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BCKicker540
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What do they use at parks to cover the top of a box, is it plexiglass, pvc, or something else. somebody who works at a park and has made one before tell me, not just anyone who thinks they know. sorry to be a jerk, but i have to settle a dispute with a friend (and make a box)
Oct 5 2004 1:09PM
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strode
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it's called lexan. i don't build park rails or anything but that's typically what they use. it's basically the same stuff as what they make the boards out of in a hockey rink



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Oct 5 2004 1:13PM
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skihillraod
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its braided teflon plastic coated with something because when it gets scratched or grooved it doesn't slide as well in that scratched area. (You would need a file or saw to scratch it, skis don't effect it at all.) No hardware stores in my area have it. I think its 8 or 9 bucks a square foot though.


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Oct 5 2004 1:14PM
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KillerMonkey
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its pretty expensive and you have to look online to buy this lexan stuff
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Oct 5 2004 5:10PM
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skibum193
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pukboard

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Oct 5 2004 5:22PM
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BCKicker540
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i wonder if PVC sheet would work
Oct 5 2004 5:57PM
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PowderCanuck
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I could see PVC getting cut up and stuff... but people make rails out of it so maybe


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Oct 5 2004 6:03PM
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Reed.
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use the recycled plastic decking shit, MM had a box made with that last year, it worked decent


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Oct 5 2004 6:03PM
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BCKicker540
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apparently the stuff is called trex, i think were gonna go with that cuz lexan is ridiculously expensive
Oct 11 2004 9:59AM
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SnowCoast
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Teflon, HDPE, or Lexan will work. I'm using Lexan for my boxes, found a huge sheet of it in my basement.
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Oct 11 2004 10:08AM
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Bangor
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lexan is super tough. i dropped a nalgene bottle off a cliff this summer........ no damage.

i'm trying to see if i can snag some excess puckboard from the local icerink though.....
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Oct 11 2004 11:04AM
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navigator
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the mountians in my hood use the same stuff thats used for boards in a hockey rink
Oct 11 2004 1:49PM
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Taydawg197
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Lexan is indestructible, ive seen a nalgene get run over by a truck...nothin.
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Oct 11 2004 1:51PM
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skibum193
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^chucked a nalgene off like a 30 stair, totally shattered. maybe because it was full of water

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Oct 11 2004 3:46PM
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ski@jaypeak2
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I threw an empty nalgene at a brick building and it completly shatered. It was real cold out and i was drunk so i threw it pretty hard.



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Oct 11 2004 6:22PM
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unrigged
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teflon eh? how much does this teflon cost?






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Oct 11 2004 6:53PM
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ahahah putting nalgene to the test



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Oct 11 2004 7:08PM
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SnowCoast
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Took me a while to break a nalgene, from my experience, the caps break easily, the bottle itself doesn't.
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Oct 11 2004 7:11PM
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the_unknown
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the HDPE (Moleculary High Density Plastic - Something like that) or whatever acronym is what Mammoth uses, slides the best but is damn expensive
Oct 11 2004 7:11PM
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SnowCoast
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Yea, High Density Polyethylene is quality. If you have the money, you can get it at PolymerPlastics.com, and they'll hook you up. Not sure how much shipping costs, I haven't check out a Lowes or Home Depot to see if they carry it though. A lot of people find connections through building suppliers and stuff and ask for their scrap material, sometimes you just might come up money.
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Oct 11 2004 7:14PM
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