How to cut
2 Inch Faux Wood Blinds
How to trim faux wood blind width.
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hey fellow DIY is out there today we're
gonna go over how to adjust the width of
your blinds specifically in our case
check this out we were able to find
these faux wood blinds for ten dollars
ten dollars
normally one hundred and twenty eight
but in this case it was a clearance item
so we have them for ten bucks but
they're to the wrong width right height
wrong whip so I'm gonna go over how to
adjust the width of your blinds so that
you can take advantage of a deal like
this because we just save like what's
that one hundred and eighteen dollars
not too bad it's worth a few minutes of
extra little work on your part you don't
need many tools for this either so let's
get started done here is used painters
tape just to bind everything together so
it doesn't slip on me and I've gone
ahead and measured use this I measured
from one end to the other with allowing
an extra half-inch
so say your measurements 60 inches bring
it down to 59 and a half to allow for
the valence that's going to go across
the top and make things look pretty
alright so we've made that measurement
you want to make equal adjustments on
the ends I went ahead and tested this
one before I turn the video on to make
sure I this was going to work out so it
did it's beautiful so I took about an
inch off that end and then we're going
to take an inch off this end over here
so I put my my tape here just to
stabilize everything as close to the cut
as I'm gonna make it you can see my red
dot sight there next to my marking and
for safety reasons I'm also clamping
lightly I didn't I didn't tighten these
up super tight but this is gonna keep
things from moving on me like I said
first time trying to do this and I
couldn't find anything on YouTube before
it so this is my setup you want to look
at in the ends of these and be sure
you're not cutting through any sort of
metal rods or that sort of thing
blinds have a certain amount that you
can cut down and then you're going to
start getting into the to the cords that
hold all the the blind pieces together
so you don't want to
that I'm sure that would be a mess but
at any rate that's my setup pretty
simple we've got everything measured
like I said $10 set of blinds here so
I'm super happy and now we're gonna go
ahead and make our cut
this is what you get and believe it or
not it's a super smooth edge right from
the start so that miter saw blade cut
through the faux wood pieces super
smooth in the middle right here and like
I said I wrote on my finger across it
and there's no burrs or anything and
this is your basic miter saw blade that
I'm running so nothing fancy here so
there you have it it's that simple it
really is that simple I couldn't find
anything on youtube about it so I'm
gonna make one try to help some people
out there if you stumble across a good
deal like I had here on these blinds
this is safe effective way to do it I
probably went overkill on the safety
clamp and everything down but I do value
my fingers do a lot of DIY projects and
I hope to do many more with the years to
come so super-safe you run across the
ten dollar set of blinds at Lowe's or
Home Depot snatch them you're gonna be
able to make those simple cuts and it's
super clean you don't even have to sand
it at the end of it so we're gonna go
set these up and you guys have a good
day
