Product Care
Regular maintenance of your Fiberbuilt Golf mat or tee line will ensure maximum life for their components, keep them looking great and reduce the need for replacements. Here's a quick guide for taking care of your product:
Hitting Surface Panels
Cleaning: Fiberbuilt Grass and Player Preferred Series hitting surfaces should be pressure washed once per year to remove any sand or dirt that has accumulated in the fibers. For high-volume use, such as on busy ranges or in teaching studios, you can pressure wash them more frequently.
Minimizing Wear:
Player Preferred Series - Regularly changing the ball position for hitting on the 2'x4' Pure Impact Turf hitting panels will optimize the patterns of wear on the panels. These panels can also be rotated 180º to increase their lives.
Fiberbuilt Grass Series - Hitting surface panels can be rotated 180º as wear emerges on one side. Additionally, these panels consist of individual squares that can be rotated for maximum life. Here's an example with 4-foot panels (4 square sections):
When the middle squares need replacing, remove them from the hitting surface, bring the outside panels to the center and replace the outside panels with 2 new ones OR as shown below, when you have two hitting surfaces take the 2 end panels from the panel ‘B’ 4-pack and use them to replace the worn inner panels just removed from panel ‘A’.
To rotate the panels, remove the L-channel brackets and separate the four panels that make up the hitting surface. Rotate the panels so that you have a ‘new’ panel in place of where the rubber tees would be placed. Once the panels have been rotated, to re-assemble the panel components evenly and securely use a rubber hammer and “jig” to fasten the components back in place. It is important that all four components are level to recreate the smooth hitting surface.
Once the four panels have been re-assembled you can attach the “L channel”. You will need to shift the ‘L channel” slightly and drill the self-taping Robertson #2 screws into the bottom of the panel. Do not reuse the same holes.
Performance Turf
Cleaning: Sand and dirt collects in the nylon fibers of Performance Turf and will deteriorate and damage the nylon if it is not washed regularly. Whether it's in Performance Turf Series Tee Boxes or stance and spacer mats in Fiberbuilt Grass Series mats, the turf should be removed from the rubber foundation and pressure washed every few months.
Minimizing Wear: Performance Turf mats can be rotated regularly to balance wear. Rectangular mats can be rotated 180º and square mats can be rotated 90º at a time to maximize the life of your turf.
Rubber Foundation
Maintenance: The rubber foundation should be swept out occasionally. The frame may also be pressure washed. You will need to ensure that the drainage holes do not plug up with sand and dirt. You may also consider drilling additional holes into the rubber foundation to accelerate the water drainage.To keep your rubber foundation looking clean and new, you can apply tire cleaner (like Armor All) to the OUTSIDE EDGES ONLY. (Do not apply to the top surface as it will reduce the grippiness of the turf's backing and make it less stable during swings.)
Ball Trays
Maintenance: Ball Trays should be swept and cleaned occasionally and may also be pressure washed. To keep ball trays looking new, apply a tire cleaner (like Armor All) to the ball trays.
Off-Season Storage (for Practice Facilities)
Stack hitting panels vertically against a wall and stack only 5-8 deep. (DO NOT stack the hitting surface horizontally on top of each other; this will flatten the nylon fibers.) The turf stance mats and the rubber foundations can be stacked on each other horizontally. Do not mix the stack.
For further guidance on the best ways to maintain your mats or tee lines, or order replacement components, please contact our customer service team.