September 15, 2008
What’s the best way to shorten or splice a nylon draw cord (e.g. from window blinds)?
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We needed to shorten the draw cords from our window shades (honeycomb blinds from 3 Day Blinds). Fusing the two ends back together is more difficult than you might expect.
We needed to shorten the draw cords from our window shades (honeycomb blinds from 3 Day Blinds). Fusing the two ends back together is more difficult than you might expect.
We have been successful at heating/melting the cut ends with a lighter and squishing them together, but this tends to both discolor the cord and to leave a hard, rigid spot in the cord that hangs up when it goes through the rollers. In other words, it works, but it’s not ideal.
A visual inspection of the factory splice suggests that they’re joining the ends without heat. Is there a special tool that does this? or a different technique that yields better results than what we’ve done?
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Comments on What’s the best way to shorten or splice a nylon draw cord (e.g. from window blinds)?
We have several roll-up white bamboo screens in our Florida Room. My wife took the roller tube from a toilet tissue or large paper towel roll, slit the ends one time each and then rolled the excess far enough to rest at the bottom of the windows. The tag end was then stuffed inside the tube.
Good luck.