Hello I skate on a traditional style rink, no boards or liner. It has survived to minor thaws. However this week in mid north ontario temperatures are going to be Around 10 degrees celsius for 3 days straight day and night. I think that's Around 50 degrees farenheit. A method I use is I leave a snow...

Thanks kevin and joe So thanks for the advice. Going out for final skate tonight before thaw. Good site here, I call it my support Group to my girlfriend. For people with the same strange disease that causes them to be outside in freezing Weather late at night. Or wallking around with a bucket of sl...

Will go liner next year. Longer skating season is enough reason for me. In any case here is a play by play by play through the thaw for anyone who may come across this on google needing advice. Day 1: went for a long skate last night.with all the effort put in for a traditional rink you will want to...

Back again. S Thanks for the support kevmac. I checked out your rink pictures. Wow. One day maybeor me I can have one like that. . Will post pictures of mine and the damage tomrow. You will probably laugh but I have no kids it is for me to wire some shots, teach the girlfriend [url][/url]how to skat...

Hi everyone Yesterday was a busy day didn't have time to post. There wasn't much to report unable to do any repairing because no freezing weather. Base ice looked good though was feeling good about it. Woke up this morning... and the rink is... virtually gone. Cooked. Done. I don't know what happene...

Here she is. Hard to believe it was winter wonderland and we were skating on it 4 day's ago lol kind of funny but a real depressing sight. Thhe bankd around it were probably 3 feet high five day's ago. Going to put up e z rink tommorow haha