How to Wax & Care for a Snowboard : Snowboard Waxing: Scraping Off Old Wax

Old snowboard wax should be scraped off before new wax is applied. Remove wax from snowboard base using the tips in this free snowboarding video from a snowboard tech.

Expert: Brad McCain Jr.
Bio: Brad McCain Jr. has been snowboarding for more than ten years. He has worked at various snowboard shops for more than five years. He currently works at Get Boards shop in Big Bear, Calif.
Filmmaker: Devin Boddie

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• snowboarding
• snowboard car
• snowboards

[shortbusrocks46]

everyone is so damn peticutlar, get some damn all temp wax, get any flat iron (dont use steem for any dumbases out there :) ) drip the wax on in a pattern, just get it good, then scrape off all the damn wax or as close to all as possible, wax ooonnnnn your base will only slow you down, it has to get into those pores, so scrape off alll of it on the base, and hold the scraper at whatever fucking angle you like...thats how its done haha

[madaboutrc]

Bad video. First off you want to loosen your bindings, this will make the base flater since the screws arnt pulling up, you want your scraper acute probably 45 degree to the board (like someone erliar pointed out) Also you want to be going tip to tail as you dont do as much switch riding

Tom

[QOTSARadio]

@madaboutrc Does it matter going from tip to tail? I mean, the reason why you do this is cause, when you board, you let the snow melt, if you go in the diriction from tip to tail, it will 'glide' better on your board. But i think it doesn't matter wheter you go from tip to tail, or from tail to tip... Wouldn't make much of a difference anyway

[amazedinthesky]

what is he wearing ?

[JovanforPREZ]

@THExKiDxNiNjAX the scratch is in the wax, not the board... so when the wax comes off so does the scratch

[JovanforPREZ]

@sk8skiboard3 the scratches are in the wax... so once you scrape off the wax you scrape off the scratch... unless you were gouging holes in it with a knife..

[sk8skiboard3]

how well does wax fill scratches?

[ACMicah]

@madaboutrc i switch ride all the time...depends on how i land and ill ride the rest switch

[calspeed1]

Good video on SCRAPING off wax. Thanks!

[bcbudz]

@Akidwithacamera You idiot, look at the name of the video "Scraping off old wax".

[THExKiDxNiNjAX]

cant u scratch ur board like that?

[windgod61]

@Akidwithacamera geeez if you pay attention instead of looking for mistakes. That is exactly what hes doing removing the old wax.