NiceRink Newsletter - December 2009

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Early Season BackYard Rink Tip

Slush~Snow on an unfrozen or thin iced rink-All is not lost! The BEST thing to do is nothing? If you have just filled your rink and it froze over with 6" of ice or less and you get a big snow storm, the weight of the snow on the ice will force the ice downward, and the underlying water will be forced by pressure up between the liner and the ice, turning the snow into slush on top of the skating surface. If your ice is too thin to get on and clean, you basically do nothing. The best scenario is for the weight of the snow to push the ice down enough to force enough water onto the top of the ice so ALL the snow turns to slush. Let the slush freeze, and then you can skate on that base if it's smooth enough or resurface a few times to get it back to smooth. If it snows on ice that is already pretty thick, 5"+ and the slush is only around the edges of your rink, then you can tackle cleaning it off. Personally, I would call "more than a few friends" over to help with this. Once you start cleaning slush off of a rink DON'T STOP, it must all be cleaned off and smooth. Whatever you leave on the ice, such as left over slush, or stopping half way will freeze at night and your ice will be full of FROZEN foot prints, shovel marks or the line where you stopped. Once it's cleaned off, let the surface harden back up, then use a NiceIce resurfacer as needed to get it back to glass.

Get a backyard NiceRink ~ IT'S NOT TOO LATE!

The back yard NiceRink season is now in full swing....'er I mean "Full Skate", BUT it's not too late to get into the action! Although, the NiceRink system is best suited for an early installation into ground that is not yet frozen, the NiceRink brackets can be adapted to lie flat on Frozen Ground and then a steel stake can then be applied through the opening provided in the NiceRink Bracket. ALSO, even though it has been cold, if you have a significant amount of snow on the ground, like we’re getting here in South East Wisconsin tonight, it will actually act as a thermal blanket and keep the ground thawed out, which will allow you to still install the Brackets the regular way for some time yet. Leave the snow in place, until you're ready to install. I just cleared some snow here, and I was still able to easily install a bracket into the ground, yet the rink is about ready to skate on! Visit www.nicerink.com, or give us a call today to turn your empty back yard space, into a WINTER FUN OUTDOOR skating place.

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