How to clean mini blinds

Use the dust brush of your vacuum to gently remove dust and dirt that has accumulated on your blinds. You can also use a hair dryer on “cool” to easily blow away the dust, dirt and tiny bugs that have built up inside your cellular shades. To spot clean, use a damp rag and dab at the spots. Do not rub!

Use a vacuum cleaner to get rid of dust and debris on fabric mini blinds. If you notice any stains on the blinds, you can remove them with a simple spot treatment. Dampen a clean cloth with warm water mixed with enough mild liquid soap to create suds.

Take the blinds off the window and place them in a bathtub with warm water, a few generous squirts of dish soap, and a cup of baking soda (a natural stain fighter). Let the blinds soak for about an hour and then rinse with warm water. Finish them off by wiping away any excess dirt or dust.

Fill a small bowl equal parts vinegar and water, then pull a clean sock over your hand and dip it into the diluted vinegar solution. Closer your blinds and wipe them with the damp sock while holding the bottom rail, then turn them the other way and wipe the other side.

You can use vinegar to clean blinds throughout your house, but it is especially useful in the kitchen where you may have grease buildup or greasy fingerprints on the blinds. Vinegar is an excellent, inexpensive way to clean away grease.

To deep clean: For very dirty, sticky plastic blinds, save yourself the headache and remove them from the window and place them in a bathtub filled with warm water and a squeeze of dish soap. Let them soak for an hour. Rinse and hang them outside until they’re completely dry.

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To remove this dust instead of scrubbing with soap, use some apple cider vinegar to remove the dirt brought in from outside. And for those who have plastic and wooden blinds, dilute the apple cider vinegar a bit with some water to weaken the strength so it won’t eat away the material.

Use a dryer sheet to keep dust at bay. Vinyl and Aluminum Blinds – Dust often and spot clean stains with mild detergent using warm water and then blot them dry. Tilt the slats up and down slightly to dust both sides, moving along each slat. Avoid pressing down too hard, so you don’t bend or break them.

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Ditch it. Apple cider vinegar does the exact same thing, for just pennies on the dollar. It’s non-toxic and biodegradable, it has antibacterial properties, and it is effective at removing dirt, mineral deposits, grease, and odors.

Wipe any stains and dirt down gently and apply a tiny amount of mild detergent to aid removal. Once you have cleaned all panels, give them a rinse with luke-warm water and dab any excess water off with a towel.

Run cold water into the bath, add 2-3 cups of bleach. Place the blind in the bath, ensuring all the slats are fully immersed in the water. Leave to soak for 10 minutes. Wipe down every slat, front and back, using a cloth.

White vinegar is one of the cheapest natural products that will remove mould. Simply spray undiluted onto blinds, leave for an hour then scrub and rinse with water.

So the Mrs Hinch tip for cleaning blind slats with Zoflora is just to fold up a square of kitchen roll and apply a capful of neat Zoflora to it, and then rub it lightly over said slats when they’ve already been dusted.

Another one of Sophie’s favourite products, The Pink Stuff, is a budget cleaning paste that Sophie uses for everything from keeping her oven and hobs gleaming to freshening up old silverware. Since shooting to Instagram fame a couple of years ago, Mrs Hinch has made The Pink Stuff a household name too.

When it’s time to clean her laminate floors, Mrs Hinch uses bicarb, white vinegar and Zoflora, but that isn’t the end of the story. Once she has cleaned the floors, she opens her patio doors and lets the fresh air flow in – in doing so the breeze blows the smell from the clean floors all around the house.

Mrs Hinch loves Zoflora cleaning disinfectant

Flash Bathroom with Febreze (very important), CIF Stainless Steel Spray, Pine Toilet Cleaner, 1001 Carpet Spray and Zoflora,” she said.

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If you’re a fan of Mrs Hinch you’ll know that she loves using her Lenor spray to keep her upholstery, woodwork and even her readiators smelling fresh. Not only that, but when you spray it on woodwork it will help you to get off those grubby marks without removing any of the paint – genius!

Cleaning guru Sophie Hinchcliffe, also known as Mrs Hinch, came under fire from fans for recommending the tip on her Instagram stories. She shared a video of Zoflora being added to boiling water, with the caption ‘The only way I can work out if I like a new scent of Zoflora!

4. Use Zoflora to clean your bathroom and toilet brush. Of course, you can use it as an air freshener but spritz it over your shower tray, add a capful to your toilet, and add capful to a sink or bath bath filled with hot water, leave for 20 minutes, empty and rinse, and your fittings will be gleaming (and hygienic)

Next, pour in a cup full of white vinegar, which is available from most supermarkets, and the mixture will begin to oxidize as it cleans the drain. You can add a cupful of Zoflora to the plug in any scent that you like.