Staining on White Sail Material

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[NormP]

Can anybody give me the main causes for the white sail material on a kite to stain? I've noticed in the Swap Meet that sellers will state that the white material has stained in a particular area. Is a particular material more subject to stain than another material? 

[inewham]

Maybe not more susceptible but white certainly shows a stain more.

Sometimes its another colour that bleeds onto it when it gets packed away wet, light blue and red Icarex will do this. Some softer rubber connectors can leave a stain usually on older kites, sometimes it can be carbon near the upper spreader wear patch.

If its something like oil picked from your flying site you can sometimes remove most of it with a solvent, detergent or I've seen dry cleaning fluid recommended (but never tried it myself). Sadly Icarex colour bleed is almost impossible to remove but will fade a little given time.

[Zeke]

I have a few Chicago Fire Bees that are stained due either to the leading edge fittings degrading or there was a rubber band wrapped around it at some prior time. I have yet to find anything that will remove the stain.  Has anyone tried Efferdent brushed on to a stain?

[Hal]

Bridle lines also can cause stains as sometend to bleed when they get wet/damp.

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