where to get the new south down sand

[michaelm2431]

search isn't working. I looked thru 20 pages . I give up for the night. Mike

 

[billsreef]

The Kolor Scape sand is not the oolitic aragonite sand that we all came to know as "Southdown". It's whiter and has an angular crystal structure. Yes it fizzes, it's likely calcite based on the shape of the grains. Just another form of calcium sand basically. Not quite the same fine and soft stuff as the old southdown, but I don't see any reason not to use it either

 

[michaelm2431]

Thanks Bill. I've read for years on the chemistry of sand and never understood it till now.

 

[onegreenray]

stinks we can't get the southdown anymore.

that is sweet sand

 

[magyk74]

I have two 50 lb bags of southdown if you need

 

[olemos]

Has anyone spotted this stuff around Long Island?

 

[efisher]

Is there a way to ship Southdown sand.