My mother-in-law taught me this trick to clean grey dust and grime off window blinds before opening the house for spring with 0 effort. Here’s how it works

This is the part that saves the most effort. Instead of trying to clean each slat edge from every angle, I fully close the blinds so they lie as flat as possible in one direction. That gives me a larger, easier surface to wipe in a few passes.

I always start with the side facing into the room. Once that side is done, I reverse the blinds and repeat on the other side. On a standard 36-inch-wide window, I can usually clean one full side in under 2 minutes when