Installation Instructions
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Step 1 - The “over the shoulder” carry. A 30 by 12 1/2 foot LakeMat® weighs about 48 pounds. (This demonstration LakeMat® is 18 feet and weighs 45 pounds).
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Step 2 - Rolled up, the LakeMat® is 6 feet, 3 inches tall. Do these waders make me look fat? Sarah Palin looked good in her waders.
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Step 3 - Using any judo or jujitsu move of your choice, throw you LakeMat® on the ground. (We suggest near the lake).
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Step 4 - Unroll the LakeMat®. The lake weeds are starting to get nervous, they know something’s up.
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Step 5 - If unrolling your LakeMat® seems like too much work, you can take a break and admire what you’ve accomplished so far.
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Step 6 - Back to work. With zen-like focus, finish unrolling the LakeMat®.
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Step 7 - The LakeMat® is folded in two. take one corner and with a bold, sweeping action...
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Step 8 - Walk sideways as shown, while holding the LakeMat® corner, (the seaweed is trembling with fear)...
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Step 9 - Keep pulling...”Hey, chu can do-it!”
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Step 10 - And voila`, your LakeMat® is now unfolded (12 feet, 6 inched wide), and ready to kill lake weeds.
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Step 11 - Feel proud of you new-found skill: unfolding your LakeMat®. Show off to the neighbors if you like.
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Step 12 - Perhaps a little impromptu posing or dancing beside your LakeMat®...
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Step 13 - Down to business. Pick up your LakeMat® and pull it into the water. Aquatic weeds begin screaming in terror at the sight of you.
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Step 14 - The LakeMat® is made of an exclusive, patented, fabric matrix, approved for use by the Department of Environmental Quality.
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Step 15 - One square foot of LakeMat® fabric lets 90 gallons of water flow through per minute. It doesn’t take long to sink to the lake bottom.
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Step 16 - The LakeMat® glides effortlessly through the water, allowing you to place it exactly where you want to control lake weeds.
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Step 17 - The LakeMat® begins compressing aquatic weeds and depriving them of sunlight as soon as it’s placed.
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Step 18 - LakeMat® also acts like giant snowshoe for soft lake bottoms. It may not be perfect like a sandy ocean beach bottom, but you won’t be sinking into your knees anymore.
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Step 19 - “Mission accomplished!” Now it’s time for a little more showing off for the neighbors. Total time elapsed: about three minutes, not including any breaks you took.