Flags and Banners

lebarondescarteun · Post by **lebarondescarteun** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:41 am

Any good ideas for hosting up some Flags or Banners...ones that won't break in the wind.

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:45 am

Well, I don't know if this is a good idea or not, it is just one that I thought of when seeing all the tattered football team flags hanging off cars hereabouts. Maybe paint the flag on a thin piece of metal? It won't "flap" properly, then again, the "flapping" is what tears up the flag in the first place. Or, maybe, some sort of border or edging...?

Anyway, those were just a couple of ideas I have had.

Good luck!

B.

gaminwench · Post by **gaminwench** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:51 am

we use rip-stop for fabric on bamboo poles...works great!

Post by **AntiM** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:23 am

We've had good luck with both commercially made flags and banners and kites, and homemade ones. Two tricks, one is to be sure the edges won't fray on you well before you pack it for the playa. A good hem usually takes care of that. The second is to find a pole which won't break in the wind. One campmate had a gorgeous homemade tumbling star kite, and had it up on a pole made especially for banners. The pole broke twice. We retired the kite to inside the shade structure and put up our long rainbow streamer instead. It didn't catch the wind as hard, but we had to untangle a couple times.

I've put up koi banners on a fishing rod, and that's worked well.