elbarto

If you make you box out of wood, it will last pretty long and even longer if you paint it cuz it will help protect the box from water damage. For my box, i used polycarbonate and it seem to work just perfecly, but pretty much anything made out of plastic would work...Just go to your nearest home depot or whatever and look at the material they have. Im sure you will find something in your price range.
Another thing you could do for fun is if your plastic thats covoring your box is transparent, you can paint a design under it and it will stay nice because of the surface covering it..

I hope this helped

-..Alex..-

invadesaturn

gorrilla glue is....glue. liquid nails is an adhesive as well but definately more appropriate for this situation because it doesnt harden. yea make sure not to get particle board cause even though its the cheapest, it will be destroyed by the moisture

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NJ SHREDDER 28

Yea particle board sucks ass. I'll probably end up using pine because thats what we get at school. So will gorilla glue work? And wouldnt it be better for the glue/adhesive to harden anyway?

Jwilliam

if it hardens it'll get brittle and break, possibly resulting in your top coming off.

check craigslist for surplus materials, there's always all kinds of shit going for cheap or free, stuff you wouldn't even think of most of the time. You can also browse hardware stores and you'll probably get ideas. we used to make skate stuff out of 2x4s found in construction site dumpsters and metal edging, that would probably work for you as well.

Home depot sells plastic edging for gardens and such that's supposed to be safe for kids, I think it's made from recycled plastics, like those park benches you see, that could be used as well.

boardercross91

well, its not lexan that they use on the tops of boxes, or atleast not the ones around here. for anyone making a homemade box, dont waste the money on sheet of plexi that will break, or pvc that will shatter. the resorts use a plastic known as hdpe, or High Density Polyurethane. works great, wont be brittle in cold, supper smooth surface that is also abrasion resistant. anyways, who ever makes there own box, good luck. i scored the top of a soccer goal for the backyard bash and its great!

bearbandit

20"x50' Galvanized Roll
That's what you need. Build your box and cover it with sheet metal. Use some cooking spray on it every once in awhile and it'll be real slick.
I've been on a few boxes covered with this stuff. Seems to work great if your on a budget. Won't shatter.

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conradg_7

what do the mountains make there rails out of the white material on the top???

boardercross91

the white material on top of the boxes is hdpe, or in other words, high density polyurethane, run a search on google.

Dcp584

conradg_7

thanks.....