The white thermal backing on my curtains has been sun-damaged and resembles fine powder, possibly a breathing hazard. Since it's part of the curtain, is it possible to spray it with something or is that the end of the curtains? Perhaps I could make a lining once the powdery stuff has been set with something?
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I think your thermal lined drapes are ready to be replaced. I owned several sets and would never buy again....the foam sticks to other parts and when you try to pull apart, pieces peel off....The fabric is probably not sun damaged, so if you cannot afford to replace, then my suggestion is to scrape off the backing and add plain fabric to the back. It's painstakingly slow work, but you get good results.
What do you use to scrape the rubber backing off your curtains? My curtains are only 6 yrs old and in perfect condition except for the powdering backings
I have thermal back curtains that Ive only had for a year and they are now eat up with this yellowish powder that Ive read on the Internet could be mildew of some type. I DK what it is but we cannot afford to replace so we just washed thankfully we had the wash kind.
he white thermal backing on my curtains has been sun-damaged and resembles fine powder, possibly a breathing hazard. Since it's part of the curtain, is it possible to spray it with something or is that the end of the curtains? Perhaps I could make a lining once the powdery stuff has been set with something?
I had new black-out curtains made and after about a year they started to break down with a white dust coming off them ,they also looked like a coffee had been spilt on them.I also started with a terrible coughing.I am sure this has caused my continued coughing,Just wondering if any one has had a problem with the white fine dust coming from the curtains.I am sure this is a health Hazzard to peoples lungs.
We have noticed the same thing. Removed all the curtains after I had begun to suffer a nagging, hacking continuous cough. The fine dust was everywhere in the bedrooms.
My curtains are approximately 20 months old and the block out has turned to a white powder. The powder is coating the windows. The disintegration of the blockout only recently noticed because during this time I spent one to two days per week at the most at my house.
On touching the powder I felt my hands heating up followed by an itch and red hands.
Some weeks back I attended my doctor complaining that at times I am breathless. I also have a small cough and feel like there is something in my lungs.
The doctor said your blood pressure is fine and I cant hear a problem with your lungs.
May I suggest material curtains with a heavy material backing. If possible have them professionally custom made.
Alternatively purchase eyelet curtain which allows for more than one curtain hung in the same spot. Match the eyelets ie one on top of the other thus permitting two curtains in the one space.
A cheaper cotton or heavier material curtain for the backing and a curtain of your choice on the front facing the room. Otherwise buy some lorn material and see to the front curtain as backing.
I find it difficult at times to take a deep breath and I am insisting on X-rays or imaging of my lungs.
Dont take the risk with blockout curtains, particularly with children in the house.
No to blockout curtains for me if purchased from the shelf.
Some blackout curtains contain titanium dioxide in the blackout panel. This is a toxic material and i would trust them even less when you see the white backing disintegrating leaving a powdery residue.
I also had to throw my rubber-backed thermal curtains in the rubbish bin because the lining became powdery, mildewy-mouldy and ended up plastered all over the glass of the windows. They were expensive things to end up in the bin so soon. Never again will I waste money on that kind of curtain! Like others have said here in the forum, better to buy a curtain with 2, 3 or 4 layers of regular fabric material (for the insulation you're seeking - cotton or calico is really good ) than to waste money on these rubber lining backed things. I've lost hundreds on 5 room's worth of these duds-for-curtains.
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