1. buy a decent brand kite.
or
2. you could paint it with mylar ink thats what they use to signwrite on spinnakers,I have done this once to cover over a sponsership name on a 18ft skiff spinnaker ,looks a bit patchy and will devalue the kite.
or
3. could try dying it , will again go patchy and again devalue kite.
or
4. live with it.( this would be my choice) .

Sit back and think about people that dont have the fortune of living in the western world, or cannot afford any sought of luxury items and build a bridge big enough to get over it.

Sleek1, already gave more than the value of a kite at the office. This is my only luxury, so I have a clear conscience, but thank you kindly for your advice

Not
If you don't know that's ok too
Been looking on the sailboats and ultra lights
Interestingly you can accidently stain your kite but paint and dye don't stick. How does that work?
Someone suggests henna (what ever that is - a herb I think)
Just thought someone may know a method.

Hop said...

Sleek1, already gave more than the value of a kite at the office. This is my only luxury, so I have a clear conscience, but thank you kindly for your advice

Ok then. put it in the wash with a pair of red socks. although then it may turn into a bow kite.

mattyjee said...

This topic is gayer than aids.

Is hanging round a gaye topic a bit like hanging around public loos at night.. not that your gaye or nuttin Matty.

Curiousity has got the best of me (no not with loos) so what kite is it?

Thanks Rhys. Did not want to give it away, but yes, brilliant kite but **** colour range -Core.
Given the slagging here (minimal compared to some - lucky i don't take offence easily and understand ignorance is often inversly proportional to intelligence - thanks guys for the constructive comment and the humour), I sort advice from a chemical engineer at Dupont (who used to own the product dakron, also own mattygees favourite gay lycra, would not even surprise me if they supplied his breast implants). Contrary to the yatching site forums, apparently it is possible to do the required dying but its relative to temperature and PH levels. The example was given that fishnet stockings and the foxy backback (that mattyjee wears) are initially white, then dyied the required colour(s). Still investigating the costs. They chemcal engineer I spoke to also spoke of paint applications but these were seen as a less permanent alternative.