"For the comments on using hotwater and laundry sink etc, the issue is he's running alot of hose and having the water cool off to much so just doing some brainstorming to find a better solution.
Moving my rink to the backyard this upcoming…"
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"I connect to my laundry sink to get hot water. I've had great success with my rink despite the weather and I feel a big part of it is flooding with hot water. (the other being constant shade). If you have access to a laundry sink,…"
Chris Price (GuitarNut) left a comment for Gerard Sac"Welcome Gerard! If you're anything like me, you'll find that a backyard rink goes from an idea, to a hobby, to an obsession!! Anyhow, welcome to the community."
Chris Price (GuitarNut) commented on Magnus Leslie's video
Lawn Tractor Zamboni v3.0
"Very nice Magnus! I'm going to borrow a few ideas from this and convert over my four wheeler. I'll just need to be creative with the hot water part of it. Thanks for posting, and I can't believe I'm hoping for colder…"
Daniel robitaille commented on Chris Price (GuitarNut)'s blog post Hot Water"You have another option just use the propane heat to melt the top layer and let it refreeze
I saw a unit looked like a box (flame under it )2 propane tanks on top and you pulled it around on the rink. It was for places like lakes but would work in a…"
brianjay5g commented on Chris Price (GuitarNut)'s blog post Hot Water"see my pictures on my profile for how I connect to my laundry sink. best method. choose your temperature."
Chris Price (GuitarNut) posted a blog postHot Water
Anyone experimented with heating up cold water to resurface with? I tried hooking up to my hot water heater and resurfacing that way, but by the time water goes through 150' of hose (laying in the snow) it's cooled way down. I was thinking of using propane heat, a coil of copper tubing (3/8 or 1/2") and heating up the water as it leaves the tank that's mounted on my four wheeler. Just some crazy ideas......See More
Chris Price (GuitarNut) replied to Matt Purtill's discussion Anybody have any success yet?"may have to look into "white water". I wonder if something like baking soda or some sort of powder could be added to a tank of water to turn it white. Interesting stuff."
Chris Price (GuitarNut) replied to Matt Purtill's discussion Anybody have any success yet?"A little sore this morning. Played 5 on 6 boot hockey last night, 3 of the kids had never even held a hockey stick before. It was awesome, we even had the bonfire pumpin out the BTU's. I sure hope the rest of you guys get some cold…"
Chris Price (GuitarNut) replied to Matt Purtill's discussion Anybody have any success yet?"we had or first skate Dec 7th here in northern Minnesota. The warm weather does have us playing boot hockey more than anything. 14 deg right now, might have to do some flooding tonight."
Chris Price (GuitarNut) commented on Magnus Leslie's photo
EIG opening day
"Awesome!! Love the State of Hockey flag...and the fact you made sure the new house was "rinkable""
Chris Price (GuitarNut) left a comment for Scott "Moose" Mattson"Good luck with the flooding. We had our first skate last night, it was a ton of fun, but have a few things to work out."
"Well I think I'll be done patching all the holes in the used liner I picked up this passed spring and flooding will start tonight. With any luck we'll be able to skate on it by Saturday.
I'll post some photos when it finished."
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Hot Water
Anyone experimented with heating up cold water to resurface with? I tried hooking up to my hot water heater and resurfacing that way, but by the time water goes through 150' of hose (laying in the snow) it's cooled way down. I was thinking of using propane heat, a coil of copper tubing (3/8 or 1/2") and heating up the water as it leaves the tank that's mounted on my four wheeler. Just some crazy ideas......
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 2:22pm — 4 Comments
My First Rink
Well, excavation started a few days ago on my rink. 40 tree stumps and 3 hours of bobcat work later, I now have a nice level spot tucked into my woods. Haven't got the contractors bill yet....really don't want to. Pic's coming soon.
-Chris
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 4:26pm — 5 Comments
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- At 9:35am on December 8, 2011,
Scott "Moose" Mattson said…
Well I think I'll be done patching all the holes in the used liner I picked up this passed spring and flooding will start tonight. With any luck we'll be able to skate on it by Saturday.
I'll post some photos when it finished.
- At 2:59pm on April 28, 2011,
mybackyardicerink said… Hi GuitarNut. Welcome to the rink community.
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