First time rink builder here...so glad I stumbled upon this forum!
A little background on my rink.
Weather - I live in Winnipeg, Canada where it is very cold, water freezes very fast always below -15C this time of year and getting colder we've had -25C days already. I can flood pretty much anytime of the day and water freezes quickly (too quickly I'm thinking).
Traditional style rink - no boards no liner. First couple snow falls I pushed snow to the sides to make the border about 1 foot or so high (higher now) I sprayed the the borders very well with a spray nosel to freeze them hard (ice boards). Then slowly but surley started spraying the grass (with about 1 inch snow on it) to start the ice surface. light spray to get the snow wet then packed it all down with a yard roller - then light spray after light spray - let if freeze spray again. Built up a great base and started with heavier floods - no spray nosel right from the hose held right to the ice. My yard slopes from back to front so I always start at the back and flood to the front (high too low).
Current state of rink - plenty of ice to skate on (6-8 inches). We had our first skate last night ice held perferctly no issues with cracking, chunking or the like.
Ice Waves - The first 5 ft on the low side are is really great smooth ice. but gradually toward the high side there are definded smooth waves of ice - Not frozen snow chunks or ridges, but water that froze as it was moving (I beleive).
Any advice at all is most appreciated....How can start to work these waves out? would possibly flooding from low side to high side be a better option? that way the water is not trickling down as I flood. Any other ideas?
Thanks!