To wax or not to wax?
Posted: 11 January 2011 04:49 PM
Hi gentlemen!
I have a snowboard maintenance question: how often do I need to wax my board?
I searched the web, found various tips about how/when to wax your board, however doing all the “melt your wax/let it dry/remove excess/structure” seems really tedious, especially when you’re stuck with 5 friends in a 30m² apartment.
My questions then would be:
- Is there an easier solution? (e.g. cold wax that could quickly be applied to the board, like the skateboard wax for instance)
- Can I ride a whole week without rewaxing my board?
- Does the board sell already waxed or do I need to wax it before leaving? (Lib tech board)
Thxx!
Posted: 11 January 2011 05:28 PM
How often? I really don´t know. I never waxed my first board. Ok. You can ride it still. But the base is seriously slow.
In your situation I don´t know if I should wax the board more than every third or second week. As long as the condtions are similar. If you have the right wax and it´s new and fresch on the board. It´s a really sweet feeling.
Then again reality comes into play. Fore sure I could do like the Swedish Olympic Skiiteam stars and ride pro wax skiis (boards) every day and also have a google sponsor so I could ride with a fresh lens everyday too. Again: real life means soggy goggels and more or less unwaxed boards.
No rule about how often. I do wax my board when it starts to feel slow.
Best of luck and a lot of pow pow to you and your five friends.
Posted: 11 January 2011 06:17 PM
You’ll know when you need to wax your board because the edges of the base will start to grey a little. My Angus has just started to grey a little and i haven’t waxed it for about 3 weeks. I’m going to wax it tomorrow and make a little vid on how to wax your board, so if you need any pointers. Give your board a good wax before you go on your hols and it’ll be fine. Cold rub on wax is no replacement for a hot wax and in my honest opinion is bit of a waste of time and money. Last season some of the guys on the forum were raving about a rub-on teflon polish that makes your board slide like sh*t off a shovel but I’ve not used it myself. A good hot wax with an all temp wax and then a couple of days in your airing cupboard before you scrape it and you’ll be fine for a week at this time of year. In spring slush you need to wax a bit more frequently because slush just sucks up wax.
Posted: 11 January 2011 06:25 PM
Hmm maybe I’m the only wax freak here but I wax every 2-3 days of riding.
Posted: 11 January 2011 06:47 PM
I wax my snowsports equipment so infrequently I cannot remember when or where I last got them done. No patience to do it myself, though when gliding straight, I am always out ahead. Good wax retention I reckon.
Posted: 12 January 2011 12:30 AM
I’m like you skip, after 3 days out I wax. This time of year I used the cheap stuff, in the spring I put the fluro-carbon stuff on.
Got it down to a science outside… I find it very spiritual to care for my equipment, a bonding time. :)
To O.P., I would wax even if manufacture waxed. For sake of speed/cost it’s a machine wax which is pretty crappy compared to a hand wax.
I found rub on waxes work well in spring conditions… water is what causes a lot of friction and slows you down so a rub wax before every spring session and I was a missile compared to a lot of other peeps on the hill.
Posted: 12 January 2011 07:37 PM
I’m a wax it every other day kinda guy myself, just a small no-steam iron does the job and if racin i use that zardos teflon stuff which is good an quick but the tub doesn’t go far!
Need to change my wax me thinks as it doesn’t seem to make a massive difference tho!
I’ve a question for the TBT owners out there, (just about to get one) how do you do the nose and tail bits?
Posted: 13 January 2011 05:26 PM
Allrighty, gonna wax it before leaving then.
I’d also like to bring some “fix it quick” wax along to be on the safe side.
I might sound a bit naive but I just read on Maxiglide that they have great rub on wax which is even better than hot waxing your board (no less!) :-D Has anyone any experience with that wax? (or a similar product)
Posted: 14 January 2011 07:28 AM
No rub-on wax will ever be better then a hot wax, I can say that hands down without even looking at the product.
Rub will not penetrate as deep as a hot wax.
And yes, I used rub, penetrate and deep in the same sentence non-sexually.
Posted: 04 March 2011 06:10 AM
I noticed Rich said to leave the board drying out for 2 days before the scrape…. I thought giving it 30 mins to dry out would be ok?
Posted: 04 March 2011 09:24 AM
Yeah 30 mins is usually fine. On high grade sintered bases if you wax them and then pop them into a warm airing cupboard then the base will draw in more of the wax. To be honest it probably won’t make a huge difference, it’s just habit.
Posted: 04 March 2011 11:41 AM
So you’ve got one in the cupboard, while the other is out in the white stuff? I’ve gotta start get my quiver going
Posted: 07 December 2011 02:07 AM
I use Choad Cheese Wax every 2-3 days of riding. It’s locally sourced handcrafted wax made in the USA not some Bangladesh sweatshop.
http://crackgrease.com/store_wax.html
Posted: 15 December 2011 04:44 AM
What wax are you using? My edges are burnt after one day.
So far I’ve tried Hertel Super Hot Sauce (wicked soft) and Toko S3.
Posted: 03 January 2012 01:00 PM
Use a hard alpine cold wax on your edges jonny80s, that stuff will hold up better.
I use KUUsport waxes, Canadian company from my hometown… will always support them.
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