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

Pull the night shades down and spray them liberally with spray starch. Then while wet raise them, Make sure pleats are correct and let them dry in the raised position. Should fix them at least for awhile.

I cant give you a fix for this. Mine do it also. I think that once they have been unpleated they never go correctly again.. I think on mine that fingers got them messed up.. just something to deal with

imgoin4it wrote:Pull the night shades down and spray them liberally with spray starch. Then while wet raise them, Make sure pleats are correct and let them dry in the raised position. Should fix them at least for awhile.Hmm.. I wondered that actually. Have you tried it? I would be concerned that being wet, they would stick together??Thanks,Matt

The starch has worked on mine. A couple of years ago, mine were in need of a good cleaning. After cleaning them, I sprayed them with starch and folded them tightly together. They are still holding the pleat and I would do it again as needed.

I never had to try it but that was recommended by winnebago in the early 2000 owners handbook.

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cseidel
Explorer
Dec 12, 2015
I soaked mine in oxycllean. Worked great.
prstlk
Explorer
Dec 11, 2015
Tinstar wrote:
The starch has worked on mine. A couple of years ago, mine were in need of a good cleaning. After cleaning them, I sprayed them with starch and folded them tightly together. They are still holding the pleat and I would do it again as needed.

Curious, what method did you use to clean them? The shades have yet to recover from the alaska trip this summer.

Thanks
imgoin4it
Explorer
Dec 11, 2015
I never had to try it but that was recommended by winnebago in the early 2000 owners handbook.
Tinstar
Explorer
Dec 11, 2015
The starch has worked on mine. A couple of years ago, mine were in need of a good cleaning. After cleaning them, I sprayed them with starch and folded them tightly together. They are still holding the pleat and I would do it again as needed.
Matt_NY
Explorer
Dec 11, 2015
imgoin4it wrote:
Pull the night shades down and spray them liberally with spray starch. Then while wet raise them, Make sure pleats are correct and let them dry in the raised position. Should fix them at least for awhile.

Hmm.. I wondered that actually. Have you tried it? I would be concerned that being wet, they would stick together??

Thanks,
Matt
donhoward49
Explorer
Dec 11, 2015
I cant give you a fix for this. Mine do it also. I think that once they have been unpleated they never go correctly again.. I think on mine that fingers got them messed up.. just something to deal with
imgoin4it
Explorer
Dec 11, 2015
Pull the night shades down and spray them liberally with spray starch. Then while wet raise them, Make sure pleats are correct and let them dry in the raised position. Should fix them at least for awhile.

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