Flooding with REALice (1 min)
Flooding with REALice, in one minute
We stopped at the Ayr Farmers Mutual Insurance Company Arena in North Dumfries and followed Ryan through a flood with REALice-treated water, start to finish. The short answer: it isn't much different from what you do now.
Ryan flooding with REALice at Ayr Farmers Mutual Insurance Company Arena, North Dumfries.
What's the same, and what isn't
- Fill with treated water only. Don't mix treated and untreated water, and don't trickle-fill: the system needs flow to work.
- Lay it down thin and even. A full flood should take 8–10 minutes on an NHL sheet, 10–12 on an Olympic one. Slow in the corners so the water doesn't throw to the outside.
- Use wash water on every ice clean. Cold water doesn't melt debris out of scars the way hot water does, so flush them first.
- Watch the ice afterwards. Snow, scarring or ridges between passes mean the set point is still too cold, not that the flood was wrong.
You can fill the night before. Treated water holds its state for about 24 hours, so there's no need to dump and refill in the morning.
The biggest change isn't in the flood at all: it's the brine set point. REALice ice needs to run 3–5°F warmer than hot-water ice, and until it does you'll see more snow than you should.
Full ice-making instructions →
Finding your set point →
The Ice Meister course, included with every system →
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