best way to clean ventian blinds?

[nailpolish]

i got these very thin venetian blinds put into the house about a month ago and i havent cleaned them yet

they are really needing cleaned today, they are dusty and sticky with juice (god knows how juice got splatted on them)

any tips very welcome! (i need to do them before i have to collect dd from playgroup, or ill never get them done)

Baby wipe wrapped round your fingers and then grasp each slat between fingers and wipe from end to end.

sigh

its going to take forever!

ps was going to use baby wipes but i seem to use them for everything

Useful things baby wipes - my youngest is 4 and I still buy them!

I used to take mine down, lay them the bath and sponge them under the shower hose.
I don't suppose it's recommended, though.

the devil's business to clean, venetians!

Betterware do a venetian blind cleaner - a handy duster on a stick that is split in the middle, so it cleans both sides of the slat at once.

I have 2 spare in my cupboard. Email me if you want one

antlxstew @ yahoo.co.uk (remove spaces)

Lakeland do a special Venetial Blind cleaner thing too for about £2.50. It's sort of like hair straighteners that you put above and below each horizonatal part of the blind and then pull across. I only know this because my next door neighbour uses them, not because I stand in Lakeland reading all the packets!

Think Tchibo have a blind cleaner atm

Will you come and do mine next please np? My house is window to window blinds and I haven't done them since moving in amoth ago.
(Bugger it,I will splash out on a Lakeland contraption. How exciting is that??)

Kim and aggie said to take them down and put them in the bath,filled with warm soapy water and sponge them down.( Blu- same thing as you do)
personally i can imagine a more backbreaking or thankless task than doing this. I have had to learn to live with the dust as i am a lazy slattern.{grin}
DH suggests moving house.

i do ours by closing them fully, then dusting and wiping with flash wipes, then open and spin them to close the other way and do the same...seems to work okay
they are a bit of a nightmare!

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So nobody wants my freebies then?

Oooh,I'll have one if I may! How kind!
I'm in Turkey now,on the way home to Wales on Friday.Can I get you something in return (from Turkey or Wales?)
Baklava?
Nuts?
Headscarf?

I'll e mail you.

Can I have dibs on the other one please??

I'll email you too to see if you still have it...

[all excited emoticon required]

Moondog and serah it is then. I shall await your emails

bugger, i miss out on freebies just cos i had to go to playgroup.

ach well, ill try all your suggestions thanks

(no, still havent got round to it!)

md, you are becoming particularly housewifey these days!

Oh, poor Nailpolish - twas you that started the thread. You can have the one I bagsied - just email St George and tell her

Saint George, you can still have necklaces if you want them though!! Let me know.

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I use the Lakeland gizmo.

nailpolish - I will dig around in the cupboard, if I find another one I will let you know.

its ok Saint George - let Nailpolish have the one I bagsied - she started the thread and its only fair

nailpolish - I have enough to go round. Email me your address if you still want one.