This is the striped sail we supply for carports and canopies, and the stripe is what most buyers ask for first because a blue and white cover reads as deliberate against a wall or a driveway in a way a plain sheet does not. It is a knitted HDPE mesh with UV resistance in the yarn, so the stripe is not just a surface print: the cover keeps its shade rate across a season. It is cut to the span you give us and finished with a turned hem, stitched corners and grommets, and it goes up on a frame or between posts the way a sail does on a stay.
A cover over a carport or a canopy frame is seen from the house every day, and that is where a stripe earns its place. This is a blue and white striped HDPE mesh cut as a sail, so a driveway bay or a seating canopy gets a cover that reads as deliberate rather than as an industrial sheet stretched over the frame.
A stripe is the quickest way to make a shade cover look like part of the property rather than an afterthought, which is why it is the grade asked for on carports and house canopies. The colour runs through the yarn rather than sitting on the surface, because the cloth is a knitted HDPE with UV resistance worked in, so the stripe and the shade rate both hold across a season instead of fading out toward the light end. The mesh is woven rather than solid, so air still moves under the cover and heat does not build up under it.
The sail goes over a carport bay, a canopy frame over a seating area, a pergola or a garden shade frame, and the size is worked out per span rather than taken from a stock sheet. That is what makes one product suit a driveway and a patio at the same time. Households covering beds under the same mesh often pair it with a planting bag, and the wider shade net range covers the roll goods and the aluminised grades where a plain or reflective cover is wanted instead of a stripe.
| Material | Knitted HDPE mesh with UV resistant yarn |
| Colour | Blue and white stripe, customised on request |
| Shade Rate | Made to order |
| Size | Custom, cut to the span you give us |
| Edges | Turned and stitched, with grommets |
| Finish | Open mesh, permeable to air and light rain |
| Application | Carport bay, canopy frame and garden shade frame |
| Packing | Export package, customised on request |
The edge is what decides whether a mesh cover survives a season, so the hem is turned and stitched all round and the grommets are set with a reinforcing strip rather than punched straight through the weave. That lets the sail be strained on a frame or between posts without the mesh pulling open at the fixing. A knitted monofilament net covers the same idea where a finer weave is wanted, while this sail covers the striped carport and canopy job.
Size, shape, shade rate and colour are all made to order, so the first detail to confirm is the span you are covering and the points you are rigging to. Sails ship in export packing and are folded to suit the size. Buyers tracking how mesh sails perform across a season can follow trade coverage such as HortiDaily and FreshPlaza for what is being installed.
Does the stripe fade in the sun?
The colour is in the yarn and the HDPE is UV resistant, which is what keeps the stripe and the shade rate from drift across a season rather than washing out toward the light end.
Will it work over a carport frame?
Yes, that is one of the main uses, along with canopies, pergolas and garden shade frames. The size is cut to the span you give us.
Can I order a different colour or size?
Yes. Size, shape, shade rate and colour are all made to order. Tell us the span and what you are covering and we will advise.
Tell us the span, the shade rate and the colour you are working to, and we will confirm the size and the packing that suit your order.
Mark Wu, Co-founder & Technical Director, Sichuan Zhifang Net Industry. 15 years manufacturing agricultural nettings for growers in 32 countries.
