It’s time for us to shed some light on blinds. Meant to filter and insulate, blinds are typically defined as horizontal or vertical slats made of metal, plastic and/or occasionally fabric that are ...

the slats of vinyl and aluminum blinds, which often overlap, should be tilted downward, but not completely closed for cleaning. For vertical blinds, hold the bottom of the blind in one hand to ...

From Venetian (horizontal slats) to vertical, there are so many types of blinds, but they all have one thing in common: There are way too many slats to consider cleaning them one by one.

Vertical blinds, commonly used to cover sliding glass doors, feature wider slats that are hung up and down versus horizontally. They are generally easier to clean and block more light than ...

Vertical blinds come in a range of easy-to-clean fabrics ... blinds are particularly difficult to clean, as the tight slats will collect dust, dirt and grime every day. The small spaces can ...

Vertical blinds break far too easily. Fortunately, there's a cure: Weblog WonderHowTo points out that you can use a paper clip and some tape to fix a broken slat. When a vertical slat breaks ...

Note: Never use water or harsh chemicals to clean wooden blinds, because they will easily discolor, warp, crack, or stain the wood slats. Step 1: Fully extend the blinds. Step 2: Vacuum the entire ...

After college (long ago in the late 1980s and 1990s), most every apartment I lived in or saw was equipped with aluminum mini blinds, many of which had a bent slat or two where an over energetic ...