Do you need to rinse kites?

[neilhapgood]

Slightly boring question, just wondering if it's important to rinse a kite in fresh water after a swim?

I have never bothered before, just dried it out, however I have always had old kites, just got a new 12 which is getting wet a lot in light winds and keen to prolong its life?

Thanks

[FLandOBX]

Lots of discussion here:

http://kiteforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1& ... =wash+kite

[tswierkocki]

I’ve been kiting since 2001 and have never rinsed a kite but I do let them dry completely before packing them up.

[Matt_TYRCZ]

I’ve been kiting since 2001 and have never rinsed a kite but I do let them dry completely before packing them up.

same here , let them dry than fold it ( fan helps a lot )
unless you dropped it in the mud or something ( spray Simple Green and rinse after one minute )

[Mossy 757]

I suck at flying kites and tend to get them in the salt water more often than I acknowledge on this forum.

When that happens, I usually spray them with a hose before hanging them over the shower bar to dry.

[Peter_Frank]

No

[matth]

I’ve been kiting since 2001 and have never rinsed a kite but I do let them dry completely before packing them up.

Same here, dry, brush off any sand , fold.

[cglazier]

I rinse my kites once.. just before I sell them.

[Jzh_perth]

Only in salt water when I drop them next I cover them in sand when packing them up, so fold them into their bag and leave them for the next session.

Sand is round and salt water won’t grow mould. I avoid fresh water incl rain like the plague.

[3InletsWindsports]

No. Deflate Roll up, pack. Leave in back of Ute.
Unpack pump up, use. Start again.
UV will kill it way before anything else.