Protect Your Artificial Grass from Pet Odors
The most common problem that pet owners encounter when it comes to artificial grass is the stink that develops after some time. Whether you DIY’d it or bought it from a top supplier, your lawn will eventually have a bad smell—if you didn’t know how to protect your artificial grass from pet odors.
Pets just love to roll, play, and even relieve themselves on artificial grass, much like how they are with real grass. Since artificial grass can’t break down animal deposits or naturally get rid of odors, it will be up to you to clean it and prevent it from smelling. The problem is preventing or treating pet odors isn’t an easy job, especially when the odor has set and just wouldn’t come off no matter what you do.
To help save you from such an unfortunate situation, our artificial grass expert shares these three tips to effectively keep pet odors from overcoming your artificial grass.
3 Ways to Protect Your Artificial Grass from Pet Odors
1. Choose the right infill
It always pays to do it right from the start, and that means choosing an infill specifically formulated to block pet odors. Shop around for infill with antifungal properties and odor control to effectively manage smells caused by fungus, mold, algae, and mildew. Are your pets relieving themselves on your artificial grass? Then go for an antimicrobial infill to suppress bacterial growth and stop ammonia from building up from pet urine.
Some infills designed for pet applications can also bring down the smell of ammonia by acting much like a magnet to gases and liquids, quickly absorbing and stopping them from forming a gas.
2. Clean your turf regularly
The key to making sure your lawn doesn’t smell is regular maintenance. Even if you use the most advanced kind of infill, your yard is bound to stink if you neglect to clean it from time to time. Lightly rinse your turf once a week, or more frequently if you’re keeping many pets in the area. You’ll want to rinse it more if you have bigger pets, too.
Remember that the infill flushes out the ammonia smell, so rinsing it from time to time can help it release any ammonia trapped in your turf and into the ground.
3. Use special pet odor solutions
Aside from the right infill and weekly rinses, another thing that can help prevent (or treat) pet odors are special pet odor solutions that deeply clean artificial grass. There are many kinds on the market, but it’s important that you choose one that’s hypo-allergenic, biodegradable, non-toxic, and safe for children and pets.
Once you’ve found a deep cleaning agent that works, take care not to use it too much. Use it only periodically, like once a month, or when you’ve just come home from vacation and your yard was left unattended for some time.
If you have questions on how to keep your lawn smelling nice or you’d want to hear some suggestions on the best solutions to pet odors, feel free to call or shoot us a message. 2 White Guys (2WG) has been serving Las Vegas, Henderson, and Summerlin with professional landscaping services for years, so you can bet we know the best ways to maintain a home’s lawn.