Shade sails are very commonly referred to these days as sun sails.  These sails for shade provide excellent protection from the sun’s harmful UV rays.  UV rays can damage the interior of your car, boat, home, or even cause the unthinkable such as skin cancer.  Sun sails are made from either shade cloth or Sunbrella fabric.  Shade cloth is a porous cloth that allows some air and water to pass through it.  This cloth is very strong and can withstand all sorts of abuse.  Polytex is one of the most popular manufacturers of shade cloth in the Western hemisphere.  Polytex is available in wider width than other cloths such as Coolaroo.  The 12 foot widths available from Polytex enables your sun sail to have less seams if not any.  ReadyMadeShadeSails.com sells pre made Polytex shade sails that are available in a variety of colors such as Dark blue, Aqua blue, Dark Green, Sage, Sandstone, Terracotta, White or Porcelain.  These colors all mix and match will with the surroundings as well as most building or home colors.

Sun sails made from Sunbrella fabric are also very well made and considered waterproof.  Waterproof shade sails are becoming more and more popular in the United States and even Australia.  Waterproof sun shades should always be installed at an angle in order to prevent water from building up in the middle.  The rule of thumb for properly installing Sunbrella shade sails is to allow 20 degrees of slope for every 10 feet of shade sail.  Sunbrella sun sails should also have a solid foundation in order to keep them from sagging in the middle.  The larger your sun sail the bigger the foundation needs to be.  Sunbrella is also available in a variety of colors such as Toast, Forest Green, White, Terracotta, Aquamarine and Linen.  Purchase both ready made and custom sun sails at ReadyMadeShadeSails.com