How to Clean Venetian Blinds

Cleaning venetian blinds is time consuming as attention needs to be paid to each slat individually.

If you clean the blinds every week there won't be a need to wash them and the cleaning itself will take shorter time. This could be done by vacuuming them on both sides to prevent the dust building up, using the soft brush attachment of the vacuum cleaner. The other way of cleaning the dust of venetian blinds is to use a fluffy duster, brushing the surfaces of the slats on both sides.

Once a month, the venetian blinds can use a bit of refreshing. For metal and plastic blinds, use a damp, almost dry cotton glove or a sock, gently run it over every slat, from one side to the other, covering both sides of the slats. For wooden venetian blinds apply the same procedure with furniture polish.

If the venetian blinds are very dirty, cleaning them using the above methods will take a really long time as the dust smudges over the surfaces and you will have to clean each slat a few times until clean.
In this case you can wash the metal and plastic venetian blinds in the bath tub. Mix washing up liquid with warm water, enough to cover well the blinds when you lay them in the tub. Leave to soak for about 15 minutes then rub the slats gently with a soft cloth, be careful not to cut your fingers. Once the blinds are cleaned, empty the bath tub of the dirty water and rinse them well. Hang the venetians to dry on a washing line and assemble them back on the windows/doors when they are dry.

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