how long do most pucks last?

[Jam]

I wouldn't be douching Halar, guys. No matter WHO uses it (aka a company that you all seem to dislike) it's still a really amazing material.

[nokeboarder]

can you buy black velvets without having paypal?

[karrot]

probably
email them
BlackVelvetSlidePucks@gmail.com

[BigDaddy@TactisSkates]

For serious, if you hadn't posted I might not have heard of HALAR. Diggin' on the palm shape option, though. What does the material slide like? And how does it wear away? The reason I avoid Corian is because it dusts.

I want to go through all the commercial pucks currently. Thus far I've burned through the Loadeds pucks (grey & green), some 'o Gravity's Delrin pucks, and now I'm on the Darkspeeds and haven't put too much wear on them at all despite some heavy sliding. Favorites thus far. I was gonna give the Black Velvets a go next, but I'm feelin' that palm shape and I wanna know what a partially fluorinated semi-crystalline polymer slides like, heh. The thinner profile of the puck also intrigues me.

If the Darkspeeds ever die, you'll definitely see an order from Chicago.

Cool... Yeah all the top pucks made from PE and UHMWPE are really nice to slide... aside from the retarded notion that PE is different if cut by different companies... we tested the HALAR as a racing puck to reduce profile and make for easier rail grabs. What we found was it is much denser than Poly and slides super fast... the only problem is it is super expensive... $1200.00 per 4x8 sheet... and if not for the scrap pile from the equipment shop it would never become a slide puck

Better to slide on than sit in a landfill for a billion years8)

And Karrot... if you were actually sliding on your nuts you would quickly learn to love HALAR

[assumeivan]

damn thats expensive big daddy!! yous ballin' man

[BAUER]

i make my own slide pucks, Freshies Fr3 slide pucks...
last me about 6 months of intense sliding.

[Alpha06]

I wouldn't be douching Halar, guys. No matter WHO uses it (aka a company that you all seem to dislike) it's still a really amazing material.

Thats a pretty bold, outdated sentiment only you seem to have. Especially considering all the things tactis is doing for goldendale, cali skate shops, outlaw events etc.

Karrot> It slides close to delrin (which is butter smooooooth) and it keeps a low noise level, last a very long time. It has a thin profile but I tested it on loaded and two of my custom gloves, none of them got torn while using it, not a bit. What matters THE MOST is puck placement.

[BigDaddy@TactisSkates]

damn thats expensive big daddy!! yous ballin' man

Yeah Homie we be rollin like dat wanna set?

[Crappysurfer]

how long a puck lasts is an unfair question since that depends on a few things..
-riding style
-riding frequency
-pavement type
-temperature

at munnsville i put on some new blackvelvet pucks, and AT munnsville i slid them past their bevel...there have been sessions where i have worn new corian pucks past 50%...
but then again, ive had pucks last a few months

[mediocrityman]

The loaded pucks are very strange. For me, at first there was no wear or tare for about ten sessions, then one session wore them down almost all the way. Now they have lasted me about twenty sessions at this low puck point, but the material has been shot for a very long time. all the padding on the wrist is gone. Basically, any session now my wrist is going to be slit from the pavement.

[HyperDad]

Baked ice pucks will last longer than your glove will. No dought. PM me if Your interested, we sale them

I want to try'em (hint hint)

[Jd4003]

how long a puck lasts is an unfair question since that depends on a few things..
-riding style
-riding frequency
-pavement type
-temperature

at munnsville i put on some new blackvelvet pucks, and AT munnsville i slid them past their bevel...there have been sessions where i have worn new corian pucks past 50%...
but then again, ive had pucks last a few months

... completely true about riding style and frquency. and i learned the pavement type one this weekend. corian gets absolutely destroyed by rough pavement... i dont know how temperature would affect wear though.

[Bloodstain]

... completely true about riding style and frquency. and i learned the pavement type one this weekend. corian gets absolutely destroyed by rough pavement... i dont know how temperature would affect wear though.

On a colder day the gloves wont wear as much as if it was a baking hot day, not by alot. but enough that could still keep some life in your gloves. When you gloves slide the friction heats them up, im sure you know that. So if its a hot day and the roads are hot your gloves will heat up even more so they wont be as strong and will not last quite as long. I wont swear by it, but thats what I think...

[Steezycruiz]

well the cutting board if working FANTASTICALLY, it barrely has scuffs on it. so when xmas rolls around ill be buying some more pucks. think ill go with black velvet and ill try burned ice pucks too

[acidic eye]

Halar is intense my friend has a set from you Big Daddy, and there not even worn down(he's had them all of 2008 it's awsome.)

[MJKam11]

UHMW (Black Velvets, Darkspeeds, LY pucks) all last pretty long. I have abused and attempted to murder my Black Velvets many many times and I am only worn thru a bit past the bevel (and this has been for around 8 months or so that I have been sliding them).

[FlamingLongboarder]

I've been using Home Depot brand slide pucks. Shale for my right hand, Charcoal for my left. They're fantastic.

A) I've been sliding them almost constantly (probably 4 hours a day) for the past two weeks and they've hardly worn down.

B) They're thick to start with and I don't think I'll be replacing them for a while.

C) You put them on regular gloves with industrial strength velcro.

D) They're FREE!!!!!

They come in many styles, corian being my favorite.

Hope that helped!

(No, seriously, go steal some corain countertop samples.)