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Typical Grain Size Distribution for our Top Dressing Sand for Winter Games Pitches

Material complies with acceptable limits of sand size for top dressing sands for winter games pitches as described in the Sports Turf Research Institute (STRI) publication "Sands for Sports Turf Construction and Maintenance". Our Top Dressing Sand for Winter Games Pitches is designed to sit at the coarser end of the STRI grading

Sieve Size
(mm)
%
Passing
Upper Boundary
(Fine)
Common Boundary
(Fine)
Common Boundary
(Coarse)
Lower Boundary
(Coarse)
Complies?
10.000 100.0 98 100 100 100 Yes
8.000 100.0 98 100 100 100 Yes
4.000 100.0 98 100 100 100 Yes
2.000 100.0 98 100 100 100 Yes
1.000 100.0 90 95 100 100 Yes
0.500 98.2 55 65 100 100 Yes
0.250 60.1 10 15 60 70 Yes
0.125 0.7 0 0 2 5 Yes
0.063 0.0 0 0 1 2 Yes
0.000 0.0 0 0 0 0 Yes

Chart: percentage passing against grain size
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