{"id":3948,"date":"2026-10-16T08:42:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T06:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/lexikon\/acclimatization\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T09:56:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T08:56:02","slug":"acclimatization","status":"publish","type":"lexikon","link":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/lexikon\/acclimatization\/","title":{"rendered":"Acclimatization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Artificial grass is delivered tightly rolled. This creates tension in the <a href=\"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/lexikon\/backing-backing-fabric\/\">backing fabric<\/a> and visible roll creases. During <strong>acclimatization<\/strong>, the strips are unrolled before cutting and left to sit for a few hours\u2014ideally in the sun.  <\/p>\n<h2>Why it is important<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Roll creases and waves smooth out<\/li>\n<li>the material adapts to the ambient temperature and can be cut to size accurately<\/li>\n<li>Seams can be joined more cleanly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Practical Tip<\/h2>\n<p>Once unrolled, brush the blades against the grain and check the <a href=\"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/lexikon\/installation-direction\/\">laying direction<\/a> of all strips. Find out more in our <a href=\"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/ratgeber\/installing-artificial-grass-a-step-by-step-guide-from-the-pros\/\">installation guide<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acclimatization means allowing the artificial grass to rest unrolled before cutting so that the material relaxes and roll creases disappear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3948","lexikon","type-lexikon","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lexikon\/3948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lexikon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/lexikon"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lexikon\/3948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}