It's Not Just Your Windows. Your Blinds Need Cleaning, Too.

When it comes to cleaning your windows, we here at SMTX wash will take care of every single detail. However, there’s one particular aspect of your windows that you may want to pay attention to during your day-to-day house cleaning: Your window blinds. They’re surprisingly important to keep clean, because failing to do so can actually impact the quality of your indoor air. 

The blinds are often overlooked, despite the fact that they tend to be an instrumental part of your everyday life. However, if you have never thought about cleaning them, it’s worth taking a closer look at them. You might notice that they are a hotbed for all sorts of grime that may indeed impact the cleanliness of the air you breathe in every day.

Your window blinds can easily start collecting pollen, as well as numerous other allergens. It all builds up over time, which means that you should make sure to clean the blinds on a regular basis in order to make sure that your indoor air quality is on point. 

What kind of dirt can you expect to find in your blinds?

Unfortunately, there’s no getting around the fact that air will move into the gaps of the window frames, which allows all sorts of particles to enter indoor air. Since your window shades are often the first thing these particles encounter, they will end up accumulating a layer of particles over time. Some of it, like yellow pine pollen, is easily recognizable to the naked eye. Other particles can be easier to miss – at least, until the allergic person in your home notices that something’s not quite right. 

It’s not just pollen, either. Dust and other small particles can easily end up on the window blinds. If you have pets, loose pet hair may also find shelter in that easy-to-miss layer of grime. 

How you can easily clean your window blinds

Fortunately, it's not particularly hard to prevent the allergen build-up in your blinds. In fact, all it takes is some minor updates to your house cleaning routine. 

As stated, it can be easy to forget about window coverings during regular cleaning. However, if you do accommodate them as a part of your regular housekeeping, keeping your blinds nice and spotless is barely an effort. Whenever you clean the house, you can simply use a feather duster to dust the blinds, taking care to not damage them in any way. For the most part, that’s really all it takes. As a bonus prevention maneuver, you can simply turn the blinds on and off every day, using that regular movement to prevent unwanted dirt buildup. 

There are some additional steps that you can also take if you want to give your blinds a more thorough cleaning. These vary based on the type of blind you have in your home. Aluminum, faux wood, and vinyl blinds can be lightly vacuumed with the upholstery vacuum attachment. After this, the more persistent areas on the slats can be cleaned with warm soap water and a soft cloth. Wooden blinds, on the other hand, should never touch water. They should simply be regularly dusted, as well as treated with wood spray polish once a year. 

With this tiny bit of extra effort, you can easily eliminate one area of hidden dirt accumulation from your home, thus adding to your living comfort – and making sure that your spotless windows will have blinds that match their cleanliness.