Do it. I dye pine straw when I put it down. I did my buddy's yard a couple winters ago. I just dyed some red mulch a couple weeks ago and sprayed some black mulch this past Monday. I found a recipe for some cheaper turf dye than the commercial stuff. I've been using Envirocolor mulch and pine straw dye. Can't remember which turf paint I used. I did 2 coats on this front yard, went heavier than needed since it was my first time. It popped all winter long.

 

Can you provide more details on your pump? How are you running a 12 volt pump off of an m18 battery?

 

This recipe came from a guy in Texas this year, didn't try it myself yet.

 

Have done a couple lawns in April, just ran the lesco turf paint through my flow zone, took a long time, looked good though

 

My biggest tip is prewet any concrete along the sides of your area. Have a bottle of water handy if you get some on it, it flushes away easy. I always mix it in the area that's getting painted, I have a seperate bucket to carry water to it for refills. You don't want to spill it where it doesn't need to be. I dropped the bucket when I was done with the green lawn in the street heading back to the trailer and spilled excess all over the road once. 🤣

 

I wonder if running this through an airless paint sprayer would be more easier and faster

 

Still have to power the airless sprayer somehow. Still have to mix it in a bucket. I've seen guys use battery backpack sprayers but I'm not interested in messing one up for this. No issues on the battery running 12v. It just a cheap battery adapter and have it wired to a switch with a fuse built in.