Well I screwed up my yard in a big way today

@doitmyself Sounds like Spartan Grade A Mix would be a contender. We shall see what happens over the next few days.
40% Kentucky Bluegrass
20% Perennial Ryegrass
20% Creeping Red Fescue
20% Chewings Fescue
You must have been reading my mind. I've been successfully using Earth Carpet Spartan Grade A for decades, but last year I tried Earth Carpet's Madison Parks on recommendation from my seed salesman to see if it might work better on my well drained sandy loam soil. MSU has been switching to Turf Type Tall fescue in an attempt to reduce maintenance input (fertlizer, water, pesticides).

LaCrosse Seed near the airport is the regional EarthCarpet turf seed distributor. If you have some sort of business tie, you might be able to purchase from there at wholesale. https://us.dlf.com/la-crosse-seed/turf/brands/earth-carpet/earth-carpet-products
 
If it was my lawn, I would consider giving it time for the active ingredient to mostly deactivate, rake it rather heavily and then just overseed. Otherwise you will be dealing with loose soil going into fall and winter.
 
The results 10 days after. Not as bad as I thought it would be.

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I guess I could rototiller it deep in a month or so. Seed it and see what happens. Buying Sod for 5,000 square feet would be out of the question.
No reason to rototiller just wait a week to see the damage I'm thinking you wiped most of it out of you sprayed at recommend dose. Cut short de thatch clean up debris. Buy a quality Kentucky Blue Grass tall fescue seed and put it down. Keep it moist until full germination. Your doing a unexpected lawn renovation good luck. Order your seed on line from United seed great quality blue tag weed free seed. It's actually a perfect time for a lawn renovation in Michigan . This is my Kentucky Blue Grass renovation from last August

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