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How Much Sand Do I Need for Sports Field Topdressing?

Sports, Turf _Tips, Services
Tru Mark receives a fair number of calls on subjects and products that generate some research and analysis. Recently a website visitor asked the question of how much sand do I need to topdress a football field? First le...
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Field Striping Support for 5 v 5 Soccer World Record

Sports, Services
Tru Mark personnel helped strip a 5 v 5 soccer field for a local soccer club that set a new world record. Here's some audio from a local radio station announcing the record breaking moment. A practice football field wa...
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Variety of Field Painting Challenges--Cleaning is #1 Issue

Turf _Tips, Services, Product_Review
We recently had a series of communications with a prospective customer asking about our field marking equipment. To help us better understand their requirements we generated a series of questions. We noticed from your w...
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Community Entities Joining Forces--Community effort matches uses to needs

Trends, Services
I ran across an interesting article from the Park and Recreation Business Magazine, Joining Forces, Community effort matches uses to needs. http://tinyurl.com/JoiningForces This particular article focused on the Yuma, A...
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Trouble Shooting Sports Field Marker Operations--Testimonial

Services, Testimonials
The simplicity of the 12-volt diaphragm pump technology (Shurflo) and the Tru Mark athletic field marker design leads customers through ample opportunities to to diagnose a problem through a process of elimination. In ...
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Impact of Herbicide on Seed Germination

Turf _Tips, Services, Product_Review
Dr. Dave Minner, Iowa State University Turf Grass Extension Educator, performed a field trial to learn the effects of herbicide application (broad leaf control) associated with the seed germination. This test did not fo...
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Sports Field Marking Whiskers for Cricket Pitch

Turf _Tips, Services, Testimonials, Product_Review
Some of the Tru Mark products we offer are used for a variety of purposes that we didn't originally foresee. Here's an example from a customer that is responsible for marking a cricket pitch in the United Kingdom. Her...
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Post Your Field Marking Services and Requests

Turf _Tips, Services
Area Field Marking Services and Requests We have had numerous visitors call or email requesting contact information on field marking services in their area. Here's your opportunity to post your field marking services a...
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2009 Midwest STMA Conference Attendee

Services, Demos, Product_Review
Tru Mark Athletic Field Marker General Manager/U/420/Userfiles/Blog/2009MidwestSTMAConferencBrochure.pdf">STMA program and brochure (1.4 MB PDF file) for the 6 state STMA sponsored event. Thursday June 24th includes Five...
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Study of of S. aureus on Infilled Synthetic Turf Systems

Turf _Tips, Services, Product_Review
Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences recently released a /U/420/Userfiles/Blog/staph_survival_on_synthetic_turf.pdf">Report to THE SYNTHETIC TURF COUNCIL On the Research Project SURVIVAL OF Staphylococcus aureus O...
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Football Field End Zone Design

Trends, Sports, Turf _Tips, Product_Review
When you think about the aesthetics of a football field, we know that the sideline numbers, lines and hash marks are there to guide and regulate play. Let’s take the next step and explore options for beyond the goa...
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Football Field Painting and Stenciling Videos

Trends, Sports, Turf _Tips
With football season around the corner it is a great time to get an idea on the scope of what is needed to prep your field. Not every field is going to need the attention, detail or man power of a premier D1 program or a...
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What You Need to Know When Painting your Logo on Tracks, Cement or Driveways/Sidewalks

Turf _Tips
Your team or organization's logo is important and is a symbol of pride. Painting your logo on grass is one thing, but what about hard surfaces such as parking lots, sidewalks and tracks? You can absolutely do this! The p...
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Baseball/Softball Mound Logos: Low Cost, BIG Impact

Trends, Sports, Turf _Tips
Fields are and always have been a source of pride for each team. The way the field is displayed, on the other hand, continues to evolve. Fields turned into stadiums. The grass went from whatever was grown locally, to per...
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Softball and Baseball Field Logo Stencils

Trends, Sports, Turf _Tips, Product_Review
It's 2020 - time to update your baseball field! After the hard work of mound rebuilding, regrading diamonds and topdressing are done don't forget to add your team's identity! Painting your logo on your baseball or s...
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Softball and Baseball Field Covers -Built to Last

Trends, Sports, Product_Review
You work hard for your field to be in perfect condition - protect it with a cover from rain, wind or snow!   PRO-Tector Full Infield Cover for Baseball or Softball Fields The PRO-Tector comes in standard size...
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Show Your Support for Breast Cancer Awareness with a Ribbon Stencil!

Trends, Product_Review
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Show Your Support! Respectfully show your support or bring awareness to this cause by painting a pink ribbon on your field or in your yard. Ribbon Stencils come in tw...
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