How can i clean a long wide roller blind?

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It is supposed to be white but years of nicotine (previous tenant) and cooking grease has made it grubby.

I was wondering if i could just soak it overnight in the bath with bleach? Or is that a terrible idea?

My response is to replace it. Or try sugar soap - brilliant on nicotine and grease. Ask you LL to replace it.

LL hasnt repaired a single thing, including emergency ones like burst pipes since i moved in 3 years ago so they wouldnt even contemplate replacing a blind.

I'll try the sugar soap, thanks.

It's yellow so you'll need to rinse off somehow. I'd be tempted to put my own blind up and restore the landlord's when it comes to check out. Just check what the inventory says about condition.

Yes it might be easier just to replace it. I'll have a go at washing it and if that doest work i'll replace. Cant help thinking cooking grease is what he deserves for not fixing the broken extractor fan. But of course he wouldnt see it that way.

Wash it and try a magic eraser

if it is cloth, it will have stiffened with a kind of starch, so it will go floppy if you wash it. you can get blind-stiffening sprays but I think it would be money down the drain. Cotton blinds also perish in the sunlight and will tear easily when old.

For a kitchen you can get vinyl blinds that you could sponge with WUL.

I'd go for a new blind of your own choosing. Argos usually have budget ones with instructions on trimming to size.