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Tips for Maintaining your Shades near St. Petersburg, FL

There’s nothing quite like a freshly cleaned home. Everything is in its place, your floors and carpets feel great under your feet, and the air is filled with your favorite cleaning scent. It always feels especially good after a deep clean, where we make sure to get all of the little places that we tend to forget about during our standard cleaning routines.

A woman in a striped sweater cleans a pair of blinds with a yellow cloth

But one thing that often slips our minds, even during these intensive scrubbing sessions is our window treatments. What goes on in the windows also needs attention. If the flat surfaces in our home accumulate tons of dust in just a few days, imagine how much there is on the large surface of our window treatments.

Thankfully, cleaning your window treatments is not that complicated, especially with Hunter Douglas window treatments from the Blind and Shutter Gallery. Plus, keeping your window treatments clean will make sure they last longer and look better while you have them. You can build simple steps into your cleaning routine that will make it easy to keep your window treatments clean and beautiful. We here at have come up with some simple advice.

Dust Regularly

Dusting them is the easiest thing to do to keep your window treatments clean. The most straightforward way to do this is with a microfiber cloth or duster. First, lower your blinds so you can access the whole surface. Using your cleaning tool of choice, use one hand to steady the blind and wipe the dust off the blinds. This works best for blinds with slats or vanes, and it is also essential to make sure you dust in between slats.

For drapes or other kinds of window treatments, a vacuum cleaner's brush attachment works very well to remove dust. You can also use your vacuum to clean out the interior of cellular shades or canned air works as well to remove any pesky debris stuck far inside the cell. The specific way in which you dust your blinds is not essential. As long as you are gentle and do it regularly, your blinds will look better and last longer!

Deeper Cleaning

Maybe it's been quite some time since you cleaned your window treatments, and a simple wipe-down isn't cutting it. Or maybe something happened to put a stain on your window treatments at some point. Whatever the situation, you can more than likely still clean your blinds or shade without damaging them.

For most shades, you can just use simple soap and water. Though, if you have fabric shades, you will want to test a small section first to ensure they won’t get discolored. If they do discolor, a professional cleaner will be the best option to make sure your blinds are cleaned properly. Otherwise, you’re good to go! Use your cleaning solution to blot the fabric, not scrub. Once you clean it, use paper towels or a dry cloth to dry it off as much as possible.

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At Blind and Shutter Gallery, we offer you personal service! For help with your next home project, do not hesitate to call us at (727) 823-2929 or request a consultation here. Blind & Shutter Gallery is located in Saint Petersburg, FL, and is proud to serve the surrounding area, including Tampa and Clearwater, Florida.

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