Striping your turf in an organized way can help you have a more attractive and beautiful lawn. Lawn striping is a mowing or painting technique in a designed way to make your yard a piece of art. A mower and a paint striping machine are two different kinds of striping equipment used in lawn striping. A mower cuts pieces of grass or other plants that grow on the ground while a paint striping machine paints a piece of your lawn, yard, parking lot, or playground.

Mower

A mower machine is used to create interesting designs such as a checkerboard or some diamond patterns by cutting a portion of grass into your lawns. In this technique, you cut the grass in a more visually effective way that reflecting sunlight gives the appearance of alternating stripes of light and dark green colors. In the market, different kinds of mower machines are available and all types of mowers can create stripes. A mower machine equipped with rollers or a striping kit creates the best stripes in your lawn. The appearance of the stripes depends on many factors, including,

• Type of grass
• Heath and condition of the turf
• The direction in which the sun hits the lawn

Paint Striping Machine

 Line striping is a more niche-specific form of painting. It is used for a variety of work from lining lawns and sports fields, striping parking lots to striping roads and runways for airports. Paint striping machines are also available in different types for both commercial and domestic use depending on the purpose of use. These machines use paints for strip painting and different kinds of paints are used for different purposes. Paint striping machines are most commonly used on the turfs like asphalt and concrete than the grass lawns. Paint Striping machines are easy to use and one can create bright, clean and professional looking lines in his/her first attempt.

The most common and least expensive paint that can be used for domestic purposes is water-based regular dry road paint. In general, there are three types of paints are used for paint striping purpose, basic line striping paint, glass bead, and thermoplastics.

You can easily learn how to stripe your lawn and get some beautiful and visually effective stripes you’ve seen in a sports stadium or on a golf course using the striping equipment. Lawn striper kits are the easiest way to stripe your lawns. Some of the commonly used mowers are lawn mower roller, riding lawn mower, lawn tractor or garden tractor. If you want painted striped for some specific use such as sporting events then you can use paint striping machine for the purpose.