If yours have the insert pull it out before you start painting.
Painting vertical blinds fabric.
The vertical blinds in our kitchen being the oldest.
Vertical fabric blinds are surprisingly easy to paint.
You may need to slip a credit card between the slat and the fabric to get it going.
They vertical slats are made of a thick stiff fabric that looks sort of like woven canvas.
It does not appear as a heavy paint rather a gentle color overlay.
Mar 15 2015 vertical fabric blinds are surprisingly easy to paint.
Jazz up your room with updated color match a new wall paint or fabric color or just freshen up grubby older blinds.
Start painting the blinds by spraying the paint in even coats using an up or down motion and continuing in the same direction all throughout the whole blind surface.
Whether vinyl or fabric vertical blinds can be transformed with a coat of paint.
It is exactly what i m looking for.
You will need 2 or 3 coats because fabric absorbs the paint very quickly and it will dry lighter than the color you paint.
I could see why the previous home owners kept them though as they were extremely well made.
Jazz up your room with updated color match a new wall paint or fabric color or just freshen up grubby older blinds.
I ll post an update after i ve done my vertical blinds.
I would say they are from around 1970.
I m confident it will do what i want it to do.
Some vertical blinds have a fabric insert while others are just fabric on one side and vinyl on the other.