There are many solutions for solar blinds, and they vary depending on the situation. Some of those solutions can be as simple as throwing a blanket over the window, some as complicated as pricing out automated electronic pricing mechanisms. But don’t let that discourage you from making your own custom outdoor solar blind. If you follow these steps, you will quickly and easily make a beautiful and practical solar-blind that can be put up and taken down with ease.
1. Lay out the cloth you wish to use for your outdoor, sunblind. Make sure it’s exactly how you want it because once this project starts, there will be no turning back! That said, if there is a pattern or directionality in the cloth you are using, it is advisable to layout the cloth in that pattern or directionality.
2. Start making marks on your outdoor sunblind with a pencil about how considerably you want your solar blind to be (for maximum effectiveness, measure for height and width). Make sure not to go outside of those lines later! This will ensure your solar blind does its job the best.
3. Once you are done marking your cloth with a pencil, go over those marks with any pen or marker that will contrast against your outdoor, sunblind.
4. After the lines have been marked out, cut them out of your outdoor, sunblind. The rough edges can be hidden by gathering the material into pleats.
5. Once the outdoor sunblind is cut to size, lay your solar blind out on a flat surface and place everything you’ve chosen to use (beads, buttons, etc.) onto it where you’d like them. It’s easy to get carried away with this step, so make sure you know EXACTLY where you want everything before you start gluing things on.
6. After the solar-blind has had some time to dry (about half an hour), take it outside and attach hooks or nails along each of your pencil marks. This is the step that ties in with step #1, where I told you not to go past those lines because this is where you are going to thread string or some strong cord that will connect all of these hooks. When choosing the cord, it’s advised you use something very durable since it will be under a lot of pressure when pulled up and down every day.
7. Once your outdoor sunblind is finished, go outside and measure how high you want them to go. Tie the string to something sturdy and let down all of your hooks (you will need at least two people for this step).
8. At this point, you can either place your outdoor sunblind over a window or hook them onto the house/building connected to the window you want to be covered.
