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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Mark Betts on August 08, 2004, 11:29:27 pm

Title: Vertical Blinds
Post by: Mark Betts on August 08, 2004, 11:29:27 pm

Who cleans em?

Thinking of offering it as an addon

Mark

Title: Re: Vertical Blinds
Post by: Mark Betts on August 09, 2004, 06:43:12 pm

OK

So no one cleans em, looks like the market is wide open  ;D ;D

Title: Re: Vertical Blinds
Post by: semy on August 09, 2004, 07:13:06 pm

arent most of them machine washable ?
i know my missus does hers in the machine

Title: Re: Vertical Blinds
Post by: Ian Gourlay on August 09, 2004, 09:12:18 pm

My other business is blinds and I can promise you they are not all machine washable.

Manufactures tell you to lay blind on a flat surface and wash with soapy water.

Do not drape over washing line to dry.

Do not hang in direct sunlight to dry.

Not sure you will get your prices for blind Mark as I could replace them for what you would want to clean them.

Regards

Ian

Title: Re: Vertical Blinds
Post by: woodman on August 09, 2004, 09:30:22 pm

Hi Mark

Blind cleaning is a massive untapped market in this country,I looked into this a while back and even considered getting an ultrasonic cleaner(really is the only way to clean them IMO ) to do them with as they do in the States where it is very big business.

Company's I contacted with a view to cleaning were very luke warm on the subject and did not consider it a cost worth paying. ::)

Still I think it's something to keep a look out for in the future though ;)

Title: Re: Vertical Blinds
Post by: Mark Betts on August 10, 2004, 02:02:57 pm

Ok

How about this then?

Saw it a couple of years ago, now I am starting to think about it.

Mark

www.vertiking.co.uk

Title: Re: Vertical Blinds
Post by: woodman on August 10, 2004, 03:58:52 pm

Looks of interest,

but how much is the franchise and associated  costs,do they supply some of the business through contracts and are they members of the BFA .

Thats what I would ask just for starters but certainly worth investigating.

Let us know how you get on. ;)

Title: Re: Vertical Blinds
Post by: Mark Betts on August 10, 2004, 08:38:13 pm

Hi

Not thinking of the franchise,

having seen the machine "in the flesh" a couple of years ago, it seems a very simple machine.

basically a tank at the base to hold solution, a pump feeding a couple of jets and the plastic cover.

The cleaning solution which I imagine is a neutral detergent which just runs down the blinds cleaning them.

Mark

PS  Mr Bolton, could you get your spanners out an build me one??  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Vertical Blinds
Post by: Len Gribble on August 13, 2004, 12:49:49 am

Mark

Check out Safeclean they use a machine look like a foggier to me could be wrong.

Len