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Re: MCD shades Day/Night

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Re: MCD shades Day/Night

Reply #26
Started installing the shades last night. All the trim needs removed to get to these things..but they look really nice. I will post some pics of before and after when I am finished

Again MCD has the most colors and types of material.. Worth the extra for the decorative side. ^.^d

Re: MCD shades Day/Night

Reply #27
anyone that has installed MCD run into this problem? As it rolls up it moves to one side .. frayed the edge a little.. :'(

Re: MCD shades Day/Night

Reply #28
That probably means that the shade is not mounted squarely to the roller.  I would talk to MCD.  They are very customer oriented. 
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Re: MCD shades Day/Night

Reply #29
David my MCD shades roll up square. The issue I'm having with them lately is either they don't roll all the way up or they're sluggish about it. I know there's an adjustment for it and I did it on one shade with some success just haven't gone in and done the rest of them yet. Yeah you have to remove the valances obviously they'll install them. If you need it it's a good time to recover them which I did including new foam. There's a billion staples holding that stuff in there so it's kind of a big job, takes a long time. But they look really good and recovered and I'm happy I did it. Couldn't believe how much Dust and dirt was in the old stuff. Also took the time to take the old halogen bulbs out and replace them with LED strips. I used the color changing RBGW with a Bluetooth controller. I can change the color the intensity and the white light color balance on my phone.
been waiting over a month for new wallpaper to arrive. when it arrives I'm going to have to take the valances down again to do the wallpaper. The wallpaper I got is pretty high end. Not the exact same company that for travel use but the same type of wallpaper. It's a vinyl backed.
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Re: MCD shades Day/Night

Reply #30
David if you just want to get it working, roll it down all the way and shove a small piece of cardboard or any other thin object up against the roller on the low side and trial and error will find the right thickness to make it go up straight.
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Re: MCD shades Day/Night

Reply #31
I am going to send them an email in the morning.. the kicker is.. My first one lol.. cant catch a break.. If it wasnt for bad luck I wouldnt have any luck haaa

Re: MCD shades Day/Night

Reply #32
As luck would have it.. Closed until further notice.. Covid Stay at home order per MCD.. Awesome!! I will install the rest and see how they go and in the mean time look to see what the problem is with this one.  ^.^d

 

Re: MCD shades Day/Night

Reply #33
Yep any nonessential places here in Texas are closed.. the nonessentials it my plant are working from home,,,,, unfortunately I'm essential  :'(


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