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If you got some blinds that you need to trim down. The best way to do it is with a strong
pair of scissors and keep the slats towards the back of the blades as you cut it. What
you want to do is lean the edge that you are not going to cut up against the baseboard
and than find the one that you want to cut to as a template and put your slats up against
the baseboard. Like so so that everything is the same length and than you'll be able
to trim it to the correct length. Now these two were just a tiny bit long. So I am going
to be trimming these two. Right here you can see how they are just a hair long. So just
going to be trimming that off with my scissors here. It's probably better to go one at a
time. This one is not too long. For our second one here. That will give you a nice straight
edge. Here is the procedure if you don't have scissors
handy. Be aware using scissors is much better. Now I will show you a way that you can do
it after if you don't have a pair of scissors handy. That will be to score it first with
a sharp knife. Than that way it won't spit apart on you in the wrong area. Anyway that's
the best way to trim down blind slats to get a nice straight edge. If you got a blind slat
that you need to trim down what you want to do is lean it up against the wall. The end
that you don't want to cut. The end that you do want to cut what you will do is use your
other blind slat as a guide. The trick to breaking these off is to score it real good
on both sides. So take a sharp knife. My knife is not to sharp. Probably needs some sharpening.
But anyway. What you can do is score it along the edge there on both sides. That should
allow you to get a nice even break. Like so. It's not perfect but if you try to break it
without that it'll be all jagged on the edge. So that is how to score and break off a blind
slat. Again using scissors is much better.