Monday, March 21, 2011

Stupid Rubber Contacts cont'd...

Here is Icon pretending the a-frame and dogwalks are a slip'n'slide. Nice slide into the 2o/2o of the dogwalk, but that shouldn't be possible on rubber!


And Rammy didn't Q in JWW after all! He dropped a bar and I didn't notice. I hate it when that happens! :P

7 comments:

  1. Yeah, wow. Do you know how the rubber was applied to that equipment?

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  2. wow, that was quite the somewhat scary slide off on the AF!!!

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  3. The trial equipment in this area was all done with the rubber mat type application where the rubber is pressed into the adhesive forming a flat surface. Daisy's contactacoat.com FAQ's explains why Contact-A-Coat provides better traction. I have two a-frames here, one with each type of rubber coating. My Contact-a-Coat frame has excellent grip and traction, dry or wet. My other allows for sliding, even when dry. Same rubber, different application. Big difference.
    -Lauri

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  4. Standing water, what is up with that! I agree, it's all about the application (uglier the better), there's more traction if more surface area of the rubber granules is exposed, and less glue. Rubber skins recently got applied to the contact equipment at IADW, the surface is actually quite smooth and not really an upgrade from paint and sand.

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  5. Thanks for the info guys. I was going to get my a-frame rubberized, but I think I'll wait and see if people get better with the application first!

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  6. So all the skins people are putting on...are they slippery also? Or better?

    Not good to watch the poor guy slipping like that :(

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