The 18.5 Hour Day
So on Sunday we had to redo our ice. As many of you know, there are new lines and such on the NHL ice surfaces for this year. As we are the official practice facility of the local team, we had to make sure that we were done in time for training camp to start.
We started at 7:00am on Sunday. We were already behind schedule when Ben & Rich showed up to give us a hand. They were the experts at this process. They are in charge of the Norfolk (VA) Admirals ice at the Scope Arena. They are also hilarious!
Anyway, we had alot of problems that pushed a 4pm finish for me to a 1:30am finish on Monday! First, the white paint that we had for the ice was not good enough to cover the blemishes, which is why we should have melted down 100% and start from scratch, but noooooooo... Then the second (new) shipment of white paint was not that great. So we had to get some from the arena downtown. That worked like a charm - at 1:30pm. We were so behind on everything. One person who was here, we'll call him GiM, did NOTHING all day. Thankfully there were large gaps that he left for.
We eventually got all the lines marked and painted. You can see where we made mistakes if we point it out, but luckily you have to be looking to see those spots.
Begining at about midnight Sunday/Monday, we began to "flood" the ice. At 1:30am, knowing that my kids were going to be up at 7am, I called it a day.
Over all it was a very interesting process. I really wish we could have done it properly. That takes about 3-5 days and looks a whole lot better. To make matters worse, we lost power very early Monday morning and the "floods" were taking forever to freeze. So the process that was only supposed to take about 12 hours according to GiM, wound up closing us down Monday as well and as of Wednesday was still not at a comfortable level.
So basically, I worked 18.5 hours in one stretch and it looks like we just slopped it together at the last minute. Roger busted his ass for about 100 hours in 5 days (not much of an exaggeration), Jim put in some major hours, and Lee and Justin were also there for extended periods of time. Nice job boys, regardless!
We started at 7:00am on Sunday. We were already behind schedule when Ben & Rich showed up to give us a hand. They were the experts at this process. They are in charge of the Norfolk (VA) Admirals ice at the Scope Arena. They are also hilarious!
Anyway, we had alot of problems that pushed a 4pm finish for me to a 1:30am finish on Monday! First, the white paint that we had for the ice was not good enough to cover the blemishes, which is why we should have melted down 100% and start from scratch, but noooooooo... Then the second (new) shipment of white paint was not that great. So we had to get some from the arena downtown. That worked like a charm - at 1:30pm. We were so behind on everything. One person who was here, we'll call him GiM, did NOTHING all day. Thankfully there were large gaps that he left for.
We eventually got all the lines marked and painted. You can see where we made mistakes if we point it out, but luckily you have to be looking to see those spots.
Begining at about midnight Sunday/Monday, we began to "flood" the ice. At 1:30am, knowing that my kids were going to be up at 7am, I called it a day.
Over all it was a very interesting process. I really wish we could have done it properly. That takes about 3-5 days and looks a whole lot better. To make matters worse, we lost power very early Monday morning and the "floods" were taking forever to freeze. So the process that was only supposed to take about 12 hours according to GiM, wound up closing us down Monday as well and as of Wednesday was still not at a comfortable level.
So basically, I worked 18.5 hours in one stretch and it looks like we just slopped it together at the last minute. Roger busted his ass for about 100 hours in 5 days (not much of an exaggeration), Jim put in some major hours, and Lee and Justin were also there for extended periods of time. Nice job boys, regardless!
posted by Captain Icehole at 8:22 PM
1 Comments:
Overall joe, the ice isnt too bad. The worst part about the whole situation is that People are skating on pretty thin ice. I wouldnt be suprised if someone cuts har enough they will hit paint. Need to knock some sence into "GiM"
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