Grey Pearl Bocce Blends The installation of an Italian Bocce Ball Court provides an excellent way to spend afternoons and evenings having backyard fun with family and friends. We blend this unique oyster shell and flour material with 1/4" minus fine or even more fine 2mm decomposed granite and crushed stones in Arizona and Texas, depending upon the color of blend requested. This is because the geology of the Southwest favors certain rock color formations in different regions.
We try to work with Texas ingredients as much as possible but for the benefit of superior quality we often need to visit quarries outside of Texas. Blended materials will indicate the region of production.
Our Decomposed Granite 1/4" Minus is blended with premium quality composted crushed oyster shell flour that results in the typical traditional Italian bocce ball court. This mixture is installed over a layer of standard 3/8" minus decomposed granite to a depth of 1-1/2 to 3 inches, which equals 1 ton of blended material per 100 to 150 square feet.
The role that oyster flour plays in bocce court surface mixtures is to keep the decomposed granite from becoming extremely hard and unworkable for grooming. The oyster flour flakes keep the decomposed granite from completely binding together. Through the normal course of play; ruts, troughs, and material displacement takes place. Our decomposed granite oyster shell blend is in the traditional Italian bocce ball court surface formula. When groomed out it makes a smooth solid surface to play on. When play is completed it makes for an easy surface to quickly renovate.
Oyster Shell Flour
Oyster shell flour is applied over the top of the finished court surface at the rate of 1/4 to 1/2 pound per square foot resulting in a thin layer of finely crushed oyster shell flour for a very smooth playing surface.
Shipping In Texas, blended materials are shipped in bulk amounts of up to 25 tons. Smaller orders in 2,000 and 3,000-pound SuperEarth-sacks and can be shipped anywhere in Texas and the USA.
