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reaeper
Feb 12, 2011, 1:51 PM
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Although my local gym where I train has slick wooden walls, I have been to a couple of gyms where the walls are textured. Just curious as to which one is more typical.
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matterunomama
Feb 12, 2011, 10:52 PM
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Every one I've been to was textured, some more than others. The professional wall companies put it on for sure. Some 'build your own' gyms put in on with sand in the paint and it flakes roght off
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Bats
Feb 12, 2011, 11:47 PM
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Nicros Artwall
My gym has one. They are not cheap, but very realistic.
http://www.nicros.com/artwall.cfm
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reaeper
Feb 13, 2011, 3:35 PM
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Bats wrote: Nicros Artwall My gym has one. They are not cheap, but very realistic. http://www.nicros.com/artwall.cfm
Damn, that looks awesome. I guess the reason why my gym doesn't have the textured walls is that it is pretty old, and doesn't make much money. At least I can head to Stone Summit to get those nice, textured walls.
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vegastradguy
Feb 13, 2011, 4:09 PM
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most gyms have some kind of texture on their walls- either a textured paint or concrete, although i've seen a trend lately drifting toward smooth walls. The Front up in Ogden, UT has beautiful walls that are natural wood face...i'll be curious to see if they stay that pretty over time.
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cornstateclimber
Feb 13, 2011, 6:08 PM
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i used the sand in the paint trick to texture my wall. i used a porch floor paint with about two cups of sand mixed in well, and it worked really nice. but its definently no match to the textured metolious paint, or equivelents. but a much cheaper route. for a home wall especially
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matterunomama
Feb 13, 2011, 7:32 PM
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Having watched two gyms go up, I can tell you the process that the pros do is not trivial. Along with the frictiony paint which is thickly appied, they take rubber contour sheets and hammer/press them in. The wall also often has blips and ridges from purposely uneven application.
Some walls I've been to have ins and outs like real rock or permanent huecos/cracks/foot ledges. I don't care for those as much-I think it limits setting possibility because the holds can only beon a a flatter area and also makes it extremely hard to force moves-if a feature is there one grabs it!
I've come to realize that some of the gyms that have a visual WOW factor when you walk in aren't great from a setting point of view. I do think that texture on a wall is key, so that wall is always 'on'. The reality is that shorties like me often have to do the quick smear and run up the wall to get to that next hold. They could give me an extra foot chip but then that would be a cheater for anyone over 5'5".
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cmagee1
Feb 14, 2011, 8:12 AM
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One of the gyms in my area has gorgeous natural finish walls that look ultra smooth, but when you get up close are very grippy. Reminds me of the grip on arbor longboards how its super grippy but still lets the natural wood come through. http://arborcollective.com/skate/boards/
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