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Got a few questions. What is the method for getting a logo under the ice in an arena? Our local ice rink is wanting to have logos on their concerete, which will be covered in ice. If I paint em, which paint shall I use and where do I get it? Can they be done in vynull (I hope not) if so, which type? What is the proper preparation? There is ice on the concrete right now...how long of a "drying out" period? What to charge? I don't want to kill myself researching this because the rink owner calls me every year about sticking logos on the walls bordering the ice, but he never hires me! Thanks in advance. Love.....Jill
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From what I've heard Jill - and it MAY not be correct - is to do the logo out of sort of a crepe paper. You tape it in place and then they very lightly mist it a bunch of times allowing the water to freeze in between mistings. I recall seeing an article about it in one of the mags...it was sooo long ago that I couldn't tell you which mag or how long ago.
Good Luck...
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Hey, guys, thanks! I just might refer the rink owner to that link. Love.....Jill
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Jilly, The traditional way was painting it, with Ice Paint, you'd make a pattern, and transfer the pattern to the ice, either with a scribe or something else. I used a scribe. But nowadays I don't know if they print and embed or not, but I see some pretty detailed logos on there. Using the ice paint you'd spray a little water on there between colors.
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I painted logos on ice for the Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning for years. Patterns are pounced butcher paper. They put down a thin layer of ice painted white and cover with a thin layer of clear. That is when we would pounce the patterns with chalk. The paint we used was made in Canada by Jet Ice. After the painting was done water was misted over it to protect it for the final flooding.
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Jill, go for it! I've done several of these since Dennis here told me how to do it.
I was quite scared of messing it up the first time and relieved to find out how easy it is. I made good money with it too.
You don't paint on the concrete but on the ice before the final layer of ice goes over it. The painting must be sealed with light mists of water before flooded again or it will desolve.
I can email you a step by step if you want me to. I'll also have the Jet Ice address here somewhere.
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