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Can you clean black out blinds that are smoke damaged from a house fire?
Should I professionally steam cleaning drapes while they're hanging on the rods, or to take down to professionally dry clean?
My pleated shade has a sort of sheer eyelet pattern, can they be cleaned the same way as any other shade?
If I hang my wrinkled sheers and then spray them with Wrinkle Release, will the wrinkles come out? I hate to hang them and then have it not work. I've tried everything and
How do I clean the strings between the slats on a window blind?
I am trying to clean honeycomb blinds which have been hanging in a home where the residents smoked cigarettes. How can I take out the yellow tobacco stain?
What is the best way to clean lace blinds?
What was the recipe for making starch for curtains?
How do I remove a water stain on a black-out blind caused by condensation?
This guide is about cleaning fabric window blinds. Whether you have cellular, pleated or honeycomb fabric shades, cleaning them can present a challenge.
How do you clean honeycomb cellular shades?
How do I remove wrinkles in sheers? Can a dry cleaner remove them?
How do I clean timber venetian blinds of grease spots?
Like most renters, I have vertical blinds everywhere in my home. Where I live (near a beach), putting up curtains would mean way too much dirt and dust.
I need to know is there an easy way to clean wooden blinds besides cleaning individually using soap and water? I don't want to put them in a tub.The microfiber blind cleaner only
How can I brighten and still keep the sizing in my sheer white curtains without ironing them and using spray starch?
My window blinds (semi-wood) are way too big to take down and using Endust and cleaning between each slat just isn't getting it. Any and all suggestions are welcome!Thank you.
Does anyone know a way to clean the horizontally pleated fabric shades? They are so expensive to have cleaned, but I am afraid the pleats will come out if I clean them myself.
How do I get the smell out of vertical cloth blinds? I wonder if anyone has used a steamer machine, like you use on floors. I hope someone has some comments. Thanks.
How do I clean fabric on blinds?
Could someone help? I would like to know how to wash Austrian lace curtains in the washing machine without getting the strings on the back tangled.
I put the slats a few at a time in my bath tub with dish liquid. I sloshed them around a bit, then I wrapped a wet micro fiber cloth around one end and pulled each slat through.
I have a question about the machine for cleaning curtains. I'm looking for a special machine which is able to clean the fabrics right on the windows. It can be either for wet cleanin
I purchased drapes from a second hand store. They must have been in a smoker's home. Does anyone have any tips on how to get rid of the awful smell? I tried washing them
How do I get my yellowed curtains white again? They are 100% cotton with cotton lace.
How do I clean linen blinds that have smoke stains? I cannot remove them from the window.
I have thermal blackout curtains that have mold on them and I am too scared to clean them with anything. What can I use, as washing machine is out and so are dry
How do I clean the cords on my blinds without taking the blinds down?
I bought off-white curtains and washed them per the instructions. They came out with yellow streaks. How can I get rid of them?
How can I remove dried emulsion paint from fabric window blinds?
I just purchased a home and the previous owner was a heavy smoker. The window coverings are nice wood shades but they are stained with tobacco. How do I get this off without
When cleaning pleated lampshades, slatted windows, or doors, I use a paint brush. It is really easy to get in the corners where the dust collects the most.
I accidentally got brown permanent hair dye on a plain cream faux-silk curtain. Does anyone have any ideas how to remove it, or make it less noticeable? Thanks.
How do you remove blinds in order to clean them?
I need to know if anyone has any tips on how to get black permanent marker (sharpie) off vertical blinds still on the window! My 2 year old went crazy and scribbled all over
I was wondering if anyone had any great tips for organic cleaning products for blinds? My dogs have got my patio ones really dirty and they need to be cleaned badly. Thanks.
What is the best way to clean fabric blinds without removing them from the window?
How do I get dried matte paint off roller blinds?
Where do I buy the special cleaning products to clean Venetian blinds? I'm in Australia.
My tip is on starching your kitchen curtains. Do you want your lacy, white kitchen curtains to be nice and crisp with the ruffles full of life just like the day that you bought
Here's an easy way to remove dust from window blinds: Put an old sock over your hand as if you were making a sock puppet. Now grasp each slat on the blinds and rub
My partner was painting the fence with green fence paint and the paint accidentally splattered onto my neighbors gazebo curtains and canopy which are cream. How can I get
Does anyone know how to clean Roman Shades? Can they be washed, or dry cleaned? Mine have been up for quite some time and rather filthy!
We used a Melamine paint and accidentally 1 drop was detected on a polyester sheer drape after it dried.
My vertical blinds have fabric inserts, how do I get water stains out?
I have honeycomb fabric blinds that are very dirty with dust, cigarette smoke, and probably more. They are (should be) cream colored. Any suggestions how to clean them?
Cleaning Levelor Blinds. What is the best way to clean Levelor blinds? My small blinds get VERY dusty and the ones in the kitchen are dirty from cooking. I have 38 windows,
Nicotine Stains on Blinds. How do you clean nicotine stains on vertical blinds?
I have tempura paint - the block paint that is mixed with water to make a powdery type paint, on my roman blinds which are poly cotton backed with blockout lining - triple
I have a bird cage near my blinds. I have tried everything to clean them, vacuuming, dusting and taking some cleaner and trying to get the bird feathers and whatever she shakes off of
How can i remove cigarette smoke stains from draperies?
My white curtains have yellowed from cigarette smoke. How do I make them white again?
I've found that a great way to remove dust from my living room drapes is to just place them in the dryer with a dryer sheet and let them spin for five minutes or so.
I need to know how to remove heavy oily smoke from wooden blinds.
I have white wood blinds above my sink so they get more dirt than a ususal blind. How do I clean them?
I got a pair of old, silky feeling oriental curtains from my great grandmother about a week ago. I love them, the problem is they smell musty.
I have 50 year old window shades in perfect condition. They are very dirty along the bottom. I believe they are made of some type of canvas. How do I safely clean them?
To clean venetian blinds. Fill bath tub with enough warm water to cover blind. Add equal amounts of Tide & Spic & Span. About 1/2 cup each.Soak blind for short time. Blinds
I never dry my curtains. I wash them in my washing machine on gentle cycle and then rehang them wet. They dry there well and they don't have to be ironed.
A simple coat hanger will help protect drapes from damage while you're cleaning your carpets or floors. Fold the drapes in half like pants or slacks over the hanger and place
Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can get the soot out of my custom curtains?
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