Now, one of the biggest complaints that we get from customers is that they’ve tried all the various different artificial grass cleaners on the market, and nothing has worked for them. Now, it’s your personal preference really what you use, although if you are washing floors or anything with the cleaners, you CAN’Tuse the PIA if you’ve got a septic tank. These are alive, very little, and specifically chosen microorganisms that replicate the way that soil and nature break down any waste products that are in the garden. Poo or wee, and all those sorts of things. The one good thing with it though is that actually, if you’ve got puppies, or if you’ve got dogs that have accidents, or dog beds, maybe stinky old dogs, you know how they get. We would be very dubious about using it if you’ve got an awful lot of planting around your grass area because it’s not going to be particularly good for the plants or fish.

This is a really strong disinfectant, but the Biocidal agents in it actually rupture the smell molecules, so whereas the enzymes eat the molecules, these just go in and basically smash them up with chemicals, and bash the hell out of them. Whether or not you can use your pressure washer on fake grass depends on if the grass has infill. Infill is any product that is placed between the blades when the grass is installed, usually to weigh down the turf and prevent it from flattening.Now, when we’re cleaning doggy daycare areas, we clean a lot of grass for the police and the military doggy businesses. The cleaning times will sometimes mix them up, so they’ll be cleaning a sub base for a few weeks, and then they’re going to clean the top with the PIA. You can get a ready-made PIA spray that you can just spray over, and know that the grass is completely clean. PIA kills everything, so it kills bird flu, swine flu, kennel cough, wisteria, salmonella, and everything like that, as well as killing the smell as well.

And don’t forget, the dog pee is under the grass, so whatever cleaner you use you’ve got to saturate the area. Do it properly, don’t just squirt a bit over the top, and hope for the best, because your grass is still going to stink, and you’ll be phoning me and moaning. Did you know that competitive swimmers do not wear Lycra swimming costumes, because actually the chlorine and the bleach in swimming pool water will actually eat their swimming trunks and bikinis? So, people who do an awful lot of competitive swimming, and are in swimming pools a lot, have to have specific fabric for their costumes, otherwise, they all fall to bits and will frighten the public. So, when we have an amazingly hot summer, which I’m sure we will this year (NOT!) you want to probably swap from the PONGO to the PIA. The PIA actually you CAN mix it and you can leave it. So, in many ways, it’s a little bit more user-friendly. They also smell very different, so some people prefer the WEE FREE, and some people will prefer the PIA.If you want to know how to remove dog urine odour from your artificial grass, you may visit our Dog Wee University!

When you’re looking for your artificial grass cleaners, be looking for bio enzyme or biocidal cleaners. During autumn, leaves and twigs will blow on an artificial lawn which could encourage weed growth. Remove the debris regularly with the stiff broom, grass rake or a leaf blower. Again, under no circumstances use metal. Bio-enzyme products are more expensive than other cleaners because they’re much more expensive to make – don’t blame us!If the artificial grass has been installed correctly weeds will not grow through. However, airborne seeds may nestle within fibres and grow on the surface especially around edges of the grass membrane. Because any weeds that germinate will be on the surface level of the lawn, they can be easily removed by hand. Jeyes fluid, again, it’s a disinfectant, so it’s killing the bacteria whilst not doing anything for the things that are actually causing the bacteria.