fibre additives for sand arena

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We've just had a sand arena installed and the plan was always to add a fibre stabiliser within the next couple of months otherwise it would ride too deep with just sand. Can anyone recommend any to me? Was looking at the Martin Collins Clopf but very pricey! Leisure Ride Surfaces seem to be coming up fairly cheap but would like other peoples suggestions/thoughts if they have had some added they can recommend (or not!)
 
Unless you have compacting silica sand no additive will stabilize the sand to any degree unless saturated. I speak from experience having been sold up the swaney by MC!

If you have compacting sand then the fibre additives work but need to be regularly maintained and reburied otherwise the fibre rises to the surface and just sits on top.
 
I added Clopf and it is amazing!!! Turned our arena around from very loose surface that HAD to be levelled everytime someone jumped on it, to a surface that now rides like a waxed surface and only needs levelling once per week max even with jump lessons on it, etc. Also I had to water the surface previously, since adding the Clopf I no longer have to do so :)
 
1timeonly said:
We've just had a sand arena installed and the plan was always to add a fibre stabiliser within the next couple of months otherwise it would ride too deep with just sand. Can anyone recommend any to me? Was looking at the Martin Collins Clopf but very pricey! Leisure Ride Surfaces seem to be coming up fairly cheap but would like other peoples suggestions/thoughts if they have had some added they can recommend (or not!)
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I am another one that was ripped off by Martin Collins and their Clopf surface, in the end I had to take it out and replace and that replacement was not only cheaper, but 100 times better. I got the worst customer services from them ever in my life, they really didn't care once I handed the money over.

stay away and look else where, you can PM for details.

Thanks
 
No amount of fibre will help sand from Mansfield sand, it isn't the grade as advertised, and is totally unsuitable fore riding on. I know because I had it, had it tested and analysed by a company, found this out and demanded my money back.
They used sand from the quarry up from me, that's where they got mine from and thats where your's will have also come from.

I had to rip mine up, get proper equestrian fine sand then added Combi ride to it.

They wil try and convince you otherwise, as they did me, but as I'm not that daft they were wasting their time trying to fob me off. They admitted liability and I got my money.

Professional arena builders won't touch it with a barge pole.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but a lot of people have found this out.
 
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