Getting ready for the 2014-2015 snow season with a quick clean and wax session.
Here’s a quick and dirty guide to waxing your board:
1. Clean the base with a citrus based cleaner, get in there with a scotch-brite pad and remove any impurities
2. Heat your board with a heat gun or air dryer. This allows for the board to expand and the pores to open, allowing for more wax saturation into the core.
3. Using a heated iron, drip wax along the edges of the board, tip to tail
4. Work the wax in with the iron creating a smooth even coating from tip to tail.
5. Drip wax down the center of the board and work in to fill in the gaps and create smooth coverage.
6. Let the board sit for 30 minutes to 1 hour to allow the wax to set
7. Using a plastic scraper (DaKine Triangle) scrape the excess way off the board, again, from tip to tail.
8. Give the board a thorough buff with a medium AND soft scotch-brite pad to remove any impurities and imperfections that may be left over from your scraping.
.:A Few Important Tips:.
- Remove or thoroughly loosen your bindings before you wax your snowboard, they can cause divots during the waxing process.
- Never leave the iron in one place to long or you can cause permanent damage to the board
- When heating the board, you just want to warm the core and allow for expansion; you don’t need to try and heat the board up to the extreme.
- Take your time and go slow, make sure your wax coverage is even and clean, you don’t want to strip your board and do it all over again because you were in a rush.
- Most importantly, grab a beer and a buddy and have a good time, waxing a board and getting ready for the season should be enjoyable not a hassle.
If you’re looking for a great step by step resource I highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB6-wmMclUg
Hope this video helped, enjoy the pow!
Post time: Jun-12-2017