ShinigamiZR

So, I ride a Bataleon ET. After the last time I boarded, I forgot to check how my wax was and right before I got to the mountain yesterday I noticed that my heelside was extremely dry, so the rental shop hot waxed my board for me. At the end of the day (maybe something like 10 straight hrs of boarding?) I noticed that both the heelside and toeside were dry again, but the centre of the base was relatively untouched.

My questions are specifically directed to those of you who also ride Bataleons but anyone too I suppose, do you ever just wax the sides and not the centre? Is there any reason that the whole board should be waxed at the same time or anything like that?

Edit: I'm asking because I was planning on using the "special" Bataleon wax that I received with my board and I don't really want to run out of the lighter wax before the darker and I predict that I would have to touch up my sides a lot more often than the centre. Also, does anyone use regular waxes with their Bataleons and is there a difference in performance?

ETM

Wax it all but yes the edges do more work than the middle so you will see them turn white first.

ShinigamiZR

Wouldn't waxing the centre be somewhat of a waste because it won't absorb as much of the new application as the sides? I suppose I could just go lighter on the dripping than the sides.

grafta

Yehman, just wax the sides and areas that look drier than the rest. It's lazy, but whatever.

Bataleons have 'special' wax?

Will they tell their mom if you wax em with different?

ETM

The base will only take so much wax, if it's relatively full in the middle it wont take much more so you dont need to drip as much wax on but definately get a good film of melted wax across the entire surface. You can focus the heat on the sides which will promote better wax retention.

ShinigamiZR

Well I didn't know what to call it, but yeah they sell this two-pack wax, the lighter stick for waxing the sides, the darker stick for waxing the centre. Supposedly, it's engineered to bring the most out of the board because of the different angles that the TBT makes or something.

Thanks for the quick replies

ShinigamiZR

Like I said, it's something i received with the board when I bought it, along with a plastic scraper. I guess when I run out I'll just pick up some Hertel or something, thanks.

The block I have is cold wax, should i also pick up an all-temp to do the centre?

honeycomb

I do the same thing with all-temp and cold wax but that's basically what the bataleon wax is supposed to do, the wax for the side bases is harder so it doesn't wear away as fast.