Question

[Garrett Trentham]

A friend of mine was showing me some of the "custom" calls he had this past weekend. One in particutlar had a slate type of surface that required no surface prep. I'm pretty sure he said that he had picked it up at the Dixie Deer Classic. It had a really nice sound to it and I was wondering if any of you guys would know what the surface type was.

Thanks,
Garrett

[TurkeyPotpie]

Probably ceramic.

What color was the playing surface?

[Garrett Trentham]

dark, a lot like slate, but it had a glossier surface.

[Cut*N*Run]

Aluminum?

[TurkeyPotpie]

I have only seen tan ceramic, but am sure there are other colors too.

Betting that's what it is, but I could be wrong.

What say your friend or does he know?

[TauntoHawk]

from what I understand anodized and bead blasted surfaces only require cleaning and the occasional scuff and do not need sanding to operate from new..

[Garrett Trentham]

Cut*N*Run, it wasn't that. It had a surface that looked more "marbled" like ceramic, but it was dark like slate. He said it was a new slate-like surface that the call maker was testing. I kindof thought ceramic, but like TurkeyPotpie said, I have only seen ceramic in light tan variations. The best part was that it didn't have to be conditioned but still sounded great.

[cleanslate]

maybe something called slatex? I haven't seen any of this stuff yet, but from what I heard it is some sort of synthetic material that has a lot of the same properties of slate, but is also waterproof (or water resistant.)

[Cut*N*Run]

I have only seen tan ceramic, but am sure there are other colors too.

Betting that's what it is, but I could be wrong.

What say your friend or does he know?

Sounds like dark ceramic then? Cool.

[Garrett Trentham]

maybe something called slatex? I haven't seen any of this stuff yet, but from what I heard it is some sort of synthetic material that has a lot of the same properties of slate, but is also waterproof (or water resistant.)

Sounds about right. Anyone have pictures of this "slatex"?