 As always, before you start any cleaning procedure, you want to check and make sure that your safety equipment is intact. For cleaning blinds, you might want to consider wearing a dust mask because these things can get rather dusty. To clean the blinds, you'll need either an ostrich feather, duster, a good cleaning cloth. You can also use the appropriate vacuum attachment. Today I'm going to be using an ostrich feather. Begin by fully extending the blinds to their full length and closing the slats so the bottom is towards you. In order to have unfettered access, you want to be able to get to the blind. You're going to start at the top and as you do so, you're going to pause at the end, allowing the dust to settle back and forth strokes. If it's particularly dusty and you find a lot of dust gathering on your cleaning utensil, tap it gently on your leg to release the dust. It's going to settle to the fork and you're going to vacuum that later. Once you've reached the bottom, you'll be ready to dust the back of the blinds. In order to get the lip that you missed, you need to turn the slats, pointing upward. Gently grasp the cord near you and reach to the back and start the process over, again pausing at the end of each sweep. Once completed, turn the blinds back to their original position, checking to see if they need a second dusting, especially on a first-time cleaning. Then rinse them and return them to their original position. To complete the window process, make sure that you dust all the outer areas and the window sills. Then you have a nice clean blind.