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26 Responses to “How to Wax and Scrape Your Snowboard”
@skaterdog1000 I keep the temperature the same through the whole process (unless it is so hot you see the wax smoking, or too cold that the wax isnt all melting as you glide the iron across the board). You should be able to melt all the wax under the iron while moving it at about one inch per second or so. My iron just had number settings and I think they were in degrees, in which case I usually keep it at 120-130 F (maybe Celsius idk).
To a certain degree. As long as it’s ski/snowboard wax you will be good. There are different waxes for different snow temperatures but who the hell can predict the temperature for the next time they will ride? So I usually just go with all temp wax.
It wouldnt be my first choice because metal is more aggressive and you might find yourself taking off all the wax and kind of scraping the base. I only use metal to take off excess p-tex plastic (used for filling in gouges). But as I’ve said for a lot of other questions, it is POSSIBLE and it will do the job, but MOST LIKELY not as good as you could with a plastic scraper.
Hey i noticed you were using a plastic scrapper. I just bought a medal scrapper and i was wondering if i can still use it without damageing my board. Also i was wondering if it would affect the performance between a medal and plastic scrapper.
I actually tried that for a while and I didn’t notice a difference. You can scrape in both directions, and if you want to try and “directionalize” it, then when you buff it with the Scotch Brite pad, buff in one direction. The buffing makes the final shape of the wax anyway.
Assuming you are scraping pretty firmly, but not completely putting all your weight into the scraper, you should stop when there isnt much wax coming off anymore. I also hold the board so some light reflects off it and you can see spots you missed, which for me is usually around the edges or at each end cuz those are tough spots to get sometimes. You don’t want a visible “layer” of wax, but instead a thin sleek shiny appearance, especially after you buff it out.
Thanks man, I spend a lot of time messin with my stuff and tryin to learn as much as I can. As far as the Lamar, it was my gf’s board haha. But thanks for the compliment, I’ll probably make some more vidoes about this kind of stuff because a lot of people seem to have questions about how to take care of thier boards.
@585productions thanks for the help. cant wait to shred this year
@skaterdog1000 I keep the temperature the same through the whole process (unless it is so hot you see the wax smoking, or too cold that the wax isnt all melting as you glide the iron across the board). You should be able to melt all the wax under the iron while moving it at about one inch per second or so. My iron just had number settings and I think they were in degrees, in which case I usually keep it at 120-130 F (maybe Celsius idk).
when your using the iron the second and first time is the heat on high or in the medium pre heat range?
good video.. unlike some of the ones i have seen so far hahahahaha…
just bought a 2005 burton custom x….. need to wax that motherfucker.
@Mr360JM, yeah man if you can keep that up you’re golden. You dont even have to feel bad if you skip a week here and there
so if i go like on saturday and sunday every week… just wax it like every monday??
can you use candle wax??
can u use candle wax
@pokeynoone
as much as you can. about every 5 days at the mountain.
how often should you wax your board
fo sho I am Jay Leno
lol at first i thought he said “hello im jay leno…”
To a certain degree. As long as it’s ski/snowboard wax you will be good. There are different waxes for different snow temperatures but who the hell can predict the temperature for the next time they will ride? So I usually just go with all temp wax.
does it matter what kinda wax
yup happy new year and have fun snowboarding
It wouldnt be my first choice because metal is more aggressive and you might find yourself taking off all the wax and kind of scraping the base. I only use metal to take off excess p-tex plastic (used for filling in gouges). But as I’ve said for a lot of other questions, it is POSSIBLE and it will do the job, but MOST LIKELY not as good as you could with a plastic scraper.
Hey i noticed you were using a plastic scrapper. I just bought a medal scrapper and i was wondering if i can still use it without damageing my board. Also i was wondering if it would affect the performance between a medal and plastic scrapper.
That’s what I thought, thanks for the second opinion!! =D Happy New Year to all!!
I actually tried that for a while and I didn’t notice a difference. You can scrape in both directions, and if you want to try and “directionalize” it, then when you buff it with the Scotch Brite pad, buff in one direction. The buffing makes the final shape of the wax anyway.
Thanks man happy new year.
Ya nice vid helped me a lot
Great video, helped me a lot. What if you ride directional though? Would you need to scrap nose to tail like a lot of people say??
Assuming you are scraping pretty firmly, but not completely putting all your weight into the scraper, you should stop when there isnt much wax coming off anymore. I also hold the board so some light reflects off it and you can see spots you missed, which for me is usually around the edges or at each end cuz those are tough spots to get sometimes. You don’t want a visible “layer” of wax, but instead a thin sleek shiny appearance, especially after you buff it out.
Thanks man, I spend a lot of time messin with my stuff and tryin to learn as much as I can. As far as the Lamar, it was my gf’s board haha. But thanks for the compliment, I’ll probably make some more vidoes about this kind of stuff because a lot of people seem to have questions about how to take care of thier boards.
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