How to Clean Window Blinds at the Car Wash

Here's a quick and easy way to get your window blinds and miniblinds sparkling clean, just like new! No more fighting with vacuum cleaner attachments or duster wands. Blast them dust and grease free at your local car wash.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• window blinds
• tarp or old sheet
• money for car wash
• transportation to car wash

1. Open or pull up your blinds. Remove any headers, valances and adjustment wands.

2. 
   bay style car wash

   Remove blinds from windows and go to a bay style car wash that has spray wand type washing equipment.

3. Extend the blinds and lay them flat. Placing them on an old sheet or tarp will help keep them from getting any dirt or grease on them from the car wash bay floor.

4. Set the wand control to presoak or de-greaser and spray fully extended blinds on both sides. Let the the cleaner do its work for 1-2 minutes.

5. Turn the wand to wash setting and once again spray both sides.

6. Do one final spray on the rinse setting.

7. Lift blinds to drain off excess water, bundle them up and go home.

8. You can spread the blinds out on a lawn or clean patio or deck to dry, or simply reinstall them with a towel underneath to catch any drips.

9. Reinstall blinds, valances and adjustment wands, and you're done! Your window blinds, mini blinds, or vertical blinds will be beautiful once more.

Tips & Warnings

• A second person to help you flip the blinds over can make the process go much more quickly at the car wash
• Bundle the blind pull-cords when you remove the blinds and after you wash them to keep them from tangling during transportation.
• Not recommended for fabric blinds or wooden blinds.
• Use caution with painted blinds.

Resources

• eHow Home and Garden Topic Guide