While flying your flags on residential or commercial flagpoles can fill you with pride, a dirty or tired-looking flag can have the opposite effect. Inclement weather, car fumes and general wear-and-tear can cause your flag to look a little worn, but this is easily rectified. Flags are washable with warm water and a mild detergent…

Flagpole owners can’t escape the elements or time. Sunlight and moisture often cause microscopic fiber deterioration. Wind not only tears at a flag but also makes it repeatedly thwap against the hard flagpole surface, which further breaks fibers. Of course, wind also often causes a flag to become tangled around its pole. How can you…