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Bi-ShredinalGuy
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ok so my home hill has no park crew.. the park is just maintained me be and a buddy who borrow a snow rake, ice pick, and shovel every day.. we got a slopestyle comp coming up on saturday and i have a question.. what do they use to color the lips and knuckles of jumps? its it a dye or paint? im guessing it will be flat light conditions so colored takeoffs and landings would be nice

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Feb 23 2011 12:08AM
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doGelyst
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its basically just dye that is added to water....in a backpack sprayer or some sort of garden sprayer....maybe add some windshield washer fluid if its particularly cold out to prevent the water from freezing up.
Feb 23 2011 12:18AM
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skier_boy26
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food coloring or dye

ive also seen spray paint used effectively (albeit expensive and kind of messy) or gatorade when things were desperate.
Feb 23 2011 12:22AM
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.RYAN66
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our mountain uses paint for lips and dye for pipe since it lasts longer
Feb 23 2011 7:28AM
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Coalescent
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marking paint lasts.. although it's expensive.

We just went to a pesticide sprayer and food coloring and it works great.
Feb 23 2011 8:22AM
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Flying~Squirrel
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chalk line works. its like a bottle of powdered chalk and i use it sometimes.
Feb 23 2011 8:55AM
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Loco-Deer-Slayer
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You can use anything too, doesn't have to be spray paint or dye. Just have to have something other than the color white to gauge depth off of.
Feb 23 2011 9:29AM
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Bi-ShredinalGuy
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alright thanks.. im heading up to the hill tonite to expiriment with gatorade,  food dye with water, and spray paint
Feb 23 2011 11:45AM
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Coalescent
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as for food coloring, we have a 2 gallon pesticide sprayer we use. We were able to get a gallon of red and a gallon of orange for a total of 20 bucks. a little mix of each (not much at all and water) will go a long way!
Feb 23 2011 11:50AM
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kingskier
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piss
Feb 23 2011 11:51AM
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steweperks
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Yup, a little pest sprayer works the best but DO NOT USE WATER, the sprayer will freeze up before you even get off the lift, I use winsheild washer fluid and colored drink mix, Yellow (dye) and blue (fluid) make green!

This sprayer is 1 gal and $20 bucks at the hardware store.

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Feb 23 2011 12:55PM
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melbs
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spray paint
Feb 23 2011 2:06PM
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Bi-ShredinalGuy
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well i probably wont be using a sprayer or anything because the costs for this come out of my own pocket.. the hill doesnt really understand park mainteneance other than its a bunch of punk kids who are going to hurt themselves.. so gatorate, food dye, or spray paint... or piss as suggested above
Feb 23 2011 2:29PM
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quixotic
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windshield wiper fluid.. otherwise if you use water it will freeze and clog up your sprayer.
Feb 23 2011 2:32PM
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^BEANS^
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blue or oragne spray paint
Feb 23 2011 3:05PM
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TWoods
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use an old spray bottle of windex or something, use food coloring and water, done.
Feb 23 2011 3:08PM
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Blurst
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Use pine needles
Feb 23 2011 4:43PM
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Emma_Watson
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this works wells, and just water it over so it freezes.
Feb 23 2011 4:57PM
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Turnup_swiperigh
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my local resort just uses spray paint, works pretty well.
Feb 23 2011 6:24PM
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doGelyst
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water, vodka, drink mix, sugar........
Feb 23 2011 6:42PM
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