Blinds, Shades and Shutters - How to repair a standard rollup shade?

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bhk
09-15-02, 11:20 AM
It won't "roll" up or down; a very good shade, but what is the trick to get it working again

johnam
09-15-02, 04:57 PM
Assuming that it's a spring roller shade, the spring could be over- wound. Take it out of its brackets stand it on the pin end and put a plier on the flat pin end. Twist the pin counter-clockwise just a bit , hold the shade lightly with one hand and it should unwind the spring.
twelvepole
09-15-02, 09:58 PM
We had rollup shades when I was a kid. Mom would take them down and twist the metal pin on the end of the roller with a dinner fork to rewind the spring.

bhk
09-16-02, 01:10 PM
How creative Mother's were in "those days" <g>

thanks for help!