Near-north Ontario, French River | If you are going do a general flood, you want the water to be as hot as you can get it. The equipment you are using will determine how much to put on. Indoor rinks shave the ice and only put a thin layer on hot water down, it will refreeze in very little time ( probably less than a minute depending on ambient air temps). For an outdoor rink you will probably want to sweep the pad to remove as much snow/ice shavings as you can, then do your flood. Ideally if you had an old sprayer , booms removed of course, you could make a boom maybe 10-15 ft wide with large water outlets on it to do your flood, attach( to the boom) and drag a width of cloth over the surface before it freezes to smooth things out. . I think if you go the hose route you are probably going to end up with uneven ice, with lots of ripples etc as the water will refreeze unevenly. |
Ice rink problems
