Re: [APD] Turface is not black

["S. Hieber" <shieber at yahoo_com>]

Good job, Unit One,

Sorry about your name, ;-)
Scott H.
--- Unit One <unit_one at freemail_lt> wrote:
> > I called the turface company according to them they do
> not make a turface
> > black or any black product. They only make it in "grey"
> is this what your
> > all calling black? 
> 
> Yes, you are correct. Everybody on the net calls Turface
> "black". It  is 
> actually called Turface MVP "dark".
> The company makes no mention of the dark colored Turface
> MVP anywhere on 
> the site (AFAIK).
> 
> http://www.profileproducts.com/turface/index.html
> 
> There is a pic on the front page of Turface MVP in plain
> tan color.
> Here is another page with Turface info (same site):
> 
>
http://www.profileproducts.com/turface/index_athleticturf.html
> 
> 
> An interesting bit of info from the site:
> "The raw material for TURFACE® and PROFILE? is found in
> only one deposit 
> owned by PROFILE Products LLC. PROFILE controls the
> entire mining, 
> manufacturing and quality control process. PROFILE
> Products manufactures 
> TURFACE and PROFILE exclusively for sports fields and
> golf course 
> applications for building root zones that will stand up
> to intense 
> athletic use."
> 
> Hopefully everybody will get on the same page and call it
> "Turface MVP 
> dark" from now on.
> 
> Now to slay the other dragon. "Lignite" is actually
> Leonardite:
> 
> "http://www.bhbentonite.com/lignite.html";
> 
> "Lignite, also known as leonardite, mined lignin, brown
> coal, and slack, 
> is an important constituent to the oil well, drilling
> industry. Lignite, 
> or leonardite as it will be referred as hereafter, is
> technically known 
> as a low rank coal between peat and sub-bituminous.
> Leonardite was named 
> for Dr. A.G. Leonard, North Dakota's first state
> geologist, who was a 
> pioneer in the study of lignite deposits. Leonardite is
> applied to 
> products having a high content of humic acid."
> 
> Diamond Black by General Hydro is Leonardite...not
> lignite.
> 
> http://www.genhydro.com/diamondb.html
> 
> "Diamond Black is a unique organic form of Leonardite
> containing an 
> exceptionally high percentage of beneficial plant active
> organic humic 
> and fulvic acids."
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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