You see correctly sir.
Sometimes I'll take pity on these miscreants toward the end of their spankings and cool them down a bit by gently massaging their bottoms with a nice big fat ice cube or two.
Thing is, I might as well toss those ice cubes into a pot of boiling water for how long they last. Nonetheless these ice baths do succeed in making the playing surface nice and cool to the touch.
Funny though how the girls will really start shrieking and carrying on once the spanking resumes