more forgiving slider

flibbajibba · Newbie Joined: 30 May 2005 Posts: 7 City: lake weir

does anyone know of a material that is more forgiving on ur board than pvc? My slider I built is made of pvc and the stuff tore my board up pretty bad

pointblank12 · Soul Rider Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 313

flibbajibba · Newbie Joined: 30 May 2005 Posts: 7 City: lake weir

trex?

pointblank12 · Soul Rider Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 313

www.trex.com alls you have to do is search it, its very commonly used on sliders.

flibbajibba · Newbie Joined: 30 May 2005 Posts: 7 City: lake weir

awesome thanks alot man

vision135 · Posted: Jul 12, 2005 10:19 am Post subject:

flibbajibba, Trex will tear up your board too. Basically everything will. If your gonna hit sliders your board will get messed up. Your better off getting a beater board and just hit it with that.

325Ci Boarder · Criminal Joined: 07 Jul 2005 Posts: 80 City: Orange Beach

i carpet on my sliders.It doesnt hang you up at all and I like it better than Trex

wkbrdr · Posted: Jul 19, 2005 7:50 pm Post subject:

are you kidding?

carpet?

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

interesting. I bet if it's that super thin industrial hard carpet it's not too sticky. Is that what you use? You'd have to wet it down like crazy though.

Honeytoast0303 · Outlaw Joined: 19 May 2005 Posts: 149 City: Holyoke

i was thinking of using carpet before, but i thought it might stick a little, so i started wondering how astroturf would work. if you dont knwo what astroturf is, you are proably just not familar with the name, its that fake plasticy grass that people use on some decking, maybe docks, and sometimes i see it on the sliding supports on boat trailers. its normaly green or black.

UlysS · Posted: Jul 19, 2005 11:17 pm Post subject:

carpet and soap, actually they use that for artificial skislopes as well...maybe an idea??

325Ci Boarder · Criminal Joined: 07 Jul 2005 Posts: 80 City: Orange Beach

if u want to hit it from both directions you have to soap it down. Does anyone have boat lifts with that carpeted wood.Because thats what it is. I use my 05 substance on it havent got a scratch. I also i havent got hung up on it. ill take some pictures.***Honeytoast0303 thats what im using. IF u can use that use the carpet that comes on like a subwoofer box. you can get this stuff at lowes.

wkbrdr · Posted: Jul 20, 2005 9:30 am Post subject:

are you kidding me...that really works?!

325Ci Boarder · Criminal Joined: 07 Jul 2005 Posts: 80 City: Orange Beach

yeah its awsome. right now ive only got a short slider but im going to add like 25 feet to it to make 40 feet
You should try it it works really good