Day/Night Shades problem raising

[Matt_NY]

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

[Matt_NY]

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]

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]

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.