Alliance Gator Maxx G2 Intelligent Polymeric Sand for Paver & Natural Stone Joints Up to 4" (Slate Gray) – 50 lb Bag

Used for my brick patio after pressure washing removed earlier sand filler Works well and hardens to prevent weeds

This stuff is amazing!! Very easy to work with and gave exact results it described! I had been contemplating a border to my large firepit and found cobblestone mats and needed a polymeric sand to solidify the project in place. I didn't like the reviews on the options in local stores and came across the Gator Maxx Sand G2 and figured the reviews were good. It took about 5 days to ship to me and I started my project right away. After laying my border and cobblestone mats, I cut the bottom corner of the bag to pour out a thinner line around the middle of the paved area. I didn't know if I would use the entire bag and wanted to make sure I didn't waste any product. This was super easy to spread out and fill the gaps. I tapped on the blocks and vibrated the surface and then went over a second time to ensure there were no gaps. I carefully brushed the excess sand from the top of the bricks. Then I sprayed, on the mist setting of my garden hose spray nozzel to kind of set the sand in place before using a gentle shower setting to get the water over the sand until the water stops soaking into the sand. And that's it! It's curing now but I am so pleased with how well my project turned out! I highly recommend this product and the cost is worth the quality and ease of use!

Bought a property 2 years ago that had some really great paver work in the back yard. A walk-out patio in the basement with a beautiful custom stair case (paver and cement) up to a wide landing (16ft) stair case up to a small deck. Then the same pavers from the other side of that deck around to the main driveway/garage entrance. In other words, lots of pavers. After power washing last year, I leveled all the pavers (picked them all up where they were washed out and no longer level and put new sand under them), and then put normal sand between the gaps. It looked really nice ..... for 1 year. This year, the pavers were still nice and level (I fixed the water run off issues last year so the pavers wouldn't just wash out again), but lots of the sand between the pavers had washed out from rain and the gaps got dirt in them ..... which turned into grass between my pavers (did I mention its a LOT of pavers). I was in the process of determining exactly how to kill myself when a friend of mine recommended trying paver sand instead of Home Depot sand. So..... back onto the power washer, cleaned out all the grooves (AGAIN), bleached the algae off the top of the pavers (it is quite shady in my back yard as there are lots of trees so the algae grows easily in the summer), and removed the remaining crud with a butter knife on my hands and knees. Did lots of research on what paver sand would work best for me. My pavers have a wide variability from 1/8" (butted up against each other) to over an Inch on corners where the pavers on the outside of the turn have gaps. I made sure at least 2 days passed after I power washed (and no rain) so all the surfaces were dry and then applied the Maxx G2 paver sand. I followed the directions using a bristle broom and a fine broom to remove as much of the excess as I could. Some reviewers complained that the product left a powder coat on top of their pavers. I noticed this as well, so before I applied the water to it, I added a step! I used my variable speed leaf blower on the very lowest speed and at a distance where it just provided a stiff breeze blew off the powder coat from the pavers left behind from the sweeping. This produced a visible cloud of dust. I used just enough wind so that the sand didn't move from the grooves, but that the top surface was completely clean. It worked great and left no visible residue that I could see. The results were fantastic. Very small grooves filled in on every crevice. Larger grooves filled in and provided a solid fill sand that has the consistency of concrete ..... but looks much nicer. So next year, I will not be power washing at all. Just a quick bleach and water mixture to kill off the algae and moss for a year and my pavers will stay looking like new without all that work! I highly recommend spending the coin on this product. Yes, it is a bit more expensive than the other paver sands, and a whole lot more expensive than basic sand, but it will save you so much time and looks so good when you are done.

Overall I'm ok with results. Only time will tell how well it holds up, and there are two factors that fell short of my expectations. 1) It is advertised as slate grey, but I would call the color closer to dirt brown. NOte: It appears "slate grey" actually speaks to a palate of colors, so technically the product may be right, just not what I expected. 2) the cured product is not "rock solid", but a bit spongy. I suppose the flexible nature adds to it's crack resistance, which is definately a goal. Tip: The cracks in my walk were nearly 2" deep so I tested the product first and discovered how spongy the final result was. I assumed this may have been caused by the water not penetrating the full depth so I elected to apply it in two shifts - 24 hours apart - to asure that water penetrated the full depth. This help reduce the spongy nature of the cured product, but did not eliminate it. Other than that, the product is certainly easy - almost fun to apply and my wife is happy with the results and that's all that counts!

We built a small patio for us to use until we make space for a larger patio in a couple of years. We used more affordable concrete pavers, no gravel, some leveling sand, and we knew it was going to be important to create joints with polysand. Gator Maxx G2 was recommended by some online discussions, so I gave it a shot. One bag was enough for our 12x10 area, with a tiny bit of extra, once it was all in the joints and we did the watering process, then the cleanup and all looked good. It was dry in under 24 hours and hasn't had any issues since in 6 months. Its currently winter here so we will see if there is any heaving or broken joints come spring.