{"id":155,"date":"2011-09-28T17:59:38","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T17:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/?p=155"},"modified":"2015-04-29T14:44:54","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T14:44:54","slug":"is-your-blind-past-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/is-your-blind-past-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Blind Past It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although it&#8217;s hard to step back and remember what an item, a cellular shade for instance, looked like when it was new, some repairs people send in leave a lot to be desired &#8212; which begs the question:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;When Should My Shade Be Replaced??&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>This photo illustrates the EXTERIOR-FACING side of two shades; New at the bottom and &#8220;Aged&#8221; (to be kind) at the top:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-156 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Is-Your-Blinds-Past-It-1.jpg\" alt=\"Is Your Blind Past It? \" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Is-Your-Blinds-Past-It-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Is-Your-Blinds-Past-It-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt;\">They are the same shade fabric and color&#8230; truly.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt;\">Being a bonded polyester, the &#8220;Aged&#8221; shade could have and should have been cleaned periodically &#8212; at the very least by vacuuming (with an upholstery attachment); by a soak in water with mild detergent (<a href=\"http:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/content\/17-how-to-clean-our-shades\">see the online cleaning instructions<\/a>); or by the professional Ultrasonic Cleaning method.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">My vote for the &#8220;Aged&#8221; shade: Past It! Replace, rather than repair it.<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Is-Your-Blinds-Past-It-2.jpg\" alt=\"Is Your Blind Past It \" width=\"1024\" height=\"941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Is-Your-Blinds-Past-It-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Is-Your-Blinds-Past-It-2-300x275.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This poor shade must have sustained some repeated damp conditions or actual water damage. It came in for a restring, but would you really want this hanging in your window? I don&#8217;t think I would, either.<br \/>\nThe New Fabric (seen in a comparison shot below) is crisp and brightly white; the &#8220;Aged&#8221; shade might benefit from a good cleaning, but given the embedded dirt and discoloration, it is probably a lost cause. The &#8220;paisley&#8221; pattern even gets lost amid the &#8220;pattern&#8221; of discoloration:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Is it Worth Is?<\/h2>\n<p>Look at this from a monetary standpoint: The cost of that repair, plus the cost of shipping (two ways) means money that could have been put towards a brand new shade is thrown away on rehabilitating something that should be allowed a quick disposal.<\/p>\n<p>Now, we don&#8217;t say this lightly, we at CellularWindowShades.com are all for green, sustainable, repair-rather-than-toss ideology; but when a product has put in 10-, 15-, maybe even 20-years of service &#8212; your house deserves the uplift of some new window coverings. In the end, they will pay for themselves quickly in cleanliness and aesthetic appeal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although it&#8217;s hard to step back and remember what an item, a cellular shade for instance, looked like when it was new, some repairs people send in leave a lot to be desired &#8212; which begs the question: &#8220;When Should My Shade Be Replaced??&#8221; This photo illustrates the EXTERIOR-FACING side of two shades; New at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":640,"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions\/640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}