[FTC]: MDF Board - Friction?

[ethan_orion]

Our current arena setup has MDF board that is not painted and it's incredibly slippery.

Does anyone have a sense as to the amount of friction the paint adds to the MDF board? (lot, little, none).

Thanks.

[NalaTI]

Depends on how new the paint is!

The paint seems to take weeks to dry completely. Until that happens it's very non-slippery.

In general though, I would say that it's slightly less slippery when painted, but not a lot. The mountain does have two traction strips though, and that makes a big difference.