Don't Melt Your Faux Wood Blinds
What did you say? Don't melt your faux wood blinds? Is that even possible? Sadly, yes - but it takes some effort. Here are just a few of the melt jobs we have seen. Melt #1 - Arizona snowbird, one who lives in Arizona during the winter and returns to Minnesota, or some point north, for late Spring through early Fall. In this case, a snowbird closed up their house for the summer and decided to cut Styrofoam to fit each window - to control the heat inside the house. This process trapped the faux wood blinds between the window and the Styrofoam. When they got back the following Fall, they found their blinds severely bend and twisted. Temperatures in their window pocket probably exceeded 200 degrees. Time for some new blinds. Melt #2 - In another instance, some folks shut down their house for an extended vacation and did not leave any A/C running. It is not a good idea to let your house reach over 100 deg...