That results transition tho 😮 Detailed Sand Leveling tips 👇 Don’t do it with tall grass - If you try to drop sand on tall grass and rake it smooth, you’re going to have a bad time. Sand leveling is more helpful for short lawns, especially when using a reel mower / greens mower. I have tried putting sand on grass that is 3/4” and the rake was getting caught a bouncing. Scalp the lawn first - I tell people to cut the grass as low as possible before putting sand down. Preferably half an inch or shorter. This helps spread the sand smooth and evenly. It also gives the grass a nice height of cut reset. Use a wide rake for leveling - The wider the rake, the bigger the gaps that will be filled. You can use a 36” or 42” leveling rake, or, even a 10ft leveling drag. A wide rake keeps the sand in the low spot whereas a small rake will pull the sand out of the dips. If you know you have a long, narrow dip that needs leveled, position the rake perpendicular to the low area so the sand stays in the valley. Proceed with caution on cool season lawns - Warm season grasses like Bermuda and zoysia recover from scalping and being covered with sand very well. Cool season grasses can recover, but if I were going to sand level Kentucky bluegrass or rye, I would probably do multiple lighter top dressings over time as opposed to one heavy one. Or, I would do a sand leveling as part of a fall renovation including an overseed to make sure the lawn is full again after recovery. Give plenty of fertilizer and water - Water a lot after the sand is down because the grass needs it but also a lot of water can help the sand settle down into low spots. You can fertilize on top of the sand since you are going to be watering but you could also fertilize before as long as the fertilizer gets watered in first so it doesn’t get moved around into piles by your rake when you are raking the sand. Do it when your type of grass is most actively growing - For warm season lawns like Bermuda and zoysia, sand leveling is best done in the summer so they can recovery quickly. For cool season lawns like bluegrass, rye or fescue, sand leveling would best be done in the fall so the grass isn’t so stressed by the heat of summer and the lawn can recover into winter. Trust the process - Right after the lawn is covered with sand, you will think “what have I done?! 😱”, but trust the process, you will start to be encouraged after even just a few days when the grass starts popping through the sand again. 1 cubic yard of sand (1.4ish tons) per 1k sq ft of lawn - This has been a pretty good rule of thumb. But, if the lawn is extremely unlevel, it may need more than this. If the lawn is pretty even already, you can use less sand. Use Masonry sand - Masonry sand is pretty readily available at construction supply places. It’s what bricklayers use for their mortar. Masonry sand should NOT have any rocks in it larger than a tiny pebble so it works well for people wanting to use reel mowers. Enjoy your beautiful flat lawn - The results after sand leveling are my favorite thing to see. You get only the green grass leaves popping up over the sand so it looks great, and the sand will also help with drainage to an extent so your lawn won’t stay as soggy as what it has in the past. #SandLeveling #LawnRenovation - @thelawntools