Different Ways To Wax Board - Snowboarding Forum

ABagofButter · 01-10-2012, 07:51 PM

Yea so I've seen two different ways to wax snowboards: by dripping the wax on or by pressing it against the iron and rubbing it onto the board. which way do you prefer and why?

basso4735 · 01-10-2012, 07:56 PM

I personally drip my wax. I do the board in 3 sections, nose, middle, tail.

KIRKRIDER · 01-10-2012, 08:02 PM

drip, melt, spread, cool.(beer) spread, cool, (beer) spread, cool scrape, brush, cork. Shower, dinner sleep. wake. Drive, shred. Smile. Repeat.

ABagofButter · 01-10-2012, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by basso4735

I personally drip my wax. I do the board in 3 sections, nose, middle, tail.

thats how I learned from Snowboard Addiction

skycdo · 01-10-2012, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by KIRKRIDER

drip, melt, spread, cool.(beer) spread, cool, (beer) spread, cool scrape, brush, cork. Shower, dinner sleep. wake. Drive, shred. Smile. Repeat.

Haven't tried that technique! Sounds really efficient.

What I do is drip it on the board, smooth it out with the iron without any pressure at all, let it cool, then lower the heat a little bit and go over the wax again with a a bit of pressure from the iron then let it cool off again and scrape away. I've tried the crayon method but it takes too long in my opinion.

Bones · 01-10-2012, 09:08 PM

I like the touch and smear method, just seems that there's a little less to scrape. I use big shop blocks so it doesn't take long. It would be a pain with the little cubes.

Either way is good, just get good coverage

brownSnow · 01-10-2012, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by KIRKRIDER

drip, melt, spread, cool.(beer) spread, cool, (beer) spread, cool scrape, brush, cork. Shower, dinner sleep. wake. Drive, shred. Smile. Repeat.

AMEN! /\

jyuen · 01-10-2012, 11:22 PM

melt wax on iron and smear on the board. any wax that happens to drip from the iron to the board, i try to spread it asap before it dries. if you drip and let it dry before you iron the base, you'll be stuck ironing the thing forever in an attempt to get an even coat. then you'll be scraping for ages after

honeycomb · 01-11-2012, 03:22 AM

I just take the block of wax and rub it all over the board, I don't even melt it againt the iron first. After enough has rubbed off onto the board I melt it in with the iron then buff it with scotch brite, I don't bother scraping.

judoant · 01-11-2012, 12:06 PM

I like to rub against the iron and rub on the base. I will then iron it out. Way less scraping.

01-10-2012, 07:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
ABagofButter Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 56	Different Ways To Wax Board Yea so I've seen two different ways to wax snowboards: by dripping the wax on or by pressing it against the iron and rubbing it onto the board. which way do you prefer and why?

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KIRKRIDER Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 2,212	drip, melt, spread, cool.(beer) spread, cool, (beer) spread, cool scrape, brush, cork. Shower, dinner sleep. wake. Drive, shred. Smile. Repeat. __________________ 2012/13 -12- Kirkwood days Arbor A-Frame 158 2009-10 Jeremy Jones Hovercraft 156, 2011/12 Burton Driver-X K2-Cinch-CTX Subaru WRX 06

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Bones Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 827	I like the touch and smear method, just seems that there's a little less to scrape. I use big shop blocks so it doesn't take long. It would be a pain with the little cubes. Either way is good, just get good coverage Last edited by Bones; 01-10-2012 at 09:12 PM.

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jyuen -LIFETIME MEMBER- Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 397	melt wax on iron and smear on the board. any wax that happens to drip from the iron to the board, i try to spread it asap before it dries. if you drip and let it dry before you iron the base, you'll be stuck ironing the thing forever in an attempt to get an even coat. then you'll be scraping for ages after __________________ 2007 Rome Agent 155, 2011 Rome Artifact Rocker 150, 2012 Never Summer Proto CT 152 2011 Union Contacts, 2012 Flux SF45, 2008 Rome 390's (Retired) 2011 Zoom Kaiju, 2007 Thirtytwo Prospects (Retired)

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01-10-2012, 07:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
basso4735 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: MA Posts: 214	I personally drip my wax. I do the board in 3 sections, nose, middle, tail.

01-11-2012, 03:22 AM	#9 (permalink)
honeycomb It ain`t easy being steezy Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 197	I just take the block of wax and rub it all over the board, I don't even melt it againt the iron first. After enough has rubbed off onto the board I melt it in with the iron then buff it with scotch brite, I don't bother scraping.

01-11-2012, 12:06 PM	#10 (permalink)
judoant Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 117	I like to rub against the iron and rub on the base. I will then iron it out. Way less scraping.