I need a BIG plastic sheet!!!!!!!!!
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Call around to local lumber construction supplies. Typically used to comver up contruction equipment and unfinished buildings.
http://www.plasticsheetingsupply.com/plastic-sheeting-clear-c-36_42.html
http://www.plasticsheetingsupply.com/plastic-sheeting-clear-c-36_42.html
Morpheus said:
You shouldn't really need the plastic if it is already cold enough. Build up some snowbanks about 4-6" tall around the planned rink, flatten the existing snow inside with a sod roller or something, and spray down the inside lightly with water garden mister nozzle, let it freeze over a couple hours, do it again and again until you have a decent surface to let some decent water on about 1" or so. It's a much longer process but much less clean up in the spring.
Morpheus said:
plastic seam sealer (http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=43477) or silicone adhesive.
this is a rink in my buddies front yard...being the 10th or so year of having a rink they have gone through different stages of build and once they went to the nice rink liner all the hassles went away.
one thing you will want to build is a hand zamboni, it will make you perfect ice!!
all it is, is a frame work with a piece of carpet between it that a garden hose atatches to so you can put a micro thin coat of water on the ice to refreeze perfect ice. look at the pictures on that site but build your own because they charge alot for something you can build ina a few hours.
one thing you will want to build is a hand zamboni, it will make you perfect ice!!
all it is, is a frame work with a piece of carpet between it that a garden hose atatches to so you can put a micro thin coat of water on the ice to refreeze perfect ice. look at the pictures on that site but build your own because they charge alot for something you can build ina a few hours.
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What happens to the grass in the yard?MUSKYMAN said:
For halloween next year, we're going with a Pirates of the Carribbean theme; so I'm building a 40-foot pirate ship in the backyard.
My plan is to recreate the scene in the ride with the pirate ship shelling the shore. The guests will walk along the shore-side battlements, with the pirate ship firing cannons toward them. If I fill the backyard with water, then, after a cannon shot, I can do an airburst underwater, spraying water up onto the guests. I figure I only need 4 inches of water, plus appropriate theatrical lighting to somewhat realistically represent a harbor. Between the flash/boom from the cannon, and the "splash" from the "shell", it should be pretty realistic. The other advantage to filling the yard with water is just in case some sparks come out of the cannons, they'll land in the water.
I'm having backdrops painted to hang on the back of the house to make it look like large stone blocks, since brick and siding don't quite mesh with mid-1800s construction.
Obviously, the ship will only be a stage flat, with scaffolding behind for 2 pirates to stand on and fire the cannons at the shore. The rope for the "rigging" is going to cost more than the pyro! 2 masts, some muslin "sails" and the obligatory jolly roger, of course! I'll have 4 cannons that fire flash powder; 3 on the ship, 1 on the shore. I'm planning for about 250 "shots" from the cannons; over the course of 3-4 hours of trick-or-treating, I can run a fairly steady barrage!
Attached is a small pic of halloween '07 front yard.
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