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Steve D · Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 746 Location: USA GA Newnan

Hey Y'all,

Many of you know I'm in the midst of making a bunch of pocket sleds for a bunch of kids as Christmas gifts. Each of the kites will have its own little stuff sack. I was hoping to put each kid's name on the stuff sack for his/her kite and maybe even on the kite itself.

Was wondering what kind of paint might adhere well to Ripstop? Would the fabric paints I can buy in a tube at a craft store work? Or is there something Steve might carry that might work better? How about iron-on or rub-on letters?

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azemeu · Joined: 21 Sep 2003 Posts: 18 Location: USA, AZ

For a charity rok battle, we had made roks with the company logo on it out of "Insignia" fabric or somthing like that.
It came from a sign company with adhesive on the back. We burnished it on real good, we know one has lasted at least a couple of years.
But it might be expensive for what you want to do.

I have heard of people using "Design Master" spray paints. You would have to use stencils then.

Don't know if it helps.

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KiteSquid · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 2:42 pm Post subject:

AFAIK, Design Master spray paints are the only easly avaiable paint you can use.

I recomend you spray it outside and use a resparator as the main solvant is Acetone.....

I usualy just mark my bags and kites with a Rub-A-Dub marker. It seems to be a little more permant than a sharpie.

If you know anbody with an embrodary sewing machine, it looks GREAT on a kite sleve....

Whatever you do, test on a scrap first.....

If you want to do a durrabilty test make a flag like thing, finished edges and put it on your car antenna and drive for 1 hour on the highway and if the paint is still there you have a winnner!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Steve D · Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 746 Location: USA GA Newnan

I was afraid most fabric paints wouldn't stick.

Fortunately or unfortunately the kite and bags are being made of dark blue Ripstop so black won't show up very well - thats why I was looking for a light colored paint. Someone else mentioned a silver sharpie marker off the board and thats a possibility - just have to find one.

The kite's sacks will probably be about 5"x7" since the sleds can fold up fairly small

Progcraft · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 4:02 pm Post subject:

I've been trying to find ways to airbrush kite fabric (for future projects) and about all I can find is dyes.

http://www.reckites.com/Archive/kites/potpourri/painting.on.Ripstop
http://www.reckites.com/Archive/kites/potpourri/silkscreeening.and.painting.Ripstop
Page 8 of this PDF has an article you may be interested in: http://home.pacific.net.sg/~winglee/SKAnewsMar2003.pdf

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stevef · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 11:46 am Post subject:

maybe "personalized tags" on the draw string would work? Or you could make up tags on the computer, print 'em out and laminate them to the fabric bag. I have some clear Mylar with a permanent adhesive in 2" strips that sticks great.
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Steve D · Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 746 Location: USA GA Newnan

Thats a possibility Steve. After I'd sat here and thought about it a bit I remembered I had some hot green scrap - probably enough to make a 1" band across the top of one side of each sack and use a permanent marker to write the names on the lighter color. Doing that also opens up the possibility of using some of the iron-on transfer material - printing the names on my inkjet then ironing them onto the band of green....

Y'all keep the ideas coming - I've got a little time before I have to be finished....

Mountain Man · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 12:51 pm Post subject:

here we did embroidry on the bag ... 6 by 7 is what we used ! with a small velcro attachment on the Closing lip! works fine ~

but doing iron on transfer with your computer is for sure the cheapest way to do a bunch like your doing !
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Steve D · Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 746 Location: USA GA Newnan

I noticed you did embroidery - looked good too - only problem - can't do embroidery!! Well, OK, haven't done it in the past and don't have time to learn just now. Doubt my machine would be capable either.....

KiteSquid · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 3:20 pm Post subject:

That looked like it was done on a computerized sewing machine that has a hoop to do the fabric manuilpaitain.

The home versions start at about $3,000 and can go in to the hundreds of thousands of dollars for multi head, industrial models...
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