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#311246 11/06/12 01:40 PM
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Ok so I have some Ture Blue pond dye for the pond. My rip rap around the pond is crushed concrete 4" medium. Will the pond dye the concrete blue? Should I not bother with the dye. Our water fall is hard hard colored granite so not worried about that.


Help??? some one with experience?

Thanks Don.

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Don't pour the dye directly on or real close to the riprap. A dluted dye at normal concentration will not stain the concrete riprap. Add the dye off shore or along a shoreline without riprap so the dye has time to dilute befoe it reaches the concrete.


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Bill thanks so so much for the fast reply and your experience.

I really appreciate the help. All the shore line is rip rap.

Cheers Don.

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Dono I use dye alot in the cooler months. In my experience only things located near a high concentration of the dye have got stained. Following Bill's instructions should serve you well.

Edit BTW Nice (pictures)

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Can you release it in the middle of the pond or over a diffuser?


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Hey Don... Get you a real nice dock in there before it fills up. A lot easier now. Beautiful pond!!!

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Don -

Have you ever tried a Blue that's packed in a water soluble bag?
It's as easy as tossing it out from the shore...

Even if it were to stain some of your Rip rap, the sunlight will degrade it.


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Don, this is the ol' GA/AL redneck way that I used:
1 - get a bottle of beer and drink it.
2 - fill the empty bottle with the right amount of dye and add water to fill.
3 - grab another beer, walk down to the pond, and throw the bottle that doesn't have beer in it into the middle of the pond.
4 - go take a nap.


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Originally Posted By: rmedgar
Don, this is the ol' GA/AL redneck way that I used:
1 - get a bottle of beer and drink it.
2 - fill the empty bottle with the right amount of dye and add water to fill.
3 - grab another beer, walk down to the pond, and throw the bottle that doesn't have beer in it into the middle of the pond.
4 - go take a nap.


LOL - I expected nothing less. Imagine you had quite a nice bottle pile for structure after a few seasons...


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