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Waxing your snowboard provides immediate benefits and is easy to do. With a few tools and an hour anyone can put a fresh coat of Snowboard wax on their snowboard and slide better than ever.
Tools you will need
- Base cleaner or citrus cleaner - to clean the dirt/grime, and old wax off your base.
- Iron - don't use the one your mother uses on her clothes.
- Wax - Snowboard or ski specific wax only.
- Scrapper - a medium ski specific scrapper is preferred over a long snowboard scrapper.
- Abrasive Pad - for finishing the job.
Steps for waxing your snowboard
- Clean the base of your snowboard with base cleaner, or a citrus cleaner.
- Drip the wax on your board using an old iron, but make sure to use snowboard/ski specific wax. If the wax smokes the iron is too hot.
- Smooth the wax out with your iron, spreading it evenly over the surface.
- Then you need to scrape as much of the wax of as you can using a scraper.
- Finish the job by using an abrasive pad to smooth out the wax using a tip to tail direction.
Hold the wax in your hand and rub it on the board in a circular motion, spread it evenly over the bottom three quarters of the board, making emphasis on the areas where your feet will be the most. Make sure you wax the top of the board not the side with the fins on! The wax should be several millimeters thick. If you are in doubt about whether you're doing it right then go to a local surf shop, or even better, the place where you bought the board, they will usually be happy to help. If you use the search engine www.Google.com you may find useful resources, YouTube.com also has some videos that may help. Related Linkswww.google.com www.youtube.com
ever 3-5 days of being on the snow..... if the snow is wetter then maybe 3 days If you google this you're going to get alot of crazy answers from "once a day" to "once a year". This is really all about personal preference, but if you're serious about keeping your board good to go and in nice condition so you can shred any time you want to you shouldn't leave it for more than 3 days (out on the hill). I like to hot wax mine every other time I go out, though if I'm out at a resort where there's all kinds of crazy conditions I'll do it once a day just to adapt to what I'm about to go out and face. You can also visually inspect your base (bottom of your snowboard) and see if its dry. You can tell if its dry by looking at the edges and seeing if its starting to discolor to white and it will look like its sort of furry. You don't want your base to dry out, so wax it when you think its starting to dry out. I provided a link to a photo of a snowboard base that's dry on the edge.
Wax. Just kidding, but for serial, you can either buy specialized wax at a snowboard shop, I know Burton makes this nifty kind that you don't even have to heat up, which they call "rub-down wax". This is good if you're lazy and have alot of money. Another alternative if you're not lazy but still rich if to buy specialized snowboard wax. Theres like, a billion different kinds. If you're like me, and would prefer to spend the very little money that you do have on lift tickets, and you have a little bit of time on your hands, use Paraffin wax. It works just as well and its WAY cheaper. Its basically the stuff that they use to seal canned goods, in food, my dad uses it to wax the snow shovel so its easier to shovel snow (thus showing how well it would work on a snowboard), and to make our kitchen drawers work properly when they're being stupid. You get it at the grocery store in the area where you might find canning supplies. There's alot of websites out there that show you how to wax your board, but I attached one that I think it particularly nifty.
a paste wax is a wax that you can basically just rub on. generally its not as good as hot waxing because it tends to rub off after a couple of runs. if you are into racing though a lot of racers carry it with them and rub it on every couple of runs. most rub on waxes come with a piece of cloth that you scoop a little paste onto and then apply to the base of your board. I generally do it in a circular motion from tip to tail just to make sure i cover the board.
You can't really un-wax a snowboard, you could try putting the hot iron on it to loosen it up but your best bet would be to ride until you see the bottom sides dry out.
the majority of new snowboards come prewaxed, if the snowboard feels like it doesnt slide very well, then you should wax it
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If you wax your snowboard around November and your going on December should you take off the wax and rewax it or just scrape the wax you had on since November and how often should i wax my board?
take off the wax and rewax it
Can you use car wax to make a snowboard go faster?
Yes, wax will lower the drag coefficient of the snowboard.
Should you wax a snowboard with a silk screened base?
No, because you wouldn't have any friction to stop.
Can you wax a snowboard with a lighter?
No it destroys the board.
Does waxing a snowboard with a non snowboard iron bad?
No, it does not. I use a regular iron I bought at Value Village for $5 to wax my base, and it works fine. The only thing is that once you use it to wax your snowboard, it cannot be used on clothes again, or else it will ruin them. If you make sure to have the right temperature, you should be fine!
Can you use furniture wax on a snowboard?
No, not a good idea
Is their snowboard wax that the color comes off on the snow?
Possibly, depending on how good the quality of your wax is.
What is the difference between cool surfboard wax and warm surfboard wax?
To be stupid, one is cold and the other is warm, but to be smart the cold wax may be stiffer and harder to spread, while the warm wax will be easier to spread but more slippery. If you use wax a lot try just use sing it at room temperature. It should work! ;)
What can take off snowboard wax?
Gasoline, or Paint Thinner
Does snowboard wax affect your speed?
It helps you to go faster.
Can you wax a snowboard without an iron?
use the pad it comes with
How much of the wax do you scrape off a snowboard base?
You want to scrape of almost all the wax leaving a thin coat.
