A sand stabilizer may be introduced into and applied in coarse, grained soils, and soils with low fines content. When a sand stabilizer is introduced into silty soils, sandy soils, and/or gravelly soils, the soils may turn into a mass linked with the sand stabilizer. This process can be undone as well. The sand stabilizer is a water-based polymer that may be formed of a plasticizer-free aqueous dispersion based on styrene and an acrylic acid ester (approximately 40-60%), an aqueous copolymer dispersion based on styrene acrylic (approximately 20-40%), dibutyl phthalate (approximately 4-8%), butyl cellosolve (approximately 4-8%), and propanoic acid, 2-methyl-, monoester with 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,3-pentanediol (approximately 4-8%). The sand stabilizer may be applied in the compaction with water and mixed. The sand stabilizer may be sprayed over a soil surface.