Tips for Cleaning Mini Blinds

Keeping mini blinds clean can be a real challenge. They seem to be magnets for dust, and cleaning them certainly isn’t the most fun part of housekeeping. However, by following a few simple tips, you’ll find that cleaning your mini blinds isn’t impossible, and doesn’t even have to be an unpleasant task.

Regular Maintenance
One of the reasons that most people hate cleaning mini blinds is that they put of cleaning these window treatments until the dust build-up becomes extremely severe.

Don’t let dust accumulate on your mini blinds for several months at a time. It’s much easier to keep mini blinds clean through regular maintenance than it is to wash away months, ore even years, of dust build up.

The best way to maintain your mini blinds is to get in the habit of dusting them off every time you dust your furniture. You can do this with a feather duster or anti-static cleaning cloth. This will keep dust from becoming thick and stuck to the blinds.

Periodic Thorough Cleaning
Even when you maintain your mini blinds, you’re likely to need to clean them thoroughly at least once a year. Depending on where you live and the types of mini blinds you have, you may need to thoroughly clean your window treatments even more frequently.

The first step in thoroughly cleaning your mini blinds is to use a vacuum cleaner attachment or a hand-held vacuum to remove surface dust from the blinds. Once you have vacuumed away the loose dust, you should remove the minim blinds from the windows and take them to your bathroom to soak.

Fill your bathtub with a mixture of degreasing dish soap, such as Dawn, and water. Place the mini blinds in the tub, and soak them for approximately twenty minutes. Drain the water and rinse the mini blinds thoroughly. Lay them flat or hang them up to dry before hanging them up again.

Your mini blinds will be as clean as new when you re-hang them!