wooden venetian blinds - any tips on cleaning them?

[mabel1973]

I have tried the hoover, dusting them is really tedious..is there a quick and easy way to dust all those bloomin' slats??? Thanks

shower them in the bath, if they're not too long

brilliant - it never occured to me to actually remove them from the window...

I was wondering this only this morning as I dusted ours.

You can get those funny dusting contraptions from Lakeland I think but not sure if they're any good

Baby wipes...my mum swears by it

this?

I do the same as southeast, just take them down and rinse them off over the bath.

Can't you close them completely one way, and dust that (now relatively flat) side, then close them the other way, and do the same? Or will there be too much left on the overlaps (don't have any myself, so don't know).

(ie, I don't have any venetian blinds - I have plenty of dust).

Yu get loads left under the overlapping bits.... or at least you would if your house was dusty which mine never is of course....honest

Ah, oh well.

This is the lakeland thing - bit like the betterware one, but with more prongs, iyswim.

Thats the one.

I keep thinking about getting one but then I just wonder whether or not its just another useless gadget to clutter up the cupboards

If it's not stuck on dust, could you use a feather duster (if it had a narrow enough middle bit, obviously)?

I spent ages this morning taking down my blinds, struggling upstairs with them, have marked our newly painted hallway only to find out they are to big to go in the bloody bath. They are currently in the shower!

Not sure you should put wooden ones in the shower? Unless you then spend ages drying them (as tedious as wiping them in the first place) surely the water will affect the wood/varnish?

I just turn them one way, dust, then turn them the other way, dust again. If there is any dirt stuck on (as opposed to loose dust) I use a damp cloth.

They are not wooden, just normal ones that were here when we moved in. They were very dusty when we moved in and I have never really managed to get them completely clean. We were going to replace them when we decorated our room but as we are moving it seems a waste of money.

Why is everyone cleaning blinds today?! I just dusted our wooden ones this morning.
I took to the tedious duster routine. I have thought about rinsing them under the shower, but in not sure what it would do to the wood. The ones in our bedroom are always covered in dust, as theres not carpet on our floor, just varnished floorboards, so the dust just gets kicked up into the air.

We have wooden venetians in all three of our bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen (which has the big windows) and our living room - so you can imagine how much time is frittered away dusting blinds !!

Because I only have time to clean my house in the school holidays.

the wooden ones i used to have were always fine after showering . i've shampooed the carpet today, maybe it's the nice weather.

I have the Lakeland gadget - it's okay, and quicker than dusting them individually, but not a miracle.

haven't seen the betterware thing before (can't open the lakeland one)..i did wonder about that thing I've seen on TV that supposed to 'attract' dust (sorry can't remember what it's called), but the advert has a dog wagging it's tail at the end can't think of anything else that might ring any bells with anyone!
I have tried a feather duster, it doesn't work as the dust sticks too much.
I might try the bath method, although am a little worried about the effect on the wood ....mind aren't exactly the most high quality blinds...

Ah okay twinset, carry on then

No, my post was in response to the OP who stated in the title her blinds were wooden and then received tips to bath/shower them....