Cleaning the curtains

@DJ9020 (1594)
United States
August 27, 2007 2:02pm CST
Do you take them down and wash them? Or just vacuum the dust from them? I had to take the valance down, it was awful! But I think I'll just leave the curtains up!
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
28 Aug 07
I take mine down and wash them and then hang them back up straight from the Machine
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@DJ9020 (1594)
• United States
29 Aug 07
How often? And please don't say anything sooner than every 5 years or so, you'll make me feel bad!
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
29 Aug 07
hahahaha DJ I am so sorry to say but normally every 3 Months lol
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@DJ9020 (1594)
• United States
30 Aug 07
I want to come live at your house!
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@subathra (3519)
• India
3 Sep 07
First i will use my blower to clear the dust from my curtain and later soak it in washing powder and rinse it gradually and wash it in water. since we get lots of dust i use blower every weekend and washing I do every month.We have one big curtain in our living room which is the difficult one to be washed and i take someone along with me while washing it.
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@DJ9020 (1594)
• United States
4 Sep 07
Every week! I think I'd just have to live with the dust!!! I used to live in a place that was very dusty and had dust storms in the spring, and we had to vacuum the curtains and window ledges and everything at least once a week, so I do know what you're talking about.
@subathra (3519)
• India
4 Sep 07
Blower is like a vacuum cleaner but its very small in size so that we can hold it comfortably and blow out so that the dust in curtains and shelves get into the small pack inside the blower.i mean the cloth curtains which we hand out in windows and doors.
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@ravinskye (8237)
• United States
27 Aug 07
Now i'm supposed to clean my curtains? lol. Well i usually take them down every so often and run them through the wash. they probably need done again. i should do some fall cleaning since fall is sneaking up on us.
@DJ9020 (1594)
• United States
29 Aug 07
I do have to admit, they've been up there for about 5 years! I ended up just vacuuming them. And the blinds behind them.