Foil kites, removing sand from tip sewing?

[downunder]

Hi guys,

Noticed all folded sewing on tips are full of sand!

However, visible only on white fabric, like this R1v1:

Thoughts how to remove?

Thx

[andylc]

I noticed this on a minuscule level on my Chrono after only a couple of flights. Couldn’t for the life of me see how it had got there - it was only a couple of grains so didn’t matter - I seem to remember being able to persuade them to wriggle out between stitches but this wouldn’t work with larger amounts.

[foilholio]

Blast it with a hose.

[downunder]

Nope.

No go. It's on the clothing line already

U see where the panel ends? That's where is sewn all the way.

I would need a micro vac, like a keyboard vac to solve this. I'll check my Sonic onMonday.

[foilonfoil]

Very common problem on the Ozone Chrono v1. Frustrated the heck out of me... I found you could shake it to a particular point then squeeze it out but really the better solution would be to sew a small hole on the back edge of the seam.

Once I moved to flysurfer kites, never had the problem again.

[borist]

There was a post about it in the past. Search thru foil kite section. Someone used soldering iron or hot nail to poke small holes in the fold. Apparently it worked well

[Sfollis]

This is how to do it. Just make sure the kite/sand is super dry