[NAVA1974]

Hello Greengo. How long have you been flying flags? What I want to know from an experienced flag flyer is what deteriorates first - the fly corners or the colors of the fabric? In other words, does your flag tatter before the red turns to pink, or does the color fade out before the fabric wears out?
When flags were made of natural fibers it was common practice to cut off the tattered fly end of the stripes and sew a new hem (that's one of the reasons that naval flags are twice, or nearly twice, as long as they are wide - you can re-hem them a number of times.) This tells me that the dyes must have been pretty color fast to allow that much use. Or was it just the maritme environment that beat the heck out of the flag much more quickly than shore-side flags?
Nick

[Greengo]

Hey Nick, I have been flying flags sense the late 60's. I have had a flagpole in my yard sense 1976. I started out with Annin cloth flags I always bought the best ones. I had a 50 star flag a few days after they came out. I still have that flag. It is hanging on my wall. I used that flag on my first flagpole in 1976. I am not sure when I started using nylon flags. I always used Annin's Nyl-Glo. I fly my flags about 200 days a year. I take them in at the first sign of rain, and don't fly if the wind excedes 25mph. I also fly only in daylight. I get about 2 years of life out of a flag. The damage I get is the sides split from the ends. I have several flags that I have sewn. As for color fade, my old flags have very little color loss. Like I said, "I take care of my flags"!!! I have never bought "cheap" flags. I just hope I get the same service from my new Valley Forge Flags.

Fly em' high!!!

[Greengo]

Dumb question about my new Annin 3'x5' American flag. The new flag says "100% Nylon". It is is embroidered stars & sewn strips. I would like to know if it the Nyl-Glo flag. I can not find this flag on Annin's site. It is "not" marked Nyl-Glo. I sent an e-mail to Annin 4 days ago. They have not answered.

I know that this is a dumb question, but I would like to know. My new flag's model #2450.

Fly em' high!!!

Greengo

[Robin Hickman]

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Hi, Greengo !

QUOTE : "My new flag's model #2450."

I just checked my Annin & Co. 2009 catalog, and I didn't find item #002450 on the NylGlo page.

I found the following item numbers (in bold) :

002400 - NylGlo 20'x30'
002410 - NylGlo 20'x38'
002415 - NylGlo 30'x50'
002420 - NylGlo 2'x3'
002428 - NylGlo 30'x60'
002430
002440 - NylGlo 2.5'x4'
002460 - NylGlo 3'x5'
002450
002470 - SunGlo 8"x12"
002480 - SunGlo 12"x18"
002490

Could you have mis-read the number? such as mistaking the item number "002460" (the 3'x5' Flag) as "002450" ???

Sorry that I couldn't have been of more help !


Robin
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[Greengo]

Thanks for the comeback Robin. I checked the same info as you did. The number on my flag "002450". I am looking at it now. Oh well, It's still an Annin!!!

Fly em' high!!!

Greengo