Blinds for fabric: photo, color. How to wash vertical fabric blinds?

To decorate the windows of offices or housesmodern designers actively use blinds. Fabric blinds are increasingly replacing traditional window curtains. All the advantages of this can not be overestimated: ease of use, durability, the ability to adjust the degree of natural light, a high level of protection from blinding light, reducing street noise ...

However, the fabric strips have long serveddo not lose the appearance, it is important to follow all the rules of operation. Let's consider the important question concerning careful maintenance of this kind of window design: how to cleanse without any damage from dirt and dust and how to wash vertical fabric blinds, depending on the material of manufacture.

About blinds

The first window blinds appeared in the cities of Russiaand neighboring countries-neighbors not so long ago, only in the early 90-ies. First, the first "European curtains", like the plastic windows that came into the country at the same time, were perceived by most people as a beautiful, but not too cheap western curiosity. At that time, more often such a novelty could be seen in business offices, and for home decoration windows, even designers still preferred to use the usual textiles - tulle and curtains.

Today, the blinds have managed to replace the usual curtains,tulle and curtains in many houses. The owners of houses and apartments managed not only to appreciate such qualities as functionality, durability and convenience of use, but also to understand that the blinds can be an excellent decoration and complement the interior of the room. This is not surprising, because modern manufacturers increasingly rely on a variety of materials and a wide range of colors.

Types of blinds

All the blinds can be initially divided into two types: vertical and horizontal. This division is based on the arrangement of the lamellas - the curtain strips, relative to the eaves.

The most popular in the home interior blinds - fabric lamellae, fixed on the PVC-cornice - always vertical.

Color palette, types of materials used for fabric blinds

Many will remember that the very first blinds more oftenall were either white, or solid, neutral pastel shades. Later, manufacturers significantly expanded the range of catalogs offering fabric blinds. The colors of the palette that exists to date, please their diversity. In the manufacture of used textured and smooth fabrics, monophonic materials or fabrics with a pattern, gold and hot stamping. Home interior designers have the opportunity not only to pick up the shade of the shade, combined with the overall range of the room, but also to apply a very topical artistic method - to make bright, unusual strips the main color accent of the interior.

One of the most effective and beautiful materialsFor the manufacture of lamellas, jacquard cloth is considered. Natural jacquard with the content of cotton and linen thread is very high quality and has high light-shielding and noise-insulating properties.

Another natural material is cotton. Cozy and natural, this material, however, has a significant drawback: when washing, cotton fabric can "sit down". In this regard, consultants recommend immediately acquiring cotton blinds a little longer than necessary.

The most budgetary option is synthetic fabrics,more often polyester. While the synthetics "lose" to the natural jacquard, the undeniable advantage of this material is that it is unpretentious and does not require particularly careful care.

General recommendations before washing the fabric blinds

The first and most important rule: read the instructions. The composition of the fabric and the order of washing and cleaning should also be on the label of quality blinds.

Fabric parts of the blinds are always covered with a speciala protective composition that repels dust and other impurities. For this reason, lamellas during washing can not be crumpled, rubbed, twisted and squeezed - all these actions destroy the impregnation and can render the fabric strips unusable. For the same reason, fabric blinds can not be washed too often.

IMPORTANT: for washing any fabric blinds, only use gentle cleansers that do not contain bleach or stain remover.

Obligatory actions before washing - to wipe or vacuum dust on the blinds and wash the window.

Optimum water temperature when washing lamellas - 30-35 degrees

If the material contains fiberglass (designation as part of GF or GL), these blinds do not erase!

Care and cleaning: "dry" cleaning and washing, without removing the blinds from the eaves.

Dry cleaning with a vacuum cleaner or brush usuallyRecommended for blinds made of metal, plastic or wood. For tissue lamellae, the application of this method alone is not very effective. Even without dismantling, dry cleaning will have to be combined with a damp "washing".

Blinds fabric can be cleaned without removing,in the following way: on the prepared and dust-free lamellae with a soft sponge apply a foam of a special cleaner for cleaning furniture and carpets. After drying, remove the foam according to the instructions of the detergent.

How to wash blinds at home?

Of course, dry cleaning of lamellas is convenient already,which is carried out without the use of a variety of detergents and without dismantling. But the downside of dry cleaning is that, for the most part, against strong or chronic dirt it is not very effective.

In the case where washing is not avoided, the easiest waydismantle lamellas and hand them over to chemical cleaning or contact a cleaning company that professionally provides services for washing blinds at home at the customer's premises. If the services of professionals are not trustworthy or difficult for financial reasons, you can also clean the blinds yourself.

How to wash fabric blinds without resorting todry cleaning services? It is important to immediately warn: washing, of course, you can effectively clean the blinds (fabric). But if you violate the mandatory rules for washing fabric lamellas, they can be damaged, significantly reducing their service life, or even hopelessly spoil.

Before washing, the fabric strips are neat, notbending and not twisting, removed from the eaves and freed from weights and chains. After that, the lamellas must be twisted into a loose roll, each separately, and placed in protective fabric bags for washing (suitable and ordinary gauze).

Why is it better to fold each part separately? Specialists-consultants of companies that manufacture or sell these products do not recommend to put together in the process of machine washing all the lamellae that make up the blinds (photo below).

Lamellae stacked in a similar way, even when using a protective bag, can twist and tear in a washing machine.

In the washing machine you can only wash the slats.from cotton and synthetic fabric. The way is this: bags with fabric strips are placed in a washing machine and washed in a delicate wash mode at 30-35 degrees Celsius. Without spin and automatic drying!

Jacquard fabric slats wash onlymanually, preferably not more than 1 time per year! It is done this way: strips of cloth are soaked in an aqueous solution of a delicate wash for half an hour. After the strip should be thoroughly rinsed under running water. If contamination remains, repeat the entire washing process.

After washing and rinsing blinds fabric stripsit is IMPOSSIBLE to press out not to break a protective layer! It is best to dry the lamellae in a suspended, straightened state, that is, to hang them wet at once on the ledge with a sinker. In no case should the blinds be dried, they should not be exposed to hot or warm air, especially artificially created air. Simply put, do not try to dry the slats with a hair dryer. Ironing slats are also not necessary.