Black Mulch Dye, 6,400 Square Feet Coverage – Mulch Colorant for Landscaping & Garden Beds, Wood Mulch Dye, Mulch Color Restorer & Playground Bark Mulch, Eco-Friendly Mulch Paint – 1/2-Gallon Black

I have been buying new mulch every year, and schlepping it all over my garden because I love the look of the nice, crisp black mulch again each year, but my mulch would be faded again the next year. AND this wasn't good for my garden to continue adding more and more mulch on top each year. So when I found out there is just a spray you can use, to spray over your existing mulch, to make it look fresh and new again, I was sold! How smart! It was so easy to spray on, and I only needed to use a fraction of the bottle because it mixes with water (4 oz dye with 1 gallon of water). I did buy the suggested sprayer to use as well and it worked great. It can stain your concrete or siding, so I was very careful to not spray to wide when getting close to the house. It was so easy, so quick and I LOVE the fresh new look again. See my before and after pictures and you'll be sold too.

Mulch is expensive and when new, it looks great. It’s a lot of work to put down new mulch all the time. This stuff works great to freshen up the flower beds. Wear rubber gloves because it is a dye and will stain your hands. It is very effective at the job and lasts a good while.

I'll start by simply saying this works to restore color to your mulch. It's a deep, almost flat black that dries relatively quickly, but if you have spots of dirt exposed, this won't really be of much help. Any dirt that ends up dyed will not retain the dye color very long if at all. I bought this because I have chickens that sometimes free range and they love to scratch up my mulch beds and fling mulch and dirt everywhere. Every time I re-spread the existing mulch after they're back in the coop, some dirt from the beds end up becoming exposed and I was tired of looking at it. I purchased this spray and a 1 gallon pump sprayer. The coverage is good, and it blends well. The mulch that I re-dyed has retained color for a few rains with ample drying time in between. It's simple to use, but it is pretty thin and runny so your project can turn messy quickly. I would recommend a dedicated sprayer for this because of the mess. The bottle also came without any exterior bagging in my package and it leaked, covering all of my other items that I ordered with it, so beware when pairing this with something in your order. If you're buying this freshen up your mulch color, I'd recommend this. If you're trying to blend bare/dirt spots, set your expectations accordingly

Very very satisfied! Is applied it about 5 days ago but we have had a few heavy rains and I’ve watered my plants multiple times since then. I’ve seen no signs of fading or bleeding. I am constantly adding to or rearranging my landscape beds and touching up with fresh mulch has been a hassle and expensive. I’ve also added some compost to amend the soil in some areas that I used the dye to help blend it in. It didn’t take as well to the compost but helped it not stand out as much. I covered roughly the equivalent of 6 yards of mulch with 4 gallons of dye (4oz per gallon). For $20 and less than an hour of work, I can keep my mulch looking brand new all season long. I also use a mulching mower to cut my lawn and that tends to throw a good amount of clippings into the mulch every week. I just sprayed it with the dye and you would never know it’s there. Same goes for shrub trimmings (especially boxwoods) where you can’t get every little piece. Just spray and it disappears looking perfectly manicured at all times. I will have to update later with some photos. 10 out of 10 would definitely recommend!

This is the most incredible idea , my only problem is ……I didn’t think of it first !! Bravo

We decided to paint the house a month after I had installed 20 yards of red mulch, I really wanted dark mulch with our new color scheme. I couldn’t find anything online about mulch dye changing the color of mulch. I tried a cheaper product a few years ago and wasn’t impressed. But rather than dig the 20 yards out, I thought I’d give Colorback a try. Mainly so that I could have a dark base to put new mulch on top of next year and save my back from digging this all out. I applied one coat, I left it for a while and let my dog turn a bunch of it over exposing the red underside, I also raked some areas over where he doesn’t usually run to get the underside Colorback has impressed me, it did an impressively good job at changing the color of my mulch, I know this year I will see some red because I can’t spray every edge and angle of every piece of mulch but it has saved me from removing 20 yards of red mulch. I will probably be using this yearly even when I’m buying black mulch, I know it will save me from having to do 20 yards every year, changing my red to black I can only imagine how well it will work on mulch that’s already black or is just fading. 10/10 would recommend Side note- wear some junk shoes or rubber boots if you’re spraying it by your feet.

It works well initially but color doesn't last long. I thought the dye color would last longer than actual mulch, but it doesn't.

Maybe a good thing, but I think overall it was too messy and I will prefer in the future to just use a rake to stir up my mulch to make it look darker again.

Awesome idea but unfortunately I didn’t get to use it this year because my landscaping didn’t get done so it will get to work next spring and I can’t wait to use it! Totally recommend!

I like the price point. Good value.