# So my ventian blind is stuck...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-ventian-blind-is-stuck/309834>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 25, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-ventian-blind-is-stuck/309834 "2005-06-25T21:06:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![aka\_10003](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@aka\_10003](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aka_10003)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-ventian-blind-is-stuck/309834/1 "2005-06-25T21:06:26Z")

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My venetian blind, about 55 inches wide, is stuck. Actually, only the left-most cord of 4 cords is stuck in the same place, about 1/3 of the length from the top.

I tried pulling from different angles, untangling the cords, even spraying WD40; but nothing changed.

Any ideas out there? Thanks…

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**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-ventian-blind-is-stuck/309834/2 "2005-06-26T05:19:03Z")

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Take it down, and unknot it. If that’s the problem, but once you have it down you would be able to see better.

You should be able to flip the caps on each end, and slide it out and down easily