GST’s Silica Sand is the perfect infill for artificial turf. It provides stability, keeping the blades upright and ensuring the turf looks natural. The sand also helps with drainage, preventing water from pooling after rain. We’ve noticed that the turf looks more vibrant and holds its shape better since we added the sand. A must for any turf installation.
The only difference between regular silica sand and green sands are the color and price: our green sand is coated with green color which can technically blend in better with the artificial grass. Since the green sands take extra steps of coating and drying, the cost is higher than regular silica sand. Please contact us by phone: 877 796 8873 or email: [email protected] if you have any other questions, thank you!
Read Answer: Silica sand vs Green sand?
All the infills on today’s market is relatively safe to use for artificial grass installation. The infills are meant to provide extra weight and hold the turf down better and help the blades to stand up. In most cases, if the infills are applied properly, it will sink all the way to the very bottom of the turf, you will not be able to see or get contact with it unless you spread open the fibers and put your fingers into the turf. However, to be 100% safe, we will recommend the wonderfill product which is sands coated with antimicrobial agent to prevent bacteria and germs and is extremely safe for your kids. Here is the link for the details of wonderfill: https://www.globalsynturf.com/products/wonder-fill. Please feel free to call (877 796 8873) or email ([email protected]) us if you have any further questions, thank you.
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In general, there are four unique functions of infills for artificial grass even though all of them share a common purpose of holding artificial turf in place to minimize the contractions and expansions and helping grass blades standing up better. Regular kiln dried silica sands serve the purpose of the common point above, and it is the least expensive option. Here are the four unique functions for different type of infills of artificial grass:
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Read Answer: How much sharp sand do I need for artificial grass?
You will not use sand as a base for artificial grass installations. Sand is not solid enough to serve a good purpose for artificial turf. We always recommend to use couple inches of drain rock and couple of inches of finer materials such as decomposed granite to quarter minus which to be compacted and solid to provide a smooth surface for artificial grass to be laid on. Here is the link to our installation instructions: https://www.globalsynturf.com/installation-guides
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We offer different type of infills including some sands for artificial grass installations, to address your question properly, we need to focus on the functionalities of the infills/sands. There are two basic functions of infills/sands for all artificial grass installations: to provide extra weight on turf to minimizing the expansions and contractions; to help artificial grass standing up. There are also other functions that infills/sands can achieve such as to minimize the dog urine smells, to avoid bacterias and to blend in better with coated colors. It will all depend on your intentions and usages of artificial grass to determine the best value of infills/sands:
Read Answer: What's the best sand for artificial grass?
