| If we were to remove the interior from a fancy | | | | commonly referred to, is most likely made of an |
| automobile its appearance and luxury look would | | | | aluminum alloy and can be special ordered painted, mill |
| certainly disappear. Whenever purchasing vertical | | | | finish or anodized. In the early days of vertical blinds, |
| blinds the same principle applies. Like an automobile, | | | | tracks were also available in steel however steel |
| vertical blinds are equipped with a mechanical | | | | vertical blind tracks are not really sold anymore. Gliding |
| mechanism, which albeit somewhat unsightly, it is | | | | plastic carriers equipped with a âclip |
| necessary for the operation of the blind. From this | | | | toothâ allow the vertical louvers to freely |
| mechanism known as a track, moving carriers | | | | suspend and these carriers will traverse along the |
| traverse the track and also allow the louvers to | | | | width of the track and will also rotate 180 degrees thus |
| suspend themselves from. This mechanism can be | | | | allowing the blind to open and close. These teeth, |
| hidden from view with the addition of a valance. | | | | which are available in clear plastic, are always visible |
| The vertical blind tracking mechanism or track, as it is | | | | even with the addition of a valance. |