Your window treatments need occasional maintenance to look and operate at their best.
Mostly, only light maintenance is necessary to avoid running into problems down the road.
There is nothing like waking up to a soft morning glow.
With warm sunlight peeking through the blinds, you know you have a brilliant day ahead.

Wipe Away Dust Every Week

Safely dust blinds and shades that have only a small build-up of debris, using your vacuum’s soft brush attachment to quickly lift away loose dust and dirt from fabric, slats, and the headrail. To get in between the slats on your blinds, simply use an old sock or a duster that’s designed to fit into small spaces. Finally, use a soft, clean cloth and a mixture of warm water and a gentle cleaning solution to wipe away small stains and areas of accumulated dirt and dust from your blinds’ slats and your shades’ fabric that won’t lift away with your vacuum or feather duster.

Non-Fabric Blinds

1. Use a microfiber cloth (or vacuum with brush attachment at the lowest suction setting) and get as much dust off your blinds as possible
2. Work top to bottom on horizontal blinds
3. Go from left to right with vertical blinds
4. Many blinds are not hung properly, so be ready for them to fall out of their brackets halfway through your cleaning process
5. To wash, add 3 drops of dish detergent to a bucket of warm water
6. Dunk your microfiber cloth in the bucket, and wring it out until it’s just slightly damp
7. If your blinds are heavily stained, add a tablespoon of baking soda to your bucket of dish detergent and water
8. You can also try to grab the middle of the slat, clean to the end, come back in to the middle, and clean out the other end

Wooden/Faux Wood Blinds

1. Treat these like you would furniture!
2. Lower the blind fully and tilt the slats so they are almost closed
3. Use a microfiber cloth to remove dust
4. Reverse the slats and repeat
5. Open the slats and let them dry

And don’t worry about removing your blinds from the hinges. Wood, faux wood, woven wood (such as bamboo), and fabric blinds do not need to be removed for routine cleaning. All they need is routine attention, and they’ll be good to go. We know you don’t have blinders on when it comes to the dust, so we at The Maids put together some pointers to help you clean all types of blinds!