EnviroColor Brown Mulch Dye 1 Gallon

Each year I spread over 30 yards of mulch and it is just too much work, not to mention expensive. I read the reviews for mulch dye and the Enviro Color dye had the best reviews so I thought I'd give it a try. Several reviews mentioned problems with clogged sprayers so I invested in a good quality battery powered sprayer (which I love!!) and used the fan shaped spray nozzle. I had no problems with clogging. I used about 1/3 of the bottle for 4 gallons of water which left me with a nice deep, even color. Any less than that and it will be too light and diluted. Spray each area twice, slowly once and back, and it should come out pretty even. Touch ups are easy. I tried it on a smaller bed first and we had an unexpected heavy rain storm that night - the color held up well and didn't run, though I did touch it up a little because I didn't use enough dye the first time. By the time I got to the next bed, I had my spray rate down and had figured out that you really need to use a lot more of the dye than they tell you to. So buy extra. One draw back is that only the top of the mulch is dyed so if you or your dog walk in the bed and mess up the mulch, you will have lighter spots. That wasn't a big deal for me, I have a number of very large beds and even with doing the occasional touch ups, it is SO much easier than spreading new mulch. As for cleaning up, its pretty easy. Just be sure to do it on the grass away from anything you care about, take a hose and fill the sprayer and then just spray out the water to clean out your wand and rinse out the sprayer a few times. I did have some over spray on my concrete drive way but a little bleach and it came out. Wear old shoes, gloves and old clothes. Overall, I am very pleased with this product.

Really liking this mulch color so far! PROS: - It's vibrant. It's brighter and seems to stay red longer than actual red mulch you buy at the store (which faded faster under the direct sunlight and rain). - So far, it's held up well through rain. No color running that I've noticed (with that being said, make sure you plan a day where there will be no rain for at LEAST 24 hours. 48 is even better). - I had no trouble mixing this and spraying it (with a standard sprayer that you would usually use for pesticides or weed killer - with that being said, because it's a 'paint', despite being mixed with water, you'll still need to clean the sprayer well, or it clogs.) - Please see the attached pic, my yard had grayed out mulch (that used to be 'cedar' colored.) I've had quite a few neighbors already tell me how much better it looks. My yard is still under construction, but this seriously made it pop and look beautiful! (You'll also notice that I got a little lazy and sprayed over some leaves as well, while doing the yard, hah). CONS: - Very messy clean up. You'll need to have a dirt area (NOT concrete - it stains fast) where you can rinse out the sprayer. Red colored solution will run for awhile before turning clear. Wear clothes that can get messy. It will stain. - You'll want to make a couple passes over mulch (at least). If anyone steps on the mulch and lifts wood pieces, the old faded color is instantly noticeable against the red. I highly recommend spraying a coat, waiting a few days, then spraying a second. This helps coat more angles of each 'wood chunk' of mulch. Overall, I'm very happy with the results! My front yard has a LOT of mulch - both sides of the sidewalk have mulch instead of grass too. And so far I've only needed 2 bottles of this product (1 which is still nearly full). THis is going over with 2 coats too. It goes a long way. PICTURE 1: Front yard with 2 coats. PICTURE 2: before and after color, to give you an idea of what I started working with. There is only a fast, once-over of red mulch spray. The end result looks much better after 2 full coats were done.

For the past 10 years I spend the whole month of May pretty much in the yard. I order 15 yards of mulch. Cart it around the yard and spread it to about an inch thick. The downside to this process is that after a few years you have to scoop up some of the "spent" stuff that looks bad before applying the new stuff. I wanted to speed that process up a bit and since I had a good amount of mulch down already it was just a matter of raking any leaves and debris away, mixing up the stuff that was stuck together and re spreading it out to look good. Mixing this stuff up is pretty simple 4oz. to a gallon of water, shake well and your ready to go. My spreader does not have a very long wand so spraying meant bending over. That took its toll on my old back pretty quick and since its a slow process of sweeping the wand back and fourth to get proper coverage i felt it was best to kneel and spray that way. Coverage seems pretty good I actually got pretty far (half the front yard) on my first gallon so I'm figuring that the whole yard will only take up about 16oz (the container is 32oz). Color is a nice deep brown, I would actually call it a VERY dark brown. So far so good I will update the review if something goes wrong or when I get around to touching it back up. If you have a question or comment just post it. I usually respond within 24 hours. I took 1 star off for a couple of reasons, I felt the smell of the product was kinda nasty, its really thick, almost like a tar.and while cleanup is with water its kinda a pain in the butt. *** UPDATE It is possible to cover very large areas quickly by adjusting your nozzle to "super soak" the area. Results are very good when you do this as long as you do not have to do any edging (near bricks or walkways). HOWEVER the amount of spray you go through is ASTOUNDING! When I took my time and sprayed slowly i wasted much less material but it took me 4 times as long to do it. So shoot it down fast and thick and your done in 5 minutes. Or take your time save some $$$ but takes 30 minutes to do. Lastly I did have some of the mix )gum) up my sprayer so I'd recommend cleaning it after you use it before the stuff solidifies.

I have over 1600 Sq Foot of Mulch in the yard. I like to have that dark rich new mulch color, so I replace it each year,,costing me hundreds of dollars. Mid Summer my new batch of mulch had already faded so I thought I would look for a less expensive maintenance option. I came across the Enviro Color product on Amazon. The reviews sounded positive, so I thought I would give it a shot. I purchased one container of the 2400 Sq. Ft. Black Forest Mulch Color. I checked the rain schedule as instructed...looked clear, so I applied the mulch color to my entire 1600 Square Foot Mulch beds. I used a $15.00 2 Gal. sprayer from Lowes which worked great, it has the wide spray nozzle and the Enviro covered beautifully. I had to rinse the nozzle once, as it will clog a bit, but the color went on easily and evenly. (Just be cautious of over-spraying concrete walkways.) I did use a two direction spray technique just to make sure it covered evenly. Took me about 2 hours and $25.00 worth of color to get Dark, Brand New looking Mulch....Wow looks great!!! It looks even better than my neighbor who laid his Mulch 5 days prior as you can see in one of the photos. Oh by the way, it rained 4 Hours later. I was worried my efforts were wasted...but even after the hard rain the Mulch color was unchanged from the time I sprayed it. Great product I will use again and continue to save hundreds of dollars and back breaking mulch replacement.

Been using this black dye for mulch for a while, it works great. Just follow the directions. Makes my older mulch look like new.

First, this stuff stinks . . . I mean it really reeks. 2) Its lumpy and needs shaking and stirring. You can't do it too much. 3) you MUST use a sprayer with a filter of filter it before hand. The more handling, the messier it gets. 4) If it touches ANY thing, it stains. 5) Good News ! Once you start spraying . . . it looks pretty good. It lasted the summer too . . . . the smell took about 2-3 days to dissipate. I've got enough left for Spring and probably will use it, but not sure if I would buy again for my small 900 square foot mulch area, too small for the hassle. Larger areas, it would be a time and money saver even with the messy prep work. I would guess to be worthwhile you should be covering at least 2000 square feet of mulch area and a 32oz container should do that nicely. Pros should offer this as a service for every other year service. Would be very profitable and save the homeowner substantial money compare to re-mulching just for "color".

I was tired of replacing my mulch bed every year since the quality of the mulch was still good but the color was gone. I figured I would try this product. I put it in a small one gallon sprayer and it worked great. Mulch looks like new. It has been down for a few months now and still looks good. If it starts to fade I will just touch it up again. It is a small bottle but it goes a very long way as you only need a few ounces per gallon. I would definitely recommend this product.

Just finished using this, and thinking about the review as I went along. I'm giving it 5 stars, because it worked as advertised, but I have a few caveats. First, as mentioned, I just finished using it, and it looks great right now, but if it fades immediately, I would downgrade this. As an aside, the container was smaller than I thought. It's one quart, not a gallon (and says that if you pay attention), but it covered what I needed covered. Obviously this does not replace mulch, which has many benefits, like weed control, water retention, soil cultivation. Also, you are just spraying the top side, so if you have lots of kids or animals or other things that are turning over the mulch, it will look faded quickly. I put on mulch about every other year. I order 5 yards, which seems to be enough to make about 100 wheelbarrow trips on a hot Saturday, and is a generally unpleasant job. Since I just did this last year, and have more than enough mulch down right now, but just wanted it to look better, I thought I would give this a shot. I took a rake and fist turned over the mulch for a bit, and pulled any big weeds. I hosed down areas that I didn't want to get colored, like walls, sidewalks, and plants. I used a new pump sprayer - spring for a new one and then just dedicate it to this job. You are going to be pumping gallons of dye through this thing, and it's never going to be the same, so just use it for this task. They're cheap. As a general note, you are essentially getting 32 ounces worth of dye, and should take obvious precautions, like wearing clothes that can get stains, and gloves, and keep the hose handy for any drips that you want to quickly spray. I only got one big drip on the concrete, but the hose quickly removed it. I went over everything twice, since it will absorb, and like any painting job (which this essentially is) the first coat never looks great. Good marketing that they have 'enviro' in the name, BTW, since it will feel anything but positive for the enviro as you stand in the middle of your yard and paint your mulch, but at least you can tell any noisy neighbors how the product has 'enviro' in the name. So, my mulch looks great now- it has that sharp black and green contrast between the mulch and the plants again. I also have some left over, which will come in handy to use a few days before we have a party or something. If you don't have a day and hundreds of dollars to dedicate to freshening up the mulch beds this year, but you do have an hour or so after work and $25 bucks, this is a good way to go.