650000 Pleated String First Aid Kit

Easy to use. Saved me having to buy a new shade.

I purchased this Pleated Shade Repair Kit after watching a YouTube video about fixing an RV Dinette Pleated Shade. I thought about just buying the cord but ended up using some of the other items in the kit and there was enough cord to fix two 5 foot shades so I'll give the kit 5 stars. The repair was far from easy though. It took my two friends and I about four hours to uninstall, repair and reinstall the shade in part because of the tight fit to the valance. One serious shortcoming to the shade repair is the original strings were crimped when attached to the spring and the YouTube video showed the replacement strings simply being tied to the spring and the raw edge taped. This repair obviously would not have lasted because the cord is slippery and the knots wouldn't have held. Since each hank of cord was long enough to replace two of the strings, we threaded one hank of cord through the spring, tied a knot and then threaded the cord through where two separate strings were previously. The shade now works and hopefully the repair will last.

Kit comes with all you need except the installer. A little pricey this supplier but they had it in stock when nobody else did.

The kit paid for itself vs paying to restring blinds

This this kit worked very well to repair a pleated shade in my travel trailer. However I would have liked to had black thread but I couldn't find it... But the instructions are easy to follow and the repair turned out successful

Basic instructions, cords are very thin and cheap, don't expect them to last more than 3 months, if that.

Anyone who ones a motorhome needs this on hand.I have had to use this item to fix 3 blinds. Here is a tip, you don’t have to replace all the strings, just the broken one!…..don’t make the mistake I did on the first two!The price is better than RV shops. And it’s the same product.

The shades are a pita, but that's not their fault. The shades work again.