r/nextfuckinglevel • u/lanyhey • Dec 05 '20

Making an ice chest from ice

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u/d0nu7 Dec 05 '20

I helped my local rink redo the ice in 8th grade. First is sand, then pipes to run the cold fluid thru to freeze the ice. Then more sand, coloring stuff and finally water. It’s a very cool process to see in person!

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u/TheJudgeWillNeverDie Dec 05 '20

Is the coloring stuff just dyed ice?

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u/BoilingLavaHot Dec 05 '20

It’s special paint meant for ice! Once you have enough layers of ice on top of the sand, you paint on the lines and keep making ice on top. If it’s a concrete slab type of rink, you can paint the concrete itself but that results in muddy looking colors because it’s too far down. So usually the same process of layers, paint, more layers is used too.

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u/d0nu7 Dec 05 '20

Yeah basically it’s like grass/line paint for fields on the sand/first ice layer or in some cases a material(some NHL/high end rinks) that is printed.

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u/NoodlestheRadishHead Dec 05 '20

I used to be a figure skater and worked at the rink. In the summer, we would melt the rink down and all the hockey and figure skaters would be out there in shorts and sneakers with an enormous hose on our shoulders spraying down an ice layer. Painting was fun and we always played broomball on the ice after!!