I have saved so much money trimming blinds to fit my house, I find this method the quickest, easiest and most accurate. Give this video a watch and let me know how you get on with your blinds. #diy #howto
Good video! I had 4 of mine cut at home depot but 2 of them are too wide for their machine. The guy there told me to cut each individual slat with an exacto knife 🤔 I don't think so 😅. He also suggested I take some off either side but since I'm only taking them down 3/4" I think I'll just lop off the one side. Thanks for this. 😎👍
For those wondering, this can also be done with a chop saw on the flimsier, older venetian style blinds as well as these faux wood ones. As Dan has mentioned, it's all in the prep. Binding the ends tightly with masking tape once they're as flush as you're able will improve your chances of success! Note: The blade I used was the 12 inch, 80 tooth.
Hi Dan, just to make sure I do this right. My blind is 231mm just that tiny bit too big because of the top window frame. do I cut it to 230mm or 229mm for that tiny bit of wiggle room inside the bracket as don't want to move the bracket forward plaster boards not that great? And Do I still cut both sides of blinds or just one? Please help. Thanks
Depends where you are but some places do rentals of these saws. Also many stores will do the cuts for you. It's worth asking the question just in case it can save you some time. The very cheap way is to go with a hacksaw, but you need to be good at cutting square which is harder than you'd think. The advantage of the drop saw is a nice square cut so long as you are level, like Dan checked here in his video.
