This might sound dumb but I would like to see what black ice and a white puck would look like.🤔😵

"The ice maker" Zamboni: am i a joke to you?

I am more surprised that this was uploaded 12 years ago... and this is suggested to me only now

The most interesting information that'll never need to know

I work at an ice rink and there some differences. One: after the ice has been painted white with a layer of ice on top, we flood it with the hose; then, as seen in my next point, we place the ads, and do a few more floods. Two: we only paint the circles, creases and team logo. The advertisements and lines are made of a type of fabric that we lay down. Three: for those saying it'd be a pain to do this all the time, it's only at the beginning of the season you do all this. We also put down a special floor over top of the ice, just if we have something else going on that doesn't include skating. I love my job. It pays great, the hours are reasonable and my bosses are absolutely AWESOME.

Soooo.... you telling me that ice rinks aren't deep pools of ice!!?

It's kinda sad that the entire video is made in Victoriaville, a small town in Quebec where the Victoriaville Tigers play, and that at the end of the video, they show the Bell Center in Montreal.

This is freaking Awesome :) So much effort! There is no way not to love ice hockey.

That is a lot of work, fuck.

Man this video was awesome to watch. I've been a hockey fan since I was 9 years old, (24 years) and this is the first time I got to see exactly what goes into creating an ice rink.

Ah, ice hockey. I love going to the Van Andel Arena to watch the Griffins battle it out!

Everytime I see a Zamboni I just can't help but think of Deadpool "tell me where your fucking boss is.. Or your gunna die!!..... In 5 minutes! LMFAO I love that part.

This answers so many questions I've wondered while watching games. It's very interesting that they have to repaint everything. I always wondered about the stanley cup logo that they put in each playoff team rink.

12 years ago KZfaq- nah we don’t need to show his. 2019- We recommend this!

That requires a lot less water than I imagined. I had no idea all of those logos were hand painted every time they redo the rink. I am thoroughly impressed right now haha.

I helped put ice down on a rink years ago. We used a fire hose. Most rinks look white, but on major ice surfaces they use paint called TV Blue. TV cameras get a bad reflection on ice painted white. The guys who painted our ice were true artists. They were testing some new paint before painting the ice surface in Lake Placid before the 1980 Olympics. Our logo was an angry Bear. The guy who painted it did so freehand.

The place I worked at in rural Massachusetts had a rig that was set up so that a crew would just roll it down the length of the rink and the misters would evenly coat the surface layer by layer. We'd roll it back and forth once to get the initial layer, then a few more times with the white mixed in, paint the lines and logos and everything, and then pass over a few more times with clear water to solidify everything. After that it was just a matter of fixing any spots that were missed or over iced. All in all the process took a full day

The guy driving doesn't look happy about his job...

So beautiful!

Actually David they don't tear it down for basketball. There's a video showing the transition for the Staples Center from hockey to basketball.

That’s probably the coolest thing I’ve ever seen

I really like at the start the little red wings touch, makes it look way better... GO WINGS!

Never knew it was done like that, nice video

Im not a hockey fan, but this intrigued me. I wanna actually watch the sport now.

I love hockey

Great video, but why did they paint the toilet seats on the ice in the end?

I was skating on a rink last fall where the ice was about 1/2cm in places. Skates went right down to the cement in places.

People I read a lot of you comments, they only show the laying down of water on a cold floor that then turns to ice. This in not how you make a hockey rink. This video is how the get the ice on the floor and paint it, that is all. To make a hockey rink you have to start with the cement floor and all the pipes in it. There are compressors and a chiller and so much more then what they show. Don't get me wrong, it is a nice video , just titled wrong.

Definitely some good information here.

@TheWitchOvAgnesi According to an article I read they cover the ice with homasote, 530 four- by eight-foot, one-inch thick insulating boards that are laid over the ice before the basketball floor is put down.

Im going to try this out when we install ice in aug. We just use a hose, it sucks. We have to wrap rope around it so it wont melt into the ice, or have a few people constantly moving it around. Just using the zamboni is a good idea.

Yo dude, just freeze a pond then build around it 👌🔥😂

very intriguing process -- cool info to know !

I LOVE THIS SHOW

SO.FREAKING.AWESOME.PERIOD

Thank you KZfaq for recommending me this video 12 years later

it is very useful for my next semester project (yogyakarta Ice Skating Center)

There is also another system, for portable rinks. Very similar, minus the concrete pad. They lay a pipe system down for the coolant, and spray layers until the pipes are covered. Then, proceed the same as above.

This was far more interesting then I thought it was going to be. Haha.

were you there when they bought the paint?

Yes they cover with rubber mats and floor boards like any other arena. There's plenty of videos on KZfaq that show the process too. It takes about 2-3 hours for a good turnover crew.

Very neat.

It’s great to know this stuff

As a hockey player I approve of this

That's interesting! I always wondered how they did that.

The rink I work at has the concrete floor painted white, the paint does NOT chip up when we take down the ice.

How you get into this type of work when you change the arena? what is the exact title.

So what do they do for example when changing from a Knicks game to rangers, or lakers to kings?

They should call this video "How It's Made - Hockey Ice" They didn't show anything about how the rink is made and they rarely ever have to defrost the ice , they have special boards that insulate the ice and you can lay down carpet and convert the arena for concerts and events , We do it all the time at West Ed

the first arena is in victoriaville,qc home of the Victoriaville Tigres 2nd is the Bell Center in Montreal

very cool. Neat video

You could paint the concrete. You don't have to scrape anything when it's change of season time. You just turn the refrigeration off and let it melt and drain away. At most you would just run a water vac over it to help it dry faster or use squeegees.

at the end they show the canadiens arena. but the actual painting segment doesn't appear to take place at the bell centre.

what about for stadiums that change between hockey and basketball like staples center?

I wonder how you get a zamboni driver job. Never seen it listed lol

2:02 Looks like he's really enjoying himself. Lol.

Is it just me who thinks that the part where they paint was satisfying

@MikeDegen8 actually the whole rink is done by the same compressors and you cant melt sections... all we do is paint the logo on thicker ice then the rest of the paint markings and shave the logo out with the machine when its not needed anymore!!

we can see how excited the driver is.

Actually quite cool

Look up American Airlines Center Timelapse. They do Dancing With The Stars on Ice (or something), PBR, Mavs game and a concert, 4 events 6 days in 4 mins. Pretty crazy!

For a natural backyard rink, Iron Sleek Backyard ice rinks systems is the best.

I'm pretty sure the permanent hockey rink where I go skating has a hardwood floor underneath it. You can see it through the ice.

what if they mess up when they're painting the ice? can they wash it off or..

@Ozyman73 i don't understood, do they paint over the white ice??

Either they melt the entire rink and redo it or maybe they use the Zamboni to shave the ice down to remove the painted area. Likewise when they want to add a graphic they shave the ice down to the depth desired, paint the graphic and refill the area and level it out.

How do they change the markings for playoffs? Do they completely re-do everything?

The painting parts take a lot of works and patience

@JDJAKS No, they just cover the ice up and put the basketball court over it.

Video looks like it's was recorded with one of those sphere things so that you could move around the camera

@Ozyman73 That is correct. It would be too costly and take too much time to manually melt down the ice. Especially at places like MSG where there could be a concert one day, then a Rangers game the next.

During the first month of the season, they have the "Face-Off" signs in the neutral zone. How do they take them off? Do they have to melt the ice all over again? Same thing when they have to add "STanley Cup Playoffs" when it's playoff time.

thanks for that..i always wondered ...how they do that..

Wow that's so cool

Wow! I always wondered how they did that. They have to do this for every game, too. What if they have both a matinee B-ball game AND an evening hockey game??

@Balinne haha yup, my same thought too!

that's Canadian Hab's logo!

This is the old-fashioned way of doing it. Nowadays, they use large, seamless slabs of wood that have the markings on them. They just bolt the peices into the bare cement and frezze over it. The ice is 1/4 an inch thick.

I always wondered how they did that?

If there is a fire hydrant in the area and depending on the regulations in the city you live in you may be able to contact the local fire department to use a fire hydrant as a water source. They attach a meter to it determine the amount of water you use then charge you for that and a service fee. People do this when they want to fill a swimming pool.

how does the paint not stick to the boards??

This is interesting! I didn't know they painted the ice; I thought it was naturally white. Perhaps this is how Sonja Henie painted it black, without splashing the paint on her when she skated.

Great!

This is Montreal, Bell Center rink :-) Go Habs, Go for the 2012's Stanley Cup

Sound the hockey horn Alvi.......hhhhhaaaaahhhhhhnnnnnn!!!!!!

Did you notice the guy painting the faceoff circles wasn't pulling taut on that string?

If it's supposed to sit for a day how in the world do you do back-to-back games there are sometimes where you have back-to-back home games

@iviperific So you can see the puck on TV.

Actually, every big arena has special insulated pieces that go down over the ice for things like concerts and other special events while the hockey season is still going. Possibilities are endless in big arena's.

For whatever reason, I was just picturing a swimming pool that they froze over. Here I was thinking I was skating on like 3 feet of ice and it was just concrete 😂

Did they do this process for the Rink at 30 Rock?

how do they get the goal posts to stay in place?

Sure that's your opinion. But it is the most exciting and combines the best of all sports and therefore tops the charts.

Shoutout to the NHL teams that share their arena and season with an NBA team

some the best ice I have ever been on is actualy sand underneath

what was left out of this video is that if the team doesn't have a dedicated place of their own and have to share it (like most teams do), this process may be repeated more than once a week.

@Grillinnap This is a good video. But idk how valid this is. Maybe some arenas do this. But i know for a fact Madison Square Garden doesnt. They use tiles of ice that they bring in and just place down for every game. Once the game is over they shovel off the ice and put on the wood for the basketball court. One the tiles the logo and the lines and everything is all painted on already.

im with u

some rinks host monster trucks also so do they just lay down wood then dirt?

@FOGaming123 Zambonie is a brand name for ice resurfacer.