How to wax a surfboard Believe it or not, there is an art to this.
The wax is the only thing connecting your feet to your board so it pays to get it right.
1. Score a little wax.
1 primer bar.
1 bar of wax. It is important to note the temperature combinations of your break or the wax will not do much.
Get a wax comb too.
2. Remove the old wax.
Leave your patio in the sun for 20 minutes until the wax is soft but not runny. Use the scraper flat on the comb to remove it.
You can also use a Wax Pickle or special surf wax solvent to get it all if you like (this is no time for tinkering with funky chemicals or you can melt your card).
2. Apply Basecoat.
Hold the bar at a 45 degree angle so you rub the edge.
Rub basecoat on lightly in a circular motion - roughly 25cm (10 ") circles.
If you are a student / intermediate then go hard and cover ¾ of the deck from the tail upwards.
Do not wax the side rails, but rub a little where your hands grip to pop and duck dive.
Use about ¼ of the bar and you should have a lot of soft bumps.
Make a final layer rubbing rail to rail, then tip to tail.
3. Apply Wax.
Now, slowly apply the wax, again with the bar on an angle of friction in small-ish circles.
You want to end up with nice little round bumps.
4. Future Care.
Use a wax comb with diagonal hatching strokes for revitalizing traction time to time.
Keep your wax in a plastic bag SnapLock order not to spread the shit and melt all the way pimp.
Always put your card in your bag in the same way up or you'll get wax on both sides of the bag, which means that the wax on both sides of your board. That will slow you down.
When your wax gets flat again from step 1.
I just want tasted as good as it smells.
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Posted on March 25, 2010.
