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Post by mastercatter on Mar 18, 2011 9:38:44 GMT -5
  Started the outside Spring cleaning the past two days off. Broken limbs and piled up leaves around the outside..Have a nice sized pile for burning before it gets too dry. The garage is bout full of leaves where the wind carried the in under the door,,The grass is turning green and already starting to grow long enough to start cutting ...
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Post by mastercatter on Apr 10, 2011 14:37:51 GMT -5
For you cleaning Guru's out there....What is the best way to clean vinal blinds? Is it best to just go and buy new ones and replace the old? Mine are almost 4 years old and have never been cleaned. They have been dusted numerous times but really look dingy. They are ivory/bone colored , not the plain white . Just really look like they need a good Spring cleaning before I open the windows..Am not planning on running the AC this year if possible.
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Post by tentfire on Apr 13, 2011 14:29:27 GMT -5
I would like to know the best way to clean them, too! I take a stab at dusting them now and then, but last time, after I found out that all of mine tested high for led, I just put on a mask, took them all down, and replaced them. They definitely are due for a good cleaning, now.
Personally, although I haven't tried it yet because I don't have a pickup any more, I think the best way to clean them would be to take them down (they are usually in slipped into brackets) toss them in the back end of a pickup, and drive through a car wash with them, then put them back up. You can clean a lot of things that way, including area rugs. Oh, how I miss my pickup!
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Post by dsmith on Apr 13, 2011 14:35:53 GMT -5
Me too!!!!!!! Mom used to take them down and wash them with the water hose. I dont think so.  They make brushes that clean them, I wonder how well they work. Mine are dirty too, and it's driving me nuts. |
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Post by mastercatter on Apr 13, 2011 18:46:05 GMT -5
What would happen with placing them in the bathtub with hot water, bleach, and dish soap? Let the soak then rinse them off good.
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Post by dsmith on Apr 14, 2011 14:38:34 GMT -5
Don't know, might work. I knew someone that was military. His wife told me since they move a lot, they have tricks to cleaning. She said they would take all the stove parts and put them in a plastic bag with ammonia. They sit it out in the sun all day. She said it would just wipe clean. I never tried it.
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Post by dsmith on Apr 14, 2011 14:51:26 GMT -5
Just looked on line. Said if you don't want to take them down, wear cloves, and spray them with cleaner, and you can clean each slat on top and bottom at same time.
Also read where someone suggested taking them to the carwash. They have the hooks to hang your mats on. That sounds good. High presure. One said they soaked them in the tub, and the water and tub were filthy. Also scratched the tub.
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Post by tentfire on Apr 14, 2011 23:29:02 GMT -5
We use to do that in the school cafeterias, or something like that. We would place all the stove/oven parts in big, heavy trash bags, spray them down before we left for the day, then came in the next morning and just rinsed them off. We rarely had to do any scrubbing that way. Plus, we breathed in the fumes over a much shorter period of time that way. I have done the same at home, but left them outside in the sun. I'm all for cutting down on scrubbing time!
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Post by mastercatter on Apr 16, 2011 7:12:46 GMT -5
Am going to try the tub thing and see if it works.. Will wait for a calm non windy day first..
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Post by tentfire on Apr 20, 2011 22:07:21 GMT -5
I'll let you practice on mine.
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Post by mastercatter on Apr 21, 2011 12:57:46 GMT -5
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