How to Clean Blinds

Before cleaning your Hunter Douglas cellular honeycomb shades please refer to our Care and Cleaning Guide to find excluded fabrics. Many cellular shades are specially treated to repel dust and dirt. If you have additional questions you can contact customer support at (800) 789-0331.

What Type of Blinds are you Cleaning?

Real Wood Blinds

Use a soft clean cloth, dust cloth or dusting mitt. Lower blind to its full length, tilt slats almost all the way down and dust. Not closing all the way allows dusting where the slats overlap.

• Blinds may be vacuumed using a brush attachment.

• Protect all fine wood products from exposure to steam, high moisture areas, rain or sprinkler systems to ensure their long life.

• When cleaning any window, spray glass cleaner on a cloth rather than directly on the window. This will prevent damage to the finish from splattering cleaner.

• Stained blinds, like wood furniture, should be treated periodically with lemon oil or other wood preservative to protect their finish and enhance their luster.

Note: Ultrasonic cleaning or use of chemical solvents and scrubbing cleansers

are not recommended. They will damage the product.

Alternative Wood Blinds

Use a soft clean cloth, dust cloth or dusting mitt. Lower blind to its full length, tilt slats almost all the way down and dust. Not closing all the way allows dusting where the slats overlap.

• Blinds may be vacuumed using a brush attachment.

• When cleaning any window, spray glass cleaner on a cloth rather than directly on the window. This will prevent damage to the finish from splattering cleaner.

Note: Ultrasonic cleaning or use of chemical solvents and scrubbing cleansers

are not recommended. They will damage the product.

Metal Blinds

Use a soft clean cloth, dust cloth or dusting mitt. Lower blind to its full length, tilt slats almost all the way down and dust. Not closing all the way allows dusting where the slats overlap.

• Vacuum: Blinds may be vacuumed using a brush attachment.

• Cleaner: Us an over-the-counter blinds cleaner with a soft cloth.

• Bathtub cleaning/water immersion. This method is used for Modern Precious Metals aluminum blinds (with the exception of the Natural Elements collection)

1. Immerse entire shade assembly in lukewarm water with mild detergent.

2. Wash for five minutes by gently moving liquid around with your fingers. Not recommended for blinds with decorative tapes. Important! Do not immerse headrails on EasyRise™, LiteRise® , PowerView™, PowerTilt™, UltraGlide® , Vertiglide™ or the bottom rail on SimpleLift™ systems.

Fabric Window Treatments

• Do not use magnetic cleaners such as a dusting mitt on light-dimming fabrics. This will damage the light-dimming backing.

• When cleaning any window, spray glass cleaner on a cloth rather than spraying directly on the window. This will prevent damage to the fabrics by splattering cleaner.

• While some fabric window covering products may seem perfect for an outdoor setting, all except for Designer Screen Patio Shades are recommended for indoor use only.

Privacy Sheers

When choosing an ultrasonic cleaning technician for Luminette® fabrics, be sure to ask:

• Have you ultrasonically cleaned Luminette sheers for other customers?

• Do you have the proper equipment and Luminette product knowledge? The ultrasonic cleaning process requires the sheers to be removed from the home and transported back to the cleaning facility. Sheers should be rolled on a tube during transport to minimize wrinkling and damage.

• Will the temperature of the bath water exceed 90°F? If the water temperature is higher than the recommendation, oxidation may occur in room-darkening vanes.

• Is your tank long enough to accommodate the length of the sheer? (Very important.) The tank used should be at least as long as the height of the sheer to allow for cleaning without folding and wrinkling the vanes.

LOCATE A PROFESSIONAL CLEANER
Hunter Douglas acknowledges most professional cleaning methods as being safe and effective. We cannot, however, attest to the quality of equipment or services provided by any independent cleaning facility.