Material that has the highest amount of friction force on ice

[Hellotalkie]

Going to home depot tomorrow, getting fancy with my glue gun and making some broom ball shoes, which I'll need for on the ice. Although this material cannot scratch the ice, so metal is out of the question. Any ideas?

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Work boots of some sort?

 

[Cattlegod]

sand paper?

 

[Rubycon]

Friction will cause heating which will melt the ice hence causing a scratch.

Carpet runners with the spikes would probably work and are non metallic.

Carpet tack strips tack side out when attached to the bottom of a boot give nice traction on ice.

 

[Hellotalkie]

ahh sand paper! sounds great, I was going to buy multiple materials...buddy said astroturf doesn't work well, avoiding that

 

[LordMorpheus]

Originally posted by: cr2250
ahh sand paper! sounds great, I was going to buy multiple materials...buddy said astroturf doesn't work well, avoiding that

anything that'll give you good traction will screw with the surface of the ice, and the rink managment may not be happy with you about it.

 

[GasX]

Sticks to ice and doesn't leave a mark

 

[sdifox]

maybe just get curling shoes?

 

[Stiganator]

..

 

[sjwaste]

I hear a pair of hockey skates would work pretty well.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

I'm thinking you might benefit from taking some old shoes or boots and siping the soles.

 

[randay]

Originally posted by: cr2250
ahh sand paper! sounds great, I was going to buy multiple materials...buddy said astroturf doesn't work well, avoiding that

sand paper is made out of metal.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: randay

Originally posted by: cr2250
ahh sand paper! sounds great, I was going to buy multiple materials...buddy said astroturf doesn't work well, avoiding that

sand paper is made out of metal.

...

 

[gorcorps]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: randay

Originally posted by: cr2250
ahh sand paper! sounds great, I was going to buy multiple materials...buddy said astroturf doesn't work well, avoiding that

sand paper is made out of metal.

...

ugh...

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: randay
sand paper is made out of metal.

Wait. What?

 

[randay]

Originally posted by: Evadman

Originally posted by: randay
sand paper is made out of metal.

Wait. What?

is aluminum oxide a metal? at any rate, its as hard as metal and will scratch the surface of the ice just as well.

 

[Squisher]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
Sticks to ice and doesn't leave a mark

I now have to wipe the image out of my head of multiple tongues hot-melt glued to the bottom of a sneaker.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: randay

Originally posted by: Evadman

Originally posted by: randay
sand paper is made out of metal.

Wait. What?

is aluminum oxide a metal? at any rate, its as hard as metal and will scratch the surface of the ice just as well.

holy shit

Aluminum oxide AKA alumina (Al2O3) is a ceramic, not a metal. It is significantly harder than all bulk metals.

The problem with sandpaper is that the abrasive grains may not dig deep enough to provide traction.

 

[0roo0roo]

http://www.backcountry.com/sto...roup/258/Crampons.html

 

[Fayd]

Originally posted by: randay

Originally posted by: Evadman

Originally posted by: randay
sand paper is made out of metal.

Wait. What?

is aluminum oxide a metal? at any rate, its as hard as metal and will scratch the surface of the ice just as well.

tmk, that's an emery cloth.

and you're arguing semantics. it's not forged/cast metal, he's okay.

 

[Fayd]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: randay

Originally posted by: Evadman

Originally posted by: randay
sand paper is made out of metal.

Wait. What?

is aluminum oxide a metal? at any rate, its as hard as metal and will scratch the surface of the ice just as well.

holy shit

Aluminum oxide AKA alumina (Al2O3) is a ceramic, not an oxide. It is significantly harder than all bulk metals.

The problem with sandpaper is that the abrasive grains may not dig deep enough to provide traction.

they'll dig deep enough. i cant see sandpaper having any significant traction issues on ice.

(at the very least, if you dont have 100% traction, you'll still have a significant leg up on the competition.)

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Fayd

Originally posted by: randay

Originally posted by: Evadman

Originally posted by: randay
sand paper is made out of metal.

Wait. What?

is aluminum oxide a metal? at any rate, its as hard as metal and will scratch the surface of the ice just as well.

that's an emery cloth, dude.

and you're arguing semantics. it's not forged/cast metal, he's okay.

Aluminum oxide sandpaper is extremely common.

 

[gorcorps]

Originally posted by: randay

Originally posted by: Evadman

Originally posted by: randay
sand paper is made out of metal.

Wait. What?

is aluminum oxide a metal? at any rate, its as hard as metal and will scratch the surface of the ice just as well.

Not just as hard, it's a lot HARDER than metal. Aluminum on it's own is very soft. Most ceramics are incredibly hard.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: randay

Originally posted by: Evadman

Originally posted by: randay
sand paper is made out of metal.

Wait. What?

is aluminum oxide a metal? at any rate, its as hard as metal and will scratch the surface of the ice just as well.

holy shit

Aluminum oxide AKA alumina (Al2O3) is a ceramic, not an oxide. It is significantly harder than all bulk metals.

The problem with sandpaper is that the abrasive grains may not dig deep enough to provide traction.

I hope that's a typo.

 

[Farang]

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