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• What is Super-Glide^®?
  
  It’s a high-tech polymer 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.
   
• 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.
   
• 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^® Ultimate panels measure 48" x 48" x 3/8" (122 cm x 122 cm x 1.27 cm) and weigh approximately 35 lbs (16 kg) each. Heavy Duty panels are recommended for commercial installations. Home panels are lighter, reducing shipping costs and making installation easier. The smaller home panels can easily be installed by one person.
   
• 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.
   
• How easily is a Super-Glide^® rink assembled?
  Two people can easily assemble a home rink using 8' x 4' panels in a matter of hours.  One person can easily assemble a home rink using 4' x 4' panels.  Panels require just a few minutes each to install on a properly prepared sub-surface.
   
• Can Super-Glide^® be laid on grass?
  
  Yes, you can build a sub-floor with plastic snap blocks, plywood or concrete.  You need a solid, level, smooth surface to lay the Super-Glide^® panels on.
   
• How does a hockey puck react on a Super-Glide^® surface?
  
  A hockey puck will glide across the Super-Glide^® surface just as fast as on ice.
   
• Can a Super-Glide^® skating rink be damaged by frost or extreme sun exposure?
  
  No. Super-Glide^® is virtually unaffected by high and low temperatures and is UVA protected.
   
• Is it necessary to put a roof over a Super-Glide^® skating rink?
  
  No roofing is needed over a Super-Glide^® rink, but a roof does prevent contaminants from falling on the skating surface. Excessive surface dirt slows the skate blade’s glide.
   
• Do you have to dry an outdoor Super-Glide^® skating rink after rain?
  
  Super-Glide^® is waterproof and can be skated on wet, if desired.
   
• How do you maintain the Super-Glide^® surface?
  
  Super-Glide^® is extremely durable. Other than keeping it clean and applying skate enhancer lightly when needed, nothing more needs to be done. 
   
• 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 cleaners (Simple Green or Dawn dish soap) and then rinsed with water. Pressure washing restores the surface to new condition with slight scratches that do not affect the skater.
   
• What is the life expectancy of a Super-Glide^® surface?
  Each Super-Glide^® panel is reversible for skating on both sides. With proper care, they can last well beyond 10 - 20 years.  
   
• What sets Super-Glide^® apart from competitors?
  - The grade of polymer used, some companies use stock plastic that is unskatable.
    Super-Glide^® is made of UHMW polymer in which other companies do not use because
    of the high cost of raw materials and virtually impossible to sell competitively if you have
    middlemen.
  - Enhanced glide, seamless technology, contains no silicone.
  - Is successful with full size outdoor rinks. Seamless technology panels along with
    underlayment allow proper expansion/contraction during extreme temperature changes.
  - Super-Glide Canada recently won a bid to install an 80' x 180' rink in Fort Chipewyan,
    Alberta, Canada. This rink is the first of its kind with built in goalie creases, face-off dots
    and lines.