I recently bought a home that has wood blinds on all windows (24 windows). They are currently a cream/off-white color. Because the previous homeowner was a heavy smoker, they have a darker tint to them. I want them to be white, to match our freshly painted trim.

What is the best method of converting these smoke-stained, off-white blinds to a pure white color blind???? Can they be painted or bleached??? It would be very expensive to replace all blinds with white blinds. So I want to explore this option first!! Need some advice and direction...thanks in advanced DIY'ers
Chris

 

What type of coating is currently on the blinds? If the nicotine can't be washed off it will take a solvent based primer to seal so it won't bleed thru the paint.

 

Oil based sealing primer followed by your white latex paint.

 

Not 100% on coating, but it may be latex. I'll go with oil based primer then white latex paint....hope this works ! Thanks guys!! have a great day!

 

Hey cplayer, take some rubbing alcohol or metholated spirits, put a bit on a rag and wipe on the blind. If paint comes off, it's water base paint, if it doesn't then it's most likely oil base enamel or something else. Watch this;


Also, I have to agree with Mark and Mitch with the solvent based primer. When it comes to cigarette smoke I use zinzer. Good stuff.

Good luck

 

Zinnser makes a whole slew of primers but most any solvent based primer will seal the nicotine and can be top coated with latex.

 

Use BIN. Only Zinnser product that is an odor barrier as well. The others can let the odor come out if it gets hot and humid

 

Thanks!! Unfortunately, your link was removed.....can you share what it contained?? Thanks!