Re: What do people use for window coverings?

November 23, 2005

My sister uses roll up blinds, the type you can wipe down- I believe

you can get them in colors

>

> I am currently in the process of trying to clean up and de-mold

(as much as

> possible) my apartment, and one of the things that has to go are

these

> mini-blinds that I have had for a long time. They seem to

accumulate dirt

> (and mold) like magnets. I am getting sick of washing them only to

have them

> gunk up again in what seems like only four or five months. They

get so dirty

> I have to wash them in the bathtub with a sprayer.. (actually, I

use an old

> Water Pik for stuff like that..)

>

> I can't just put up curtains because I am afreaid that they will

also

> accumulate dust.

>

> What do people use for privacy and allowing in light that won't

also become

> a mold problem? I live not too far from a busy street, on a

moderate hill,

> and there is a fair amount of uphill traffic, so we get our share

of black

> gunky dust. (which outside, according to air testing, doesn't have

mold

> spores in it, its just black dirt

>

> Someone has got to have the ideal solution.. I don't want to just

cover the

> windows with hanging fabric.. hippie style.. Not only is it not

appropriate

> for my (middle to upper income - sigh) neighborhood.. it wont be

easy to

> clean. Easyness of cleaning and light access is my #1 priority.

>

> Thank you!

>

November 23, 2005

You can go to Home Depot or Lowes and buy the clear, plastic

insulation to put over the windows. I can make an air tight seal and

its see-through. You use a hair dryer to make the plastic shrink to

fit the window perfectly. I use it for my leaky windows around the

house during the winter. Works great!

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