"Rob Morley" wrote in message
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I've bought a wooden blind from Ikea which is marginally too wide at
the bottom of the kitchen window as I forgot about the tiles we'd
fitted!

To trim it by approx 1cm on each side can I simply stick them together
using tape and cut using a hand saw?

Ikea have a gadget for trimming aluminium blinds but not wooden which
are about 1-2mm thick.


Tape probably won't hold the slats together firmly enough - something
like a drill vice is good if you pad the jaws with a bit of cardboard.

I trimmed a blind. I pressed the ends of the slats together and bound them
securely together, no gaps, using masking tape. Then I marked out the cut
and chopped off the excess. Make sure there is plenty of tape inboard of the
cut so the slats do not fly apart as you cut, but make sure there is tape
also over the area to be cut to prevent the top and bottom slats from
splintering when sawn.

Finaly, I lacquered the ends using aerosol lacquer to prevent moisture
ingress, as I feared the slats might twist if they weren't fully protected
from moisture ingress.

Care is needed to get a good finish, and a final sanding of the cut end
before lacquering is advisable too o get a decent appearance.

Andy.