General

Approved installers undertake installation of the Classic Clay system. The sub-surface should be assessed for compatibility and once approved installation should take no longer than three working days per court and can be played on immediately.

The polypropylene ‘binder’ layer is delivered in rolls and is quite literally unrolled, joined in sections on the subsurface and glued in place. The mineral infill is then distributed across the court and swept into the ‘binder’ to finish. Some settling of the mineral infill is to be expected in the initial months of play and may need topping up till completely worked into the ‘binder’ layer. The primary focus of the Classic Clay system is the mineral infill or ‘clay’ covering the entire play surface area.  This layer is responsible for the majority of the clay characteristics when the player and ball interact with the surface.

There are 2 components to the Classic Clay system, one simply acts as a specialised ‘binder’ for the other.

• CLASSIC CLAY COMPONENT 1         [Mineral infill]
  Due to the nature of the enamel like coating, the Classic Clay mineral infill requires a specialised binding layer to contain and hold the infill at a particular depth and in one place. Without the ‘binder’ layer, the infill would simply wash and blow away like a traditional clay court.

• CLASSIC CLAY COMPONENT 2         [Infill binder layer]
  The binder layer has been fine tuned in synergy with the size and shape of the mineral infill to result in a perfect balance and true ‘clay’ playing character.
  The composition of the binder layer elements is unique and include a specialised backing cloth for strength and durability, a perfected latex composition for stability, premium UV stabilisers and extreme temperature tolerances.