I'm going to refinish my mini ramp this Winter break (put new top-layers on and seal it). What should I use to seal the wood if I'm on a tight budget? I looked into that skatepaint stuff (skatepaint.com) but it's a little out of my price range. Any suggestions?

regular wood sealant(sp?)

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cover it with a tarp while your not using it? thats pretty cheap

cover it with a tarp while your not using it? thats pretty cheap

yea what he said. or you can make a covering over it to protect it from rain, like in this video

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the most cost effective thing to do is just to tarp it up. keep it covered when its not being used and it'll last forever.

tarp it two times

dont seal it. it will make it slick and slippery and you will curse yourself for doing it. for now, just tarp it as best you can. you should just put a few bucks a day aside for the next few months till youve got enough money for the skatepaint or some skatelite to resurface it with all together. if you get the skatelite you can just leave it alone and not worry about it, that stuff is pretty much industructable (expensive as sin, but worth the mone).

tarp it twice a hope that it doesnt leak through. that was my plan for my mini ramp. haha its done for.

I am whid the smart gye. make a roof over the mini-ramp.Then you doesent need to make all the stress out of it:p

I would just paint it with some outdoor paint (the type that people paint homes with). Building a roof is way to costly and placing a tarp over it can become troublesome and cumbersome. I would imagine a good outdoor paint would do well. Just talk to the people in the paint department at Lowe's or Home Depot; I am sure they can help much more than us.

Ye , i think that is the best thing to do :p