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We fount some at Home Depot for around $30 for a 4X8 sheet.

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Still confused whether this is the smooth surface (implied by "gel coated" as stated in the Arena Manual) or rough as stated by some observers. This seems important to me... Don't want to run off to local home center quite yet only to get the wrong kind !!

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Can someone measure the thickness of what is known to be the right stuff?

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It has a bumpy surface, assuming we got the right stuff. Kinda shiny too, if you use rubber, like on your tennis shoe you actually get good traction. Too bad we gotta use the "rover wheels"

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I'm not sure we will know what the "right stuff" is until we get access to the Q&A forums Wednesday.

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I was just at Menards, Lowes, and Home Depot and 'gel coated' means that it has a glossy surface which makes it more durable.

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The glasteel.com (one of the biggest FRP manufacturer)
defines gel coated as a smooth and embossed as a
pebble finish. If I am correct FRC manual(6.2.1)specs
the floor as a "gel-coated".

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That is exactly the brand name that Home Depot sells. I have 4 sheets of it sitting in our lab. Its not very thick at all but extremely flexible.

Also just wondering, does anyone else notice that after running the new wheels on this stuff after a while the floor and wheels start to wear (also they start to smell)? I getting white dust off my wheels only after running them back and forth after a while. Maybe we need to break them in first.

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in the rules it specifically says it wants them in as close to out of box condition as possible...aka no "breaking in" although it certainly would make driving easier

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I have not checked it out yet, but I hear that this material is available at home depot for right around $28 per sheet.

I am going to go take a look tomorrow morning. We probably will not buy enough to build a whole field because of the cost. But we will at least do some of it.

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The animation clearly shows a slightly bumpy surface if you watch carefully. But, i don't know how the "gel coating" affects the surface.

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You can also hit up any home improvement store and find this stuff. ex Home Depot, Lowes, ect... All it is is pretty much that really cheap slippery plastic covering that you will find in bathrooms.

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Could somebody who attended Kickoff in NH please confirm whether the floor was the smooth "gel-coat" or bumpy "pebbled-finish" Glasliner FRP?

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glasliner frp, fiber reinforced polymer, is the name of the flooring and we found it at lowes

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photos from kickoff show that the surface is pebble coated so thats what we bought.