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Getting straight to the point here, can Gorilla Glue hold up blinds? In practical terms for most blinds no, especially if you want to actually use the blind in terms of opening and closing it occasionally.
In a very small, narrow range of scenarios though the answer in theory is yes, as long as the blind itself is very light and pretty much ornamental rather than likely to be operated regularly, and as long as the surface you affix it to is appropriate to glue, and properly prepped.
Either way, if you like to push boundaries or really are planning to have a go at this – or if you’re not so much a DIY maverick as you are forced by circumstance such as the need to not drill into a wall because like, landlords and stuff, stick with me. Stick with me, geddit? Ok, never mind…
Can Gorilla Glue hold up blinds safely and securely?
The real question for most of y’all is not so much “can you hang blinds with Gorilla Glue” but “can Gorilla Glue hold up blinds safely and securely. This more or less depends; in the case of a very small/light blind, a properly prepped wall, and with the blind left in situ once hung, then your Gorilla Glue would quite probably stick the brackets to the wall and keep them in place for a couple of years or more.
Even should it fail, assuming you took the “small and light” bit seriously (like a dinky roller blind) even if blind and wall did decide to go their separate ways, nobody is likely to get brained during the blind’s descent, so it’s probably not going to be the end of the world.
Basically, if you need to stick a blind over a window for decorative purposes or to avoid leaving the window looking unfinished – as a literal window dressing, if you will – and said blind will be left either open or closed all of the time rather than being operated daily, and the window is small and the blind lightweight, you’ll probably be ok.
This might apply for things like small bathroom windows that are already frosted and not overlooked, or maybe one of those tiny, seemingly pointless windows that you sometimes get partway up a flight of stairs.
But, uh, can Gorilla Glue hold up blinds safely and securely if you want them to function as actual blinds, doing the whole opening and closing thing on the regular and maybe not even being tiny and light?
The woman from English Blinds (me) says NO. The sheer weight of some types of blinds in medium-to-large sizes is often significant, and even small to average-sized blinds of some types can be pretty weighty if they’re made of things like wood, faux-wood, or even Roman blind fabrics, which tend to be heavy and thick.
I still want to use Gorilla Glue to hold up blinds, have you got my back here?
Sorry dude, no! Finally, from my point of view as the spokesperson/agony aunt for a blinds company with a good reputation, I feel obliged to point out that should you decide to hang one of our blinds with Gorilla Glue, when something inevitably goes wrong, we will not pay out on your blind’s warranty.
Said warranty is designed to mitigate defects/faults like things breaking before they should or wear and tear not commensurate to the blind’s age or use; issues caused by us/our products, rather than due to the propensity of some of our buyers to colour outside of the lines and take crafting materials such as Gorilla Glue far, far outside of their comfort zones.
You will also notice if/when you buy blinds from us that they come with instructions – and nowhere in said instructions will you find mention of Gorilla Glue. Although frankly, if I get many more enquiries of the type that prompted me to write this blog post, you soon will. But in a kind of “no please, don’t do that” kind of context.
Thank you for not being That Guy.
