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Very good

Very good

Use limestone grit or grow grass use golf course leavening sand

I like it!

Can you please tell me if the scraped up material has to be removed or does it just get spread back out?

Thanks for the video. We have 2 har-tru courts in our subdivision. They were renovated 7 months ago because they had a lot of moss and really hard and compacted areas. These courts get very little play as in maybe ten hours per court each week. I was the person taking care of the courts however since they were renovated I lost interest in playing and no longer felt any responsibility for volunteering my time taking care of the courts. I visited the courts two weeks ago and saw that they looked just as bad as before the renovation. Moss and hard areas took up more surface than decent clay. I just received this rake and it is great. I added a bunch of weigh to it which makes a huge difference. I still have a big problem trying to break through the hard crust that has developed. Can you offer a tool for getting through this? The stainless brood might do it eventually but it will take hundreds of passes and we can't afford the power unit from the other video. Thanks

will limestone screenings or HPB gravel (High Performance Bedding- granite) work instead of red brick dust?

I have brown clay court (not HarTru). A de-thatcher (power rake) works good to grind up the top 1/4" - 1/2" of clay. This works great to freshen the clay, get rid of algae, etc. You can run the power rake with the lines off, or you can run it with the lines on if you REAL careful. They rent the rakes at Home Depot. Takes about 4 hours to do the whole surface with the lines off. Go one direction, then over again the other way. After the raking the soft loose clay will need to be flattened with a long straight edge (aluminium ladder works ) and compacted with a roller. Court looks brand-new when done.

I do this as a job now. And its pretty good way to make a living.

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Hey fool, oyster shell is 36% calcium, that is not an idea "fertilizer" for algae. In fact the algae will thrive on most any surface in the wet Nor Cal climate. While brick dust is "sustainable" it is foul a crap to deal with in dry weather. It will stain almost anything, so people working on bocce courts where brick dust may contact with other stone work or concrete are usually going to very unhappy about the result. Additionally brick dust absorbs a huge amount of water, as it dries out it cakes up with a substantial white cover, the left over sodium.....so while brick dust may be a good option for some people....it should be the last option. Before brick dust, use red decomposed granite or red crushed stone fines if you want a red color.

Looking real good

God father of Tennis clay court.

Thanks for sharing this info John!Have you been satisfied with the Venus tiller now that you've had it a few years?Do you have contact info for that manufacturer?

How effective & sustainable is the brick dust?

John - just before the brick dust was applied the video mentioned the court was "lasered in". Do you use a surface laser, like the Bosch GSL2, or a line laser that you measure down from at various points, or something else?

can you leave the DG as the playing surface??

where can I buy "brick dust" in the Bay Area?

Hi John, Besides Napa Valley what are the other clubs or centers you converted to clay? Some places where I play, I'd like you to convert theirs in southern cal to red. clay. Two places already have green clay and I know one other that is interested but concerned about the costs.