Having just purchased a Naish 2011 Park in excellent barely used condition, I am hoping to find a way to get rid of the minor brown stains that appear in the white sections of the Dacron canopy.
Previously we have removed black mildew stains from an floatation vest by soaking the vest in cold water and an Australian product called 'Nappy San'.
After a 24 hour soaking the stains required mechanical removal using a stiff bristled floor brush and some serious elbow grease. It took two days but eventually the stains were removed.
I do not know if the same method will work on the Dacron. Also I am concerned at soaking my entire Naish kite in a foreign chemical like 'Nappy San'.
Any suggestions or constructive criticism would be greatly appreciated.

dorothyinste said...

Having just purchased a Naish 2011 Park in excellent barely used condition, I am hoping to find a way to get rid of the minor brown stains that appear in the white sections of the Dacron canopy.
Previously we have removed black mildew stains from an floatation vest by soaking the vest in cold water and an Australian product called 'Nappy San'.
After a 24 hour soaking the stains required mechanical removal using a stiff bristled floor brush and some serious elbow grease. It took two days but eventually the stains were removed.
I do not know if the same method will work on the Dacron. Also I am concerned at soaking my entire Naish kite in a foreign chemical like 'Nappy San'.
Any suggestions or constructive criticism would be greatly appreciated.

Nappy San

So which is it ? Australian or Foreign ?????

Check out the camping shop or the caravan shop . Had a tent which was lent too the kids came back no probs till 3 months later we open up a whole big ass mold prob . Got some stuff from camping place and removed it really easly . TRY IT ON A TEST PIECE FIRST . Might help
Happy winds

wet rashy and board shorts sit under back porch for a
couple of days .......... ta daaaa...... now everything
matches again ,no need to remove stains from kite

Does it work on your jocks?

Don't use nappy san on a kite
And especially don't use any mould remover products on a kite!
You will destroy the fabric and ruin your kite. The stain is most likely color transfer not mold!
Avoid pack up wet kites and stuffing them in a bag, if you get the kite wet lay it out somewhere at home and let it dry, rinse in plain cold fresh water if you must, but even thats not recommended. Salt water prevents mold.

joshy0184 said...

AGK said...

foreign chemical to the kite and an australian brand, do you really need that comment Craig66?

Um yeah Cause it was funny...... Haha made me giggle.

thanks Joshy
I thought it was both funny and clever on my part.

I was letting the thumbs do the talking.

Did some.kite maintenance today on a kite that I just repaired the trailing.edge, the canopy had a large dark rust stain on it. Looked on the net and found that lemon juice and salt mixed together removes oxidsed iron (rust).

Cut a lemon in half and smeared it on the stains and then sprinkled salt on and rubbed it in a little and left it in the sun for a while. Came back 30 min later and.it looked substantially lighter, reapplied another 2 times and it.is virtually gone.

Looks like that works well rich and handy too......lick your kite then have a shot of tequila