Colors- The Leather Tab Issue

Don’t make the mistake of not securing your color to the staff!

Click here to read the article, How to Properly Mount a Flag on a Flagstaff. Yes, there is a correct and incorrect way to mount a color!

If you have colors with leather tabs, secure them by a small screw and then tightly wrap a long strip of plastic wrap from the kitchen around the tab and screw. The plastic wrap is better than the tape I used in the photo at the top of the page because the sticky residue of the tape will slowly destroy the leather.

Most, if not all, colors now come with both parts of the hook-and-pile fastener (Velcro, or another brand) already attached at the top and bottom of the color, inside the pole hem, and opposite the seam. You still need to drill a small hole and put a small screw into the staff so that the adhesive doesn’t allow the flag to slide down the staff- learned that the hard way…