Thanks! this worlds great for the sun block out shades I just bought. Other channels had u taking the entire thing apart and cutting with a blade. I did conventional blinds like this before. I did a test cut 1st with masking tape over the vinyl material. Test cut came out perfect so I went for it. Shade hung & done in 10 minutes.
Hello. The mitre saw your using has a normal wood blade? Or a plastic cutting blade? I have a wood blade in mine and thought it would rip into the fabric
Done this before and the cut side edge never looks right. Better to remove material from tube and cut with a new heavy duty utility knife and straight edge.
Make sure the material is thick and heat resistant- I did this for my interior shades and it melted and stuck together. Good that I did that test 2 inches short of what I needed.
Cut slower or use the right kind of blade. If you push hard with the saws and try to cut fast it will heat up. The blade has to have good clear out for debris to throw it out the saw so it doesn’t build up friction. Sharper blade will be better but you still should cut very slow.
There is one problem with this method, after a while the cut end starts to fray and gets raggedy and looks messy. I know this for a fact because I cut our blind in exactly the same way.
Gerbil Crusher Hi... I jus bought Bandalux roller blinds BUT the stripes do no aligned .. I need to shorten in order to getting them closer to the bottom to alignment properly... how ca u do it ??? Thank u
