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Guessing I Need a Good Re-Wax?

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#1 ·
hoping to ask a stupid question here wondering if anyone has encountered such a thing..... was out last weekend during the warm spell; rode through rain, sleet, and snow. Board was fast while it was rainy with fog. Slowed down a bit through the day as it got colder.

Fast forward to tonight, myself and someone else that I was with put their boards on and there was basically no glide to them at all. It was like there was a set of brakes on. Going down the hill was painful and unsafe feeling. Temps tonight were much cooler (-16 C). Heelside braking was hard to do and would almost make you feel like falling. Things got a little faster though the night but not much of an improvement. Is this a sign of wax that isn't rated for the cold temp on my board or, the need for another wax job? Is it possible the warm conditions last weekend stripped the board and/or did something to the base?

The bottom doesn't really seem like it is drying out by looking at it
 
#5 ·
Rub on wax is pointless. It's gone in one run and is bad for the environment. Hot wax with a cold temperature wax every 2 or 3 days on the hill.

The reason a snowboard glides is because the friction of the base against the snow melts a very thin layer of water, which the snowboard glides on. The colder it is the less the snow melts. At extremely cold temperatures, <10F, the ice crystals actually stick into the base creating that awful drag.
 
#11 ·
Dude, I just use an old travel iron I had laying around. It works fine. Yea the dedicated ones are probably better but any old iron should do the trick.
 
#9 ·
Probably too cold for the wax you were using. I had the same happening to me in a really cold day. All temp / cold weather wax should help.
 
#13 ·
& while you're there, check for boards & boots.

I found a pair of 2013 Burton SLX's & a pair of Imperials, no liners but looked brand new.
$35.99 but because there were no liners I got them for $17.99 each.
The imperials were my size, the SLX's were not.
So I traded the SLX's for brand new Malamutes in my size.:bowdown:

Then grab a new jacket or pants:giggle:


TT
 
#15 ·
Yeah man goodwill iron, as long as it's got a temp dial it's good to go. I'm still using my moms old iron from the 80's!!!

- iron
- scraper
- wax
- texture pads (green/blue bathroom pads work)
- stiff nylon brush

Should be $50 for everything and then you're good to go. We waxed 4 boards the other night in about 45 mins in the garage drinking beers! :yahoo:

If the snow gets really cold it gets really sticky, usually happens to me once or twice a year as I use all-temp wax instead of the cold stuff.
 
#17 ·
Holes on the iron don't matter? I just bought an edge sharpening tool for $10 that was made for my board since it has the magnetraction edges (all wavy)

I've been out in cold nights last year, but last weekend might have been a combo of cold + base needing some work. I was like a turtle out there at -16~ celcius.

Looking forward to learning how to do this myself as another hobby. Do you prefer to leave bindings on or take them off? Did you DIY a stand?
 
#16 ·
At any time when the air temp moves below -15C any board, no wax or even a decent universal wax, is going to start slowing down noticeably. The only thing you can do is slap on a layer of Cold Temp Wax and you will glide once again.

The temps this week in the northeast are holding in the deep freeze. Time to get the cold wax on if you want any glide at all.
 
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