Blinds serve to control light as well as to restrict viewing. Essentially they serve the same purpose as drapes except somewhat different versatility and somewhat different appearance.
By altering the angle of the veins of the blinds you can direct light more up or down and of course raising them allows fully unencumbered viewing and access to washing windows and of course full admission of light. There are clips to allow you to remove the blinds, either figure it out or get someone to help you figure it out. We don't have any just now but my mother way back when used to take hers down and soak them in the bath tub with an ammonia cleaner. You are right, greasy oils and dust tend to stick to them, do not forget those are in the air and stick to your walls and draperies, the quality of the fabric just hides it from feel. Aluminum veins will accumulate it too. ----- Original Message ----- From: Claudia To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 10:11 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Purpose of Blinds? Hi All, What truly is the purpose of blinds/ Since I've never had any sight, I don't actually know, but here are my questions! We have the sort of blinds that are pulled up and down by strings, can be opened or closed, by a stick on the blinds, and they're vinyl, I guess, or plastic! They are on all of our windows here, and they are truly a pain in the A*** to clean! I can't get them clean anymore, and I don't know how to take them down, to wash them in the tub! Would aluminum blinds be better because they're definitely easier to clean? We have them at work, and they don't seem to accumulate the major dust coding that these blinds do? Why couldn't we just put curtains on all windows, or would this allow people to still see in? I'm just frustrated with these darned things, and they feel gross, no matter how I try to clean them.! We've lived in the house for 6 years now, and so, we installed them, when we moved in! Claudia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.5.6/1574 - Release Date: 7/25/2008 4:27 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
