Time to remove several different brackets, patch some holes and start
over. I was considering blackout drapes on an ordinary traverse rod,
but a hotel I'd stayed in had a setup where not only could you pull
the drapes closed from cords like a traverse, but you could pull them
closed by dragging a plastic rod connected to the right-hand
"slider." As I wasn:t familiar with the terms "traverse rod" ot
"blackout curtain" until very recently, what might be the terminology
for this plastic rod setup?

On Jun 30, 9:07*pm, terphenyl wrote:
Time to remove several different brackets, patch some holes and start
over. *I was considering blackout drapes on an ordinary traverse rod,
but a hotel I'd stayed in had a setup where not only could you pull
the drapes closed from cords like a traverse, but you could pull them
closed by dragging a plastic rod connected to the right-hand
"slider." *As I wasn:t familiar with the terms "traverse rod" ot
"blackout curtain" until very recently, what might be the terminology
for this plastic rod setup?

Traverse rod.

"terphenyl" wrote in message
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Time to remove several different brackets, patch some holes and start
over. I was considering blackout drapes on an ordinary traverse rod,
but a hotel I'd stayed in had a setup where not only could you pull
the drapes closed from cords like a traverse, but you could pull them
closed by dragging a plastic rod connected to the right-hand
"slider." As I wasn:t familiar with the terms "traverse rod" ot
"blackout curtain" until very recently, what might be the terminology
for this plastic rod setup?

It is called a "baton draw". The better ones are made of fiberglass or
plastic coated steel. The all plastic ones don't last very long. The good
ones are only $5-7 each depending on your dealer. I have never seen one
combined with a traverse rod which is a string draw. No reason that it
would not work. The string would just create a little extra tension.

All the regular batons attach to the carrier with a snap clip like the one
at the end of a dog leash.

Blackout fabrics can be used for lining the drapes but thermal-suede does
almost the same job with a lot less of the downside risk. The blackout is
more expensive and shows every pin prick.

Colbyt

On Jul 2, 7:09 pm, "Colbyt" wrote:
"terphenyl" wrote in message

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Time to remove several different brackets, patch some holes and start
over. I was considering blackout drapes on an ordinarytraverserod,
but a hotel I'd stayed in had a setup where not only could you pull
the drapes closed from cords like atraverse, but you could pull them
closed by dragging a plasticrodconnected to the right-hand
"slider." As I wasn:t familiar with the terms "traverserod" ot
"blackoutcurtain" until very recently, what might be the terminology
qhat for this plasticrodsetup?

It is called a "batondraw". The better ones are made of fiberglass or
plastic coated steel. The all plastic ones don't last very long. The good
ones are only $5-7 each depending on your dealer. I have never seen one
combined with atraverserodwhich is a string draw. No reason that it
would not work. The string would just create a little extra tension.

All the regular batons attach to the carrier with a snap clip like the one
at the end of a dog leash.

Blackout fabrics can be used for lining the drapes but thermal-suede does
almost the same job with a lot less of the downside risk. The blackout is
more expensive and shows every pin prick.

Colbyt

Thank you! Not only for the name, but the bit about the different
materials and their characteristics. You've been a great help.

On Jun 30, 10:23 pm, "hr(bob) "
wrote:
On Jun 30, 9:07 pm, terphenyl wrote:

Time to remove several different brackets, patch some holes and start
over. I was considering blackout drapes on an ordinary traverserod,
but a hotel I'd stayed in had a setup where not only could you pull
the drapes closed from cords like a traverse, but you could pull them
closed by dragging a plastic rod connected to the right-hand
"slider." As I wasn:t familiar with the terms "traverse rod" ot
"black out curtain" until very recently, what might be the terminology
for this plastic rod setup?

Traverse rod.

Sorry bob, that's apparently incorrect. Thanks for trying, hardly.

Colbyt, do you know of an internet source where I can order the
plastic sliders. My curtains got tugged on HARD and quite a few of
the sliders were broke - the metal hook sliced through them. Is it
hard to replace them? Thank you very much.