My Other Car is a ZAMBONI

[JayDV]

Originally Posted by Island Life

A little off topic but relevant to the name of the thread: does anyone know of a way to "zamboni" a pond? There have to be some clever engineer-types out there who have thought this one through.

Assuming cold enough to freeze water and keep it frozen and taking care to avoid thin-ice places:

I always used the Zamboni idea of laying down new water. Identify your skating area by building a mound of snow and get it to freeze into a dam or pool wall. Once your skating area is set, then at night slosh out a few bukets of water. Nothing deep, just a layer. It may take several nights but soon a nice smooth surface builds up. Then subsequent snow removal is easier (and necessary as you don't want to slosh 10 inches of water to cover the fresh snow. Another idea is a pump. The AC to DC adapters can handle a small pump. plug it into your car, run the extension cord and a small submersible pump and short length of garden hose will work.

It may be a little work, but I aways got thanked by the family and friends that used it.

[froggy]

"My Other Car is a ZAMBONI"

The exact phrase of the plate bracket on my sister's car. In Annapolis, MD, a very good friend of theirs used to drive the Zamboni at the Naval Academy.

[Argie's Wife]

Angela - The honest answer to your question: Wait four weeks.

We've done layers of salt/sand/cat litter - it's helped.

Other than that, we walk like little old ladies from the cars to the door...