LawnStar Grass Paint Concentrate (500-1,000 sq ft) - for Dormant, Patchy or Faded Lawn - Lush Green Turf Colorant (32 fl oz)

I do a lot of spot spraying in our yards using herbicides, and I've found that the as-purchased spray wands that come with the common one gallon herbicide containers quickly clog, and the spray pattern quickly deteriorates as the typical AA Alkaline batteries lose charge. My current approach, which I've been successfully using for over a year, is based on adapting a Li-ion battery-powered spray wand (from Tovia on Amazon) for use with the standard 1 gallon insecticide/herbicide containers with 38-400 neck finish (cap thread). By having a dedicated container for each chemical, I avoid the problem of cleaning the spray container at the end of each job. To prevent clogging, I use a custom-built large-area screen filter on the wand-tube's inlet that is positioned at the bottom of the 1-gal container and use a custom-built funnel with integral 40-mesh strainer when filling the 1-gal container (see photos). This December I decided to green up my 700 ft2 dormant-looking lawn for the holiday season using a quart of the Lawn Star Grass Paint Concentrate (diluted 1 cup per gallon of water) with my electric-wand sprayer setup. For my dedicated green-spray container I purchased from Amazon a Mountain West's 1 Gallon HDPE f-style container with 38-400 neck finish and filled it with water and a cup of Lawn Star grass paint. As others have noted, it's a good thing I used my filter funnel, as the paint concentrate was quite liquid (no gel as some others have noted), but was filled with a lot of what looked like small dried paint shards that would quickly plug a sprayer (see photo). With my filter and strainer precautions, I had no plugging issues at all in my application. The battery-powered spray wand with Li-ion rechargeable battery worked great to apply the grass paint...a vast improvement over the everyday spray wands and pump-up sprayers. Since my lawn is surrounded by cement patio on two sides, I considered various alternatives to keeping the paint off the patio. In the end, I found that the spay wand was quite easy to control with only inches of overspray, so I wet just a foot-wide boarder of the patio with a sprinkler can to prevent any small overshoots from drying, and at the same time keeping the added water off the lawn. Then, I quickly washed any overspray incidents away with the sprinkler-can as soon as they occurred (only a few, and typically only a inch or so wide). I was nervous about the amount of paint to use for my pretty dormant-looking lawn, so I started by scalping it using my mower's lowest setting and then raked the driest areas pretty thoroughly to remove excess thatch. When I started applying, I though I was going to need more than four cups of concentrate for my lawn, but after adjusting the wand for the best spray pattern, I ended up using just 2 1/2 cups of concentrate...and the lawn looks great with great grass-looking color (see photo). At the end of spraying, I quickly emersed the spray-wand inlet into a 1 gallon tank of wash water and ran the sprayer for a few minutes to thoroughly wash it out. What I found is that the spray and concentrate dry almost immediately and stick tenaciously, so any cleanup of preparation aids (cups, funnels, preparation surfaces, etc) needs to occur immediately! I wore old painting clothes and covered pre surfaces with plastic...which worked well. In the end, a great looking lawn for Christmas and no paint spills...highly recommended.

I live in Las Vegas, not much rain and grass doesn't grow well. Also had expensive water line repair, so I decided to research all the lawn color products amd just cut the water off completely. Now Ill save $ on water as well as lawn care $. I decided on this brand from the review pictures, as this one had the best color IMO. It was shipped fast! I also bought a sprayer. As you can see from my before and after pics, it came out awesome. It was super easy to use. I'm very happy with everything. I used 2x the amount of paint per gallon to get a thick coat, but thats because of my situation. I don't know how long the color will remain. I'll update in a couple months, or sooner when I have to re-paint. The sprayer jammed up by the time I finished, the lawn. So make sure you clean the sprayer completely after each use.. Next, I'm going to spray my back yard which has just dirt and rocks. I'd rather look at green than ugly brown. If possible, I'll upload the results when I'm done with that project. I tried a small area and it's a big improvement. See pic.

Tested a spot of brown grass, the color absorbed well, looked natural green like rest of yard, and has lasted a week with sprinkler running each morning for 10 min. Still seems a bit pricey, if it were a few dollars cheaper it would be a perfect 5.

I thought it would look cheap and really REALLY fake/ugly. WOW was I wrong. After reading reviews on probably 100 other grass paints, I went with LawnStar. Let's go through the pro and con of it. PRO: 1) Super easy to use. I mixed half of the bottle in a 5 gallon bucket and it looks great. Very natural. 2) Easy to spray. I took the small filter knob off my sprayer because the paint did glob it up but that's because I didn't mix it well. 3) Very fast drying. 4) Their customer service is the best I've seen in years. I had a bottle arrive that had been damaged in transport and leaked. Upon notifying them of the issue they sent out a brand new bottle within a day, no questions asked. 5) Once dried it doesn't come off for months. The con's: 1) It's addictive to use. I now have the greenest grass in the neighborhood because as soon as a yellow grass blade appears, I spray it. 2) Your spouse will want you to upkeep the grass. 3) If you don't use gloves when mixing, you'll end up staining your fingers green and then have to endure jokes from your family and friends about how you are really good at gardening due to your ;green thumb;. 4) Neighbors will constantly ask you how you get your grass looking so green. Seriously, they come knocking on the door. UPDATE: We moved to a new home and a much colder climate. The grass is an ugly yellow/brown. All of the homes here have this dead grass. Granted, it's December and the weather is at 30 degrees, so yeah everything is dead. Well, I bought me 2 new bottles of grass paint from these guys. In about 3 hours I did my entire front yard with half a bottle. I didn't want to make it look AstroTurf green but rather more of a normal green. In a sea of yellow and dead yards, mine is lush and green. BTW a side tip. If you mow your grass on the second highest setting, you'll have a very nice lush yard.

I just got my @ss handed to me on this homeowner project. I thought this is an easy task for the front yard for the dead winter yellow grass. Absolutely not. I mixed the recommended amount of paint and water. I go outside to start spraying a sample section and then start the front yard and I’m clogged. I have used many liquids in my backpack battery operated sprayer and have never been clogged! I take apart inside and try to flush it out. I dump some of the solution in a bowl and try to add more water and stir it the best I can. Back outside and clogged again. Bring it in again and run hot water through the sprayer. Got green paint everywhere. Had to clean up every splatter the instant it landed. The sink started leaking green paint water and I’ve never had a leak. So cleaned that up. I ended up outside and dumped half of the solution in the yard. Poured hot water in and tried again now that I’m diluted maybe 75% beyond what was already recommended and diluted… still nothing comes out for more than 15 seconds before being clogged again. I’m sweating and the sun starts to set. So I’ve sprayed five feet maybe in total. The entirety of the yard is untouched. I’m physically sore and wasted half of a weekend day. The yard still looks dead. By the time I water this down 95% beyond recommended dilution to maybe get it through the sprayer will it even stain the yard? Never trying this again. Leaving nature as it was designed and going ti clean my house or do anything but ever spray my yard green for winter again.