Deapery rod question

On Jun 30, 9:07 pm, terphenyl <[email protected]> wrote:
> Time to remove several different brackets, patch some holes and start
> over.  I was considering blackout drapes on an ordinary traverse rod,
> but a hotel I'd stayed in had a setup where not only could you pull
> the drapes closed from cords like a traverse, but you could pull them
> closed by dragging a plastic rod connected to the right-hand
> "slider."  As I wasn:t familiar with the terms "traverse rod" ot
> "blackout curtain" until very recently, what might be the terminology
> for this plastic rod setup?

Traverse rod.

On Jun 30, 10:23 pm, "hr(bob) hofm...@att.net" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On Jun 30, 9:07 pm, terphenyl <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Time to remove several different brackets, patch some holes and start
> > over. I was considering blackout drapes on an ordinary traverserod,
> > but a hotel I'd stayed in had a setup where not only could you pull
> > the drapes closed from cords like a traverse, but you could pull them
> > closed by dragging a plastic rod connected to the right-hand
> > "slider." As I wasn:t familiar with the terms "traverse rod" ot
> > "black out curtain" until very recently, what might be the terminology
> > for this plastic rod setup?
>
> Traverse rod.

Sorry bob, that's apparently incorrect. Thanks for trying, hardly.

"terphenyl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:0394f1f7-4ad0-4ada-9a7a-e067a253aef9@c65g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
> Time to remove several different brackets, patch some holes and start
> over. I was considering blackout drapes on an ordinary traverse rod,
> but a hotel I'd stayed in had a setup where not only could you pull
> the drapes closed from cords like a traverse, but you could pull them
> closed by dragging a plastic rod connected to the right-hand
> "slider." As I wasn:t familiar with the terms "traverse rod" ot
> "blackout curtain" until very recently, what might be the terminology
> for this plastic rod setup?

It is called a "baton draw". The better ones are made of fiberglass or
plastic coated steel. The all plastic ones don't last very long. The good
ones are only $5-7 each depending on your dealer. I have never seen one
combined with a traverse rod which is a string draw. No reason that it
would not work. The string would just create a little extra tension.

All the regular batons attach to the carrier with a snap clip like the one
at the end of a dog leash.

Blackout fabrics can be used for lining the drapes but thermal-suede does
almost the same job with a lot less of the downside risk. The blackout is
more expensive and shows every pin prick.

Colbyt

On Jul 2, 7:09 pm, "Colbyt" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "terphenyl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:0394f1f7-4ad0-4ada-9a7a-e067a253aef9@c65g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Time to remove several different brackets, patch some holes and start
> > over. I was considering blackout drapes on an ordinarytraverserod,
> > but a hotel I'd stayed in had a setup where not only could you pull
> > the drapes closed from cords like atraverse, but you could pull them
> > closed by dragging a plasticrodconnected to the right-hand
> > "slider." As I wasn:t familiar with the terms "traverserod" ot
> > "blackoutcurtain" until very recently, what might be the terminology
qhat > > for this plasticrodsetup?
>
> It is called a "batondraw". The better ones are made of fiberglass or
> plastic coated steel. The all plastic ones don't last very long. The good
> ones are only $5-7 each depending on your dealer. I have never seen one
> combined with atraverserodwhich is a string draw. No reason that it
> would not work. The string would just create a little extra tension.
>
> All the regular batons attach to the carrier with a snap clip like the one
> at the end of a dog leash.
>
> Blackout fabrics can be used for lining the drapes but thermal-suede does
> almost the same job with a lot less of the downside risk. The blackout is
> more expensive and shows every pin prick.
>
> Colbyt

Thank you! Not only for the name, but the bit about the different
materials and their characteristics. You've been a great help.

Colbyt, do you know of an internet source where I can order the
plastic sliders. My curtains got tugged on HARD and quite a few of
the sliders were broke - the metal hook sliced through them. Is it
hard to replace them? Thank you very much.