them lean against the edge of the tub.
11. After about 20 minutes, air dry your window blinds. (TIP: You may use your hairdryer to speed up drying. Make sure, though, that you set it at its lowest temperature to avoid destroying their slats.)
12. Wipe the blinds with an old towel to dry them completely.
13. Repeat the procedures (1 - 12) for the remaining window blinds.
In this article, we will give you some inputs on how to clean your window blinds without having to bring them outside. Yes, all you have to do is to utilize your bath tub. Read on to learn about these practical tips.
Here are the things you need:
· Bathtub where you are going to do your cleaning project
· Cleaning solution which you will use to get the cleaning project started
· Soft brush which you will use to scrub the dirt off from your window blinds
· Old towels or clothes which will help you out in wiping dry the newly cleaned window blinds
Meanwhile, here are the easy-to-follow instructions:
1. Fill your tub with warm water.
2. Add cleaning solution. (TIP: Make sure to follow the instructions on the label especially on the amount of cleaning solution that you need to mix with a certain level of water.)
3. Slowly remove the blinds from your windows, ensuring that the hardware is intact. Keep in mind that some window blinds need a screwdriver to remove them. Therefore, you have to be equipped on how to safely bring down your window covering.
4. Place the blinds in the tub. But wait! Just put one set at a time so that everything will surely be soaked enough. (TIP: Make sure that the blinds are totally extended and slats are closed.)
5. Leave them soaked for 15 minutes. This will help the dirt to soften and for scrubbing to be easier for you.
6. Scrub the dirt and grime off using a soft brush. (TIP: Scrub each slat to ensure that you do not miss out any.)
7. Turn over the blinds and scrub the other side.
8. If you think that the water is already dirty, drain the tub.
9. Rinse the scrubbed blinds clean using the shower. If you have the handheld shower nozzle, cleaning will be a lot easier.
10. Drain the water from the window blinds by letting them lean against the edge of the tub.
11. After about 20 minutes, air dry your window blinds. (TIP: You may use your hairdryer to speed up drying. Make sure, though, that you set it at its lowest temperature to avoid destroying their slats.)
12. Wipe the blinds with an old towel to dry them completely.
13. Repeat the procedures (1 - 12) for the remaining window blinds.
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