How to clean wooden blinds

[lavendersun]

The blind thread below this one prompted me to ask! I have wooden venetian blinds in some of my rooms, they are looking dusty and in the odd room like they need a bit of a wash!

Dusty old house with solid fuel heating = grim at times unless you are more house proud than I am.

Any tips for cleaning them easily or is it just a case of cleaning each slat.

I did buy one of those things that JL sell for blinds but my slats are wider/further apart than the those on the cleaning thing.

I have these blinds in my bedrooms and bathrooms. Tried vacuuming, dusting and those blind cleaner things you've mentioned. Found nothing works as good as a microfibre cloth and a bucket of warm water with fairy liquid. And, yes, you have to clean each slat one at a time. If you use a good cloth (like a microfibre one) though, once you get in the swing, it doesn't take too long. Maybe 15 mins a blind :)

I use baby wipes on mine dont do individual slats just wipe down vertically tben reverse blind and do same works well for me and takes mins to do.

Thanks, I think I will have to go with never's suggestion as they are incredibly dusty. Perhaps a wipe would do if I don't let it get as bad next time.

never have you got any cream/light ones - just wondering if you manages to do it without dirtying the cords/string things that run through and outside the blinds.

In my last house I had them.in the kitchen and they got greasy quickly.
I use to take them down and wash them in the bath.
I dried them straight away and they were fine.

Not sure I am brave enough for that vintage, I can't imagine the wood coping, they were not massively expensive - Tuiss middle of the range things.

I dont know the value of mine as I was renting at the time.
My DH is a chef and warm soapy water was the only option with almost anything in our kitchen
I feel your pain the are dust collectors.

lavender, yes, my bathroom blinds are a 'polar white' colour. Mine are usually quite dusty when I eventually get to do them, which is why wiping over them all together isn't enough (would prob work if I did them every few weeks, but alas). Anyway the cords and slats are both white but all comes up clean with no grubby cording after :)

My solution is to tilt them outwards towards the window, that way you can't see it!

I started today ladies to avoid writing 5000 words that are due on Wednesday. Cleaned 7 windows and two blinds. I just used the same water I had used for the windows (washing up liquid and a bit of vinegar - could only find white wine vinegar so used that!) and one of those micro fibre cloths.

Probably took 25-30 mins a blind but they do look good. Only 8 more to do, how depressing. Have to say that I didn't think of this at all when I bought them otherwise I might have stuck to roman blinds.