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Plastic wood for rails?

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A_Whelan
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Hey
I recycle and bring it all in ever month or so. When I was down there last week I knoticed that they had bit 4x4 inch by 12 foot long peices of plastic wood. they melt down the bottles and mould them into blocks. You can cut it like wood and it's really slick, I dout it would ever need wax. Think I should go for it to make a rail?

I'll find out prices and might buy some, if so i'll post some pics.
-aaron
Jan 21 2006 11:07AM
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pbandj
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fuck why not
Jan 21 2006 11:10AM
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Melvs
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A kid I know made a box out of two 2x4's of that plastic wood... and to be honest it slid perfectly.
Jan 21 2006 11:17AM
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A_Whelan
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Heres some pictures and stuff http://www.cornerbrook.com/business/bspot120301.html
-aaron
Jan 21 2006 11:17AM
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Phil.Green
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thats sick...make a rail forsure
Jan 21 2006 11:36AM
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timmi
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sounds good. do it
Jan 21 2006 11:41AM
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Jwenz
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Jan 21 2006 11:47AM
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Liam.
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why are hey all smilly friendly
Jan 21 2006 12:03PM
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pbandj
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how much is that shit?
Jan 21 2006 2:54PM
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A_Whelan
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Not sure, I sent an email and asked for the price of two 4x8 by 16 foot peices. I wanna make a 8 foot flat then 8 foot down and i Might! depending on the price, take a torch to a 16 foot section and make a c or s rail and bend it and shit, not sure if that will fuck it up, i could sand down the bad parts. Any ideas on that?
-aaron
Jan 21 2006 3:51PM
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TheQuailman
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I wouldn't torch it if i was u, it sounds like you would fuk it up, make a flat-down
Jan 21 2006 6:04PM
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watervillejibber
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thats what my broke ass mountain uses
Jan 21 2006 6:14PM
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A_Whelan
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Is it any good?
-aaron
Jan 21 2006 9:24PM
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bmxican_89
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fuck keystone has that sit on a deck at on of the food places, but it slippery as hell to walk on, so i bet it would work for a rail.
Jan 21 2006 9:35PM
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Bluemt65
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I just madea summer setup . i used that on my rail. slides so nice. all u have to do is water it every once in a while.
Jun 11 2006 9:27PM
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Freestyla_01
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Apparently that stuff is some of the best for skateboarding.
Jun 12 2006 2:39AM
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Armada+ar5
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^ and inline skating
Jun 12 2006 6:36AM
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Grimace.
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whatwhat?
Jun 12 2006 7:51AM
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ski_cartel
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because you would know right, i mean at 13 you do know pretty much every thing.

Dude just go for it, i knew a guy that made a box out of that stuff and it slid real well.
Jun 12 2006 9:41AM
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Itsbackfliptime
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regular wood works fine if you get it wet so I would imagine plastic wood would work even better.
Jun 12 2006 11:16AM
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juanborlando
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if regular wood was wet, wouldnt youre edges dig into it? i ve hit wooden handrails when it was dry, and we dug in a lot. we also had to wax the rail with skate wax a lot so we could slide. i would think that if it was wet you dig into it more cause it was softer.
Jun 12 2006 12:02PM
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KeegLove
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thats awesome! but put the second one after the first one so its twice as long and skinnier.
Jun 12 2006 12:06PM
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WIfreeskier
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i have some for skateboarding, it's fucking nice
Jun 12 2006 12:36PM
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RockandRollTroll
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our local ski hill had that stuff for a box, it worked alright.
Jun 12 2006 12:38PM
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Raoul_Duke
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ultra-decking. I know it works great for wakeboard sliders, you need to screw it onto regular wood underneath because its too flexy by its self...make sure to sink the screws all the way in.
Jun 12 2006 12:53PM
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l337
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thats wierd
Jun 12 2006 4:28PM
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Edward.
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well if you have an old pair of skis you dont care about, just try it
Jun 12 2006 4:54PM
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skiierman
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OMG DAT SHIT DIS DANK!
Jun 12 2006 5:22PM
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alh10
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heck yes u should
Jun 12 2006 6:07PM
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S2daJ
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sounds legit
Jun 12 2006 8:20PM
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far-east-coast
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do you live in corner brook? if ya do i live in st. john's! haha
Jun 13 2006 12:18AM
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