Blue marker dye for a garden sprayer spraying weeds

[Donald]

I would like to add blue marker dye to my garden sprayer but am afraid it will make such a mess it will not be worth the trouble. Mess on the lawn, in sprayer or on me. End up with blue hands.

I know they sell the blue marker dye to add to a sprayer but is it more hassle in the end than it's worth?

 

[JohnnyG]

Lawn services use it all the time down here. Doesn't seem to be an issue for them.

 

[spasm3]

End up with blue hands.

 

[MParr]

The dye is to identify areas or targets that have already been sprayed.
It’s similar to foam type markers used on big spray rigs.

 

[Donald]

The dye is to identify areas or targets that have already been sprayed.
It’s similar to foam type markers used on big spray rigs.

I know what it's for. I just don't want to end up with a mess and say to myself "I wish I had not tried this".

 

[Cujet]

I have some, I did not find it all that useful. It did not linger more than a day or two.

 

[FowVay]

Donald, I use the blue dye in my tank sprayer when I apply weed killer and it is definitely a valuable asset. If you are spot-treating weeds it makes it much easier to see what you've sprayed and what you haven't. However,,, it's a mess!! One tiny drop gets on everything. I have blue stains in my driveway that seem to last for months from where I put a squirt of the dye in my 2.5 gallon handheld tank sprayer.

I bought a quart of the stuff a couple of years back and I mix it with some cheap dish detergent that I use as a surfactant to help keep the weed killer on the leaves of the target weed. So now I have the blue dye mixed in a 15 oz. squirt bottle. It has helped with keeping the dye from splashing and dripping all over the place but I strongly recommend you wear latex gloves when working with it.

So, get some and use it. It's water soluble but it will stain for a short period of time.