- What is Super-Glide?
It’s a high-tech plastic that you can skate on. Super-Glide® is a synthetic ice skating surface composed of specially engineered polymers that permit a skate blade to glide as smoothly as on real ice.
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- How does Super-Glide work?
Skating on ice means gliding on a thin layer of water as the blade’s friction generates heat and melts the ice surface. Skating on Super-Glide® causes the same friction and heat, which releases lubricants chemically engineered into Super-Glide®. This sets Super-Glide® synthetic ice apart from all competitors. Older synthetic ice surfaces required silicone lubricants. When skate blades cut through the silicone and hit dry spots, skaters felt undesirable “chatter” that increased friction and made skating harder. Super-Glide®’s unique formula eliminates" chatter" and allows the blade to glide smoothly at all times.
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- What is the Size and Thickness of Super-Glide®?
Super-Glide® panels are available in two standard sizes. Super-Glide® Heavy-Duty panels measure 48" x 96" x 1/2" (122cm x 244cm x 1.27cm) and weigh approximately 80 lbs (36 kg) each. Super-Glide® Home panels measure 48" x 48" x 3/4" (122 cm x 122 cm x 1.9 cm) and weigh approximately 45 lbs (20 kg) each. Heavy Duty panels are recommended for permanent installations. Home panels are recommended for easier transportation and handling and are ideal for home and portable rinks.
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- How does Super-Glide® fit together?
Super-Glide® uses special “seamless technology” to control expansion and eliminate cracks during contraction. Patent-pending cut outs are engineered to withstand forces above 200,000 pounds, allowing any size surface to be built inside or outside in extreme temperatures. The system also has patent-pending tabs on the sides that eliminate vertical movement. This is the most advanced system to date.
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- How do you clean the Super-Glide surface?
Sweeping or vacuum-cleaning the surface after heavy use will suffice. Heavily polluted rinks can be cleaned with a non-bleach cleaner like Dawn or Simple Green and then rinsed with water. Pressure washing restores the surface to new condition with slight scraches that do not effect the skater.
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