Hi, what materials are you using for advertising inside the rink, along the ice. One of the rinks in the area tells me they are using Styrene covered with clear Acrylic and have used it for years without breakage. This makes no sense to me, maybe they are using Lexan and the fellow in charge doesn't know it? Anyway, I have a different rink project and want a more cost efficient solution. Would puckboard with HP vinyl be alright? Does it really need coverage?
Posted by Dennis Veenema (Member # 833) on :
We've done it for years with styrene covered with 1/8 lexan, but I've seen them covered with 3/16" acrylic. But you don't even want to think about the vinyl on the puckboard. It just won't last, and yes it has to be covered.
Posted by Stevo Chartrand (Member # 2094) on :
Ditto to what Dennis said. I have made and installed a few myself, we used 060 styrene with 3/16 clear lexan. Dont forget to countersink all of the screws.
Stevo
Posted by Marty Happy (Member # 302) on :
HIPS styrene covered in Lexan here too.
Posted by Ted Nesbitt (Member # 3292) on :
ditto what Marty said Lotti. Lexan overtop the graphics will save your bacon everytime.
BTW, don't just countersink your holes---make sure there a good bit more oversized than the screw body for expansion, etc.
Oh, and a couple three holes top and bottom WITHOUT screws in them will help keep condensation out from between the lexan and the graphic if the arena is damp. Oh, I forgot, it's so cold out there in SK that you don't have damp winters---just cold dry ones! Best of luck!
Posted by Steve Nuttle (Member # 2645) on :
ditto ditto ditto especially on counter sinking screw heads.
Posted by Lotti Prokott (Member # 2684) on :
Thank you all. I will print this out and show it to the customer if they should complain about the costs.
Ted, I take cold, dry and sunny every time over cool, damp and gray. I have lived in both climates and in particularly hate fog. Posted by Stephen Bolin (Member # 2234) on :
Thanks for the advice, everyone.
The local rink has lexan or acrylic installed, but they are fed up with them, being all covered with black marks from the hockey pucks.
Is there an 'easy' way to remove the black marks?
It's hard to sell the customer something that they already don't like.
Any ideas? Thanks!
Stephen Bolin Posted by Dennis Veenema (Member # 833) on :
Stephen: we always used a product called Goof Off. It always worked well.
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