Polypropylene Putting Greens - Nylon Putting Greens

Artificial Turf Facts

Not all artificial turf grass is the same. There are many companies who claim to offer you the best artificial turf in the world while hiding behind an e-mail address or phone number. The increasing popularity of artificial grass has brought aboard several new businesses.

We at Majestic Turf are proud to offer you the most detailed, factual artificial turf information available. We will educate you on the types of artificial turf available while stating the pro's and cons of each.

At Majestic Turf, our products were desgned with the customer in mind. Keep the cost down without sacrificing the quality of the products. Our artificial turf products are of high quality and realistic in appearance. With that said, many artificial turf grass products on the market look just that... artificial!

Majestic Turf, LLC was founded in the GRASS SEED CAPITOL OF THE WORLD (Linn County, Oregon). We know what top quality grass should look like.

Our products are mirrored after some of the finest natural grasses ever developed.

We encourage you to email or call us toll free with any questions you may have.

There are 3 types of artificial turf available to the consumer:

Polyethylene
Polypropylene
Nylon

Polyethylene- The unique trait with polyethylene is its "soft" texture.

Because of its soft fibers, polyethylene is the #1 choice for artificial grass lawns and play areas. Polyethylene turf is also the prefered turf for sports fields. It can be made up to 3" in pile height to mimic various natural grasses.

Lawn/landscape uses: Polyethylene is usually infilled with a combination of sand and or crumb rubber (made from recycled tires). The purpose of the infill is to help the fibers stand upright, hold down the turf & provide a softer surface.

Golf Uses: Not typically used for a Putting Surface but does make for an excellent fringe grass surrounding a Green.

Polypropylene - Is not commonly used as a lawn turf (or shouldn't be) because of it's characterisics. Polypropylene has a low melting point (155 de. F) and will show signs of wearing easily.

Golf Uses: Many companies use polypropylene as a putting surface and mostly because it is an inexpensive material.

Again, polypropylene cannot tolerate high heat/friction from foot traffic.

The low melting point only allows polypropylene to be manufactured in a one direction blade design. What does this mean for golfers? Basically, when you Putt on a polypropylene Putting Green you can expect a true roll in one direction only.

When you Putt against or across the grain your ball will skip across the turf. This is the biggest complaint with customers concerning polypropylene Putting Greens.

In all fairness, polypropylene artificial turf does have some advantages. A polypropylene Putting Green will accept a chip shot better at longer distances than other artificial grasses.

Nylon - The strongest artificial turf fiber on the market. Nylon can tolerate heat and friction better than any other fiber (Manufactured at 250 deg. F).

The high manufacturing temp. sets a memory into the nylon fibers which helps to minimize the "matting" effect that you get with other synthetic turf. You can park a car on a nylon surface and when removed, the fibers will spring back to there original position.

Golf Uses: Nylon makes for an excellent Artificial Putting Green. The fibers/blades are made with a multi-directional design.

Simply put, you can Putt in any direction on a Nylon Putting Green and always have a true ball roll.

Why a Nylon Putting Green is better:

Resists abrasion and scarring up to 250 deg. F (Poly. melts at 155 deg. F)
Truest ball roll in ANY direction (Poly. is one direction only)
Minimal sand needed. (Poly. has to be infilled to the top of the fibers)
Nylon is Long lasting!

Lawn/Landscape Uses: Nylon is typically not used for lawn/landscape applications because of its cost.

Types of Artificial Turf we use & sell

Majestic Turf utilizes both Polyethylene & Nylon artificial turf.

We use a 100 % polyethylene fiber blend for our lawn/landscape applications.

We use 100% Nylon for Putting Greens. We feel our customers deserve the highest quality material available and nylon is superior in perfomance and longevity.

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