WOOD?

SP Sk8er · Posted: Apr 13, 2008 7:25 pm Post subject: WOOD?

i've been doing some research on the site, but haven't seen anyone saying that wood is good or bad to use as sliding material for box. i have a low budget for my rail. i have floating dock section that i'm going to use as a base, but still not sure if i'd be ok using wood as the top. if it makes a difference its going to be 4' x 24'. if not wood then whats a good CHEAP material. trex and all that fake decking is way to expensive Question

knox · Kickflip Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 4693 City: Gainesville

trex isnt too expensive, its about the same as wood. Go to home depot or Lowes. I've heard waxed wood works, but its not great.

tad · 360 flip Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 5031

If you are putting it on a floating dock, it's gonna have to be all that fancy treated wood, which isn't gonna be much cheaper than trex. Why not just build a flat bar on one side of the dock and you'll only have to buy four 12 footers of trex? In the long run it's a better plan.. wood isn't gonna last like trex will.

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Apr 14, 2008 3:38 pm Post subject:

trex ftw. slides like an orgasm.

bob. · Posted: Apr 14, 2008 4:57 pm Post subject:

trex is 70 dollars for a 16 ft 2x5 here which is double what wood would cost that size, but it is the best slide i have ever felt

from my experience wood slides decent on durasurf, danny also made a wood box down here, but that also has a solid 1 inch coating of bird shiit

coricluster · Backside 180 Joined: 23 Apr 2007 Posts: 1826 City: berlin

FRP panels, they are slick and really cheap. ask for it at the depot

mr. Blonde · Posted: Apr 14, 2008 5:15 pm Post subject:

I've never spent money on wood.............everything we get is out of construction piles and dumpsters