What are they using on the top of this slider?

Adam · Criminal Joined: 22 Jan 2003 Posts: 71 City: Regina

This sliders from the projects and i was wondering what the material on top is. I wish i had that slider its amazing.

wkbrdr · Posted: Jun 19, 2003 6:09 am Post subject:

FIBER con,

its hard plastic deaking you can get at home depot, lowes, whatever, its couase on one side like wood grain and smoot on the other side, use a Sh$ty board at first and it will ware it down to SUPER smooth, and its VERy slick Mr. Green

wkbrdr · Posted: Jun 19, 2003 6:09 am Post subject:

We are building one i will try and get some directions for you.... Twisted Evil

derrick lenz · Posted: Jun 22, 2003 10:05 am Post subject:

don't waste your money on the synthtic wood stuff(if that's what your talking about). use hdpe sheets.

otiswunguy · Addict Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 871 City: Sammamish

definately don't use trex decking!!!! crap crap crap!

Adam · Criminal Joined: 22 Jan 2003 Posts: 71 City: Regina

what is the HDPE sheeting stuff that you speek of. Is it pvc sheeting.

wkbrdr · Posted: Jun 23, 2003 10:13 am Post subject:

Trex is fiber con, fiber con is a hard pvc...it dose nothing to your boards

ogc-2 · Outlaw Joined: 10 Oct 2003 Posts: 111

Plactic Wood My coach Steve Mckinley told me

ryanf · Criminal Joined: 26 Jun 2003 Posts: 51

whats hdpe sheets is it pvc sheeting because i got a good deal on a sheet of pvc sheeting and i'm gonna use that and cut it into sheets

Sinkoumn · Posted: Feb 19, 2004 10:54 pm Post subject:

High Density Poly-Ethylene (recycling number one i believe) is a different polymer than Poly-Vinyl Chloride (PVC, recycling number 5), two semesters of organic chem, holla!

Sinkoumn · Posted: Feb 19, 2004 10:55 pm Post subject:

Just use PVC if you got a good deal on it, you really won't be able to tell the difference IMO.

jeffrey_25 · Addict Joined: 05 Oct 2003 Posts: 811

Is there any top layer (surface) that could reduce the chances of your board breaking? Or not since it would still be the same amount of pressure forcing your board down?

Sinkoumn · Posted: Feb 21, 2004 2:54 pm Post subject:

It doesn't really matter, as long as it slides it's pretty much the same force. I'm sure they make some material like that, but I'm also guessing that it's $$$. There's no way to keep your board new when hitting any slider, so the best thing to do is not worry about it (or not hit a slider at all).

jeffrey_25 · Addict Joined: 05 Oct 2003 Posts: 811

Yeah I guess they probably will eventually come up with some that won't hurt boards as much. Then again the people with money for that shizzle are the pros and if they bust their boards they prob just get a new one anyway so it's probably not a big deal for the companies to make something to keep the durability of boards.