How Do You Make Bamboo Window Blinds?
Making your own bamboo blinds can be both challenging and rewarding. Bamboo blinds can transform a busy downtown apartment room into a relaxing island paradise. Well, something like that. Taking the bamboo stems, you will have to cut them into strips or the slats that will be the essence of your bamboo blinds. The bamboo slats will have to be peeled or skinned and disinfected with the sulfur powder made into a solution. This process of disinfecting should last about 10-12 hours. This step, the weather will play a very important part. You will need lots of sun for this next step. You probably guessed that you will have to dry the slats. The amount of time this takes depends on the type of bamboo you have. Some species like the green bamboo may hold up to 100-150% moisture. Once dried, you will have to coat the bamboo slats with an adhesive then put the coated bamboo strips (joined) together in conjunction with a pneumatic press to form a rectangular bamboo plate, which is then sliced in
