Painting of the Court 11.29.10

This year it was decided to paint the concrete surface white. This would avoid having to roll out the 4' wide white vinyl material that in the past has made our ice white. In theory we would have stronger ice with the lack of a material barrier between the concrete surface and our ice sheet. The chillers would not have to work as hard as well as being able to maintain a thinner sheet of ice. The outside temps dropped on our painting days which pushed the recommended painting temperature limits. A rain day washed away some of our work and caused some areas to crack and peel. Regardless, we finished painting and touching up our trouble spots just in time for a light snow. Mother Nature loves to mess with us. I had giant fears of shoveling the snow and paint completely off the surface. Luckily that was not the case and laying down our first layer was next.