Day/Night Shades problem raising

Matt NY wrote:
First of all, I do not believe it is a "string"problem...

We have a problem raising the Night part of our day/night shades. This has been an issue since we bought the Motorhome (used).

The "day" shades go up and down nicely, the night shades go down ok, but do not stay "pleated" as they go up! We are constantly having to manually "fix" many of the pleats to make it go up.

By fixing, I mean pulling them from both sides to straightened them.

They are Day/Night shades. The "Day" shades are a soft cloth (semi-transparent) and the "Night" shades are a darker, paper-like material.

Anyone have this issue? And can anyone give me any suggestions? I hate to buy new ones as they are not cheap.
Thank you in advance,
Matt

Best bet is to replace those old day/night shades, they never go up and down with ease, I went with Allen Roth roller shades from Lowes with the EZ-lift clutch, its so easy to raise and lower the blinds now, only need 2 fingers to do the job..

http://www.lowes.com/projects/decorate-and-entertain/window-shades-bg/project