Snowboard waxing part one

[bentricky]

FAR too much wax, otherwise, lovely video.

[ufp1701]

@bentricky

I used more wax than normal so people could actually see the wax being melted and worked into the base.

[EverythingisFire]

Now when you get a new board and want to put on some good wax on it rather than ride the factory stuff: Do you still start with that brush even though there's no "crud"? I was told to do a hot scrape for my new board when I get it, I'm just curious if I just throw the wax on and start scraping when it's hot or if I should be brushing most of the stuff off before

[PeterV89]

Hey snowolf, how long do you iron the wax into the board? Do you just want to spread it out all over the base? How do you know when to stop?

[connordd2]

Should you use a nylon and horsehair brush if your riding a sintered base? Does anyone know?

[kl2586]

can you use Goo Gone as a base cleaner ? thanks.

[san5a89]

do you think I can use just paraffine and stearine instead of this?

[darkbow98]

you should lossen your binding screws to stop the heat sucking in the base

[sdutango]

good tutorial. i'm just still wondering what temp i should set on the regular home iron. like some stupid irons that only has numbers on them instead of temps. and another question, when you ironing the board, you know the middle part is kind of going down, so will the wax runs to the middle part and the middle part get's slightly thicker or it won't even run?

[mpotter12]

thank you so much for sharing!!!!! very informational video!! =)

[ph4tboy]

240 Fahrenheit, right?

[JOBoarder27]

I'm surprised that you had all these small steps that people normally skip over but you didn't clean the base with base cleaner.

[ufp1701]

@JOBoarder27

Actually, you should use base cleaner very sparingly. A board gets better and better the more you wax it. I only use a base cleaner when I get a lot of dirt and pine pitch on it. People overuse base cleaner.

[louisegan99]

thanks for posting, good information

[louisegan99]

great videos, thanks for posting

[cocorooz]

nice vid keep it up .. what state do you bord in?

[pdubs926]

if i use an iron that has holes on just the nose or tip w/e can i melt the wax on the bottom with no holes?

[slacher]

nice vid

lot of wax though, but hey, if you've only used a half inch then its not too much of a waste

[huhhman]

You also use way more wax then you need. Try using less and adding more if you need it.

I would really recommend not spending so much time in one spot on your board with the iron. Heating the base opens the pores allowing for wax to be absorbed into the base. The base material melts at 120C and your iron is probably set at 120C to 130C (depending on wax up to 150C). It's best to spread the wax, let the board cool a little (1-3min) and spread it some more.

[Jackass1lc]

you put way too much wax on

[a1lthatremains88]

Great video, i just waxed my board today for the first time and this helped alot. I was kind of skeptical about the brass brush, i thought it might damage my base, but it worked like a charm. Thanks Alot!

[jimmymoss7644]

i thought you have to take the bindings off. do you ever take em off?

[purplehazer42]

You can, but don't have to. When you scrape sometimes it looks like there are wax buildups where the screws indent the board a bit, but this is kinda unavoidable after the board's been ridden a few times I think. The concavity is still going to be there even if you take off the bindings.

[snowboardman19]

u can use a iron with hoes in it.

[dutchbecks]

technically you can but its not recommended

[dobe2049]

It wont always melt evenly, or heat evenly.

[ai462]

Clear, unpretentious video with lots of information. Well done ufp1701.

[ballrsp]

after i finish waxing my board, i still feel the bumbs from my boards design...will that slow my board down? should i scrape less wax out?

[taradead]

I saw on another video that you should occasionally feel to see if the top sheet gets too hot or else it can damage.

You ironed over that one spot quite a lot...I'm guessing that was just for demo purposes (or maybe it's just not that big a deal)

[ufp1701]

you have to really work at it to damage the base by having the iron really hot and leaving it onoe spot.

[aselyatheslayer]

can you use parafine candle wax instead? It smells and looks similar to the wax they use to wax snowboards.

[paco67797531pie]

no. just use snowboard wax

[skateay]

you definetly dont need to use that much wax

[ufp1701]

I did that mainly for demonstration purposes.

[teresanumrich]

Awesome video... good sound, no annoying background music, etc...;-) where can I buy the brushes I'll need for this technique?

[SkateTeacher2083]

anyone know if that toko base combination nylon/copper brush is any good, or should i just get a seperate nylone brush and a copper or horeshair brush (somethin soft)?

[ufp1701]

I use the copper/brass brush when doing a base clean to remove old wax and gunk. I prefer seperate brushes. The nylon first, then finish with the soft horse hair.

[reddog22000]

To help keep the dip in your base under the bindings to a minimum, you can loosen your binding screws while waxing your board.

[ufp1701]

Yeah, that is a good point. I don`t go through the trouble since as an instructor who puts a lot of miles on my boards, I wax almost daily and don`t want to deal with it.

[reddog22000]

I hear ya there. I don't have to wax nearly that much since I can't ride a lot. But yeah, sometimes I'm just to lazy (or short on time) to bother with that either.

[ashley1826]

excellent video, added to my favorites. I brought my laptop into the garage and watched it as i waxed. extremely helpful i would have had no idea without this video i just got my iron so i didn't know what to do. thank you very much for making this video is 100x better then then all the others. you went nice and slow very easy to keep up. thank you

Sincerely Ashley