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We've found power washing or pressure washing artificial grass is, by far, the best way to clean artificial grass. With power washing, you'll have your artificial grass looking like new in no time!

Pressure washing your grass is NOT like doing a deck or patio. It can be amazing fast and easy. In fact, in most cases, it will take you longer to take out and setup and put away your machine than it will to power wash your grass.

Caution: When power washing your turf, at all times, keep your wand nozzle at least one foot away from your artificial grass.

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You'll accomplish three things by pressure washing your grass, and all at the same time!

1 - The water pressure from your gun will rinse your grass of dust and expel small debris that accumulates over time (such as dog hair, pine needles, minced leaves, dirt, wood chips, mulch, etc.).

2 - If you angle your wand "against the grass grain" the water pressure will "fluff" your grass blades back up. And,

3 - You'll shampoo your grass should you add a soapy agent mix to your pressure washer.

Soap & Rinse
Add a soap to your pressure washer. Liquid dish soap typically works fine. However, before using any cleaning agent, you ought to test an area to ensure that your cleaning agent does not damage your grass.

Again, Before applying any chemicals to your turf, check with your turf supplier or turf installer to make sure that it does not hurt your turf, your kids, your pets, nor the environment.

Of course, when using a soapy agent, just as you would your car, after soaping your grass, you'll want to rinse your grass.

Bleach & Chlorine
In Synthetic-Turf-Installer.com's experience, undiluted bleach destroys artificial turf. Also, undiluted chlorine discolors artificial turf.

It's possible that bleach and chlorine diluted in water will not harm synthetic turf. However, check with your turf installer or supplier to be sure.

Synthetic-Turf-Installer.com Tip

Generally, maintain your artificial grass as you would natural grass - of course without the mowing, watering, fertilizing and weeding.

If you currently remove fall leaves and dog 'droppings', continue to do so once you install artificial turf. Get a good idea of what your 'personal' turf maintenance needs will be by assessing the ‘environmental’ conditions in your yard.

Lawn Furniture & Accessories
Kid swimming pools and lawn furniture left on your synthetic lawn for a sustained period of time will flatten your turf. Once you remove whatever has flattend your turf, simply rake your turf against the grain to get it standing again.

Foot Traffic
Foot traffic by you, your kids, and others will usually have a minimal impact on your turf. Exceptions are around swimming pools where traffic is generally higher. Simply rake your turf ‘against the grain’ to undo turf that’s flattened by foot traffic.

Dog Traffic
How much dog traffic will your turf experience? You’ll want to pick up your dog’s ‘droppings’, the same as you would on natural grass. The rest (along with the urine) you can wash away with your water hose. Or have rain water take care of it for you!

What about diarrhea?
Well, just use plenty of water from your hose to wash away the diarrhea.

Odors
By pressure washing your grass with a soapy agent, you'll remove any lingering odors such as pet urine and fecal odors.

Again, when using a soapy agent, just as you would your car, after soaping your grass, you'll want to rinse your grass.

Extreme Dog Traffic
One doggie daycare has 50+ dogs running and playing on its turf for 1-hour every 2 hours. As you can imagine, the amount of hair that accumulates on the turf's surface, and thus the amount of maintenance required for the turf, is much more than yours would be with 1-3 dogs in your backyard several times a day.

You may opt to have your turf 'fluffed' once or twice per year. Again, pressure washing your artificial grass is perhaps the easiest way to fluff your grass. Turf fluffing can give your lawn a fresh, new look. Click Here - to learn about Artificial Turf Fluffing.

Soil Spillage
Consider "soil spillage" into your turf area from your planting beds around your turf perimeter and from tree rings. For example, if your dog likes to dig, he’ll likely dig dirt from your planting beds onto your new turf.

If this applies to you, count on periodically raking or sweeping dirt out of parts of your turf. Consider that you’ll likely never be able to remove 100% of the dirt. Ideally, you’d want to solve this problem before installing your artificial turf so that you never get dirt on your synthetic lawn. You should look to solve this as part of your Site Assessment.

Urban Litter/Pollution
Most backyards won’t experience this, but some front yards will. If your turf area is going to be exposed to ‘public’ traffic, assess how much pollution your turf will experience from cars, pedestrians and ‘walked dogs’.

Look at the current area and assess the kinds of debris (dog hairs, road debris, candy wrappers, beer/soda cans & bottles, ‘dog droppings’, etc.) are in your turf area.

Just because your putting in synthetic turf, does not mean these pollutants will magically disappear. You’ll still need to clean your artificial turf area.

Local Climate
Depending on where you are located, your artificial turf may be exposed to snow and ice. You can sweep or shovel snow and ice off of your turf. Some dogowners like to 'clear a path' for their dogs to run on during winter months.

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