Help is my snowboard damaged?! - Snowboarding Forum

JYM · 12-21-2012, 08:18 PM

Okay my first attmpt at waxing my snwoboard. I was doing great until i realized my iron was actually not working as intended. Its a piece of crap $7 iron i bought from target, that would keep turning off randomly. Not at timed intervals but randomly. I didnt know it turned off randomly and i thought i had the heat too low, so every time i kept cranking up the heat. All of the sudden i realized my board was getting pretty hot. I felt it, it was pretty hot but not hot enough for it to hurt my hand. Is my board ruined?? Like i was able to touch it and leave my hand on it...im curious if i messed up and ended up burning the pores of my board.

This is what i get for getting a cheap @!^& iron.

jdthai · 12-21-2012, 08:23 PM

you're fine.
Relax.
Get it done at the shop.

grafta · 12-21-2012, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by JYM

Okay my first attmpt at waxing my snwoboard. I was doing great until i realized my iron was actually not working as intended. Its a piece of crap $7 iron i bought from target, that would keep turning off randomly. Not at timed intervals but randomly. I didnt know it turned off randomly and i thought i had the heat too low, so every time i kept cranking up the heat. All of the sudden i realized my board was getting pretty hot. I felt it, it was pretty hot but not hot enough for it to hurt my hand. Is my board ruined?? Like i was able to touch it and leave my hand on it...im curious if i messed up and ended up burning the pores of my board.

This is what i get for getting a cheap @!^& iron.

Is the base all bubbled up and fucked?

If not you're good.

Do a search here for some of the vids on waxing. A lot of info, you prob already know man...

**Donutz** · 12-21-2012, 09:54 PM

If it wasn't hot enough to make you yank your hand away, you're probably ok. You don't just have a cheap iron, you have a broken one. I have a $6 iron from Value Village, but it works properly. Has steam holes too! I know exactly where to set it to wax the boards, and where to set it to wax the skis. And where the beer is.

jdmccright · 12-21-2012, 10:29 PM

Yep your iron does not work right but lucky for you snowboards are hard to mess up. Get a new iron dude.

JYM · 12-22-2012, 11:01 AM

Okay thats great to hear guys, whew and i thought i ruined a new board before i even rode it once.

Going up shasta this weekend for a whole week and its pouring POW up there!!! So excited

Mpjames 09 · 12-23-2012, 12:47 AM

If you can afford it invest in a quality waxing iron , you can thank me later. A quality iron can last you for years and give you peace of mind. Check out a Toko T8. Good luck.

12-21-2012, 08:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
JYM Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 8	Help is my snowboard damaged?! Okay my first attmpt at waxing my snwoboard. I was doing great until i realized my iron was actually not working as intended. Its a piece of crap $7 iron i bought from target, that would keep turning off randomly. Not at timed intervals but randomly. I didnt know it turned off randomly and i thought i had the heat too low, so every time i kept cranking up the heat. All of the sudden i realized my board was getting pretty hot. I felt it, it was pretty hot but not hot enough for it to hurt my hand. Is my board ruined?? Like i was able to touch it and leave my hand on it...im curious if i messed up and ended up burning the pores of my board. This is what i get for getting a cheap @!^& iron.

12-21-2012, 09:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
Donutz Drunk with power...er beer. Join Date: May 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 3,660 Blog Entries: 176	If it wasn't hot enough to make you yank your hand away, you're probably ok. You don't just have a cheap iron, you have a broken one. I have a $6 iron from Value Village, but it works properly. Has steam holes too! I know exactly where to set it to wax the boards, and where to set it to wax the skis. And where the beer is. __________________ Illegitimi non carborundum Mountain Days: 30

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12-21-2012, 08:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
jdthai Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Toronto Posts: 52	you're fine. Relax. Get it done at the shop.

12-21-2012, 10:29 PM	#5 (permalink)
jdmccright Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 199	Yep your iron does not work right but lucky for you snowboards are hard to mess up. Get a new iron dude.

12-22-2012, 11:01 AM	#6 (permalink)
JYM Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 8	Okay thats great to hear guys, whew and i thought i ruined a new board before i even rode it once. Going up shasta this weekend for a whole week and its pouring POW up there!!! So excited

12-23-2012, 12:47 AM	#7 (permalink)
Mpjames 09 Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: So. Cal Posts: 73	If you can afford it invest in a quality waxing iron , you can thank me later. A quality iron can last you for years and give you peace of mind. Check out a Toko T8. Good luck.