The Best Way To Wax Your Snowboard
If you have the pleasure of owning your own snowboard, you’ll want to make sure it gets the best treatment. One way of doing this is making sure the base is in good condition and waxed well. The reason you wax the board is not to increase grip like on surfboards, but instead to make the board more slippery and faster on the slopes. The wax actually seeps into the board’s base when applied. When you’re riding on the slopes the wax causes the contact layer of snow to melt, so in effect you ride on a very thin layer of water. Here is the guide you need to waxing down your snowboard
clean off previous wax layer. Before you put on the new wax, make sure the whole board has been cleaned thoroughly. To do this, use a plastic scraper and use long sweeping movements to take off the wax. You may want to use a hair-dryer to soften the wax and base cleaner which you can get from a snowboards outlet. Don’t be tempted to use a metal tool though as you can scratch the base layer.
Iron on the wax. Find an iron that nobody minds you using and get it to a gentle-wax-melting temperature. Set the iron heat to ‘cotton’ as this is usually the ideal level. When you’ve got the right heat, press the wax bar against the iron and let it drip all over the board. Then place the iron directly on the boards and smooth out all the wax so there is a thin coating all over.
Finishing. After the wax has cooled down (usually take around thirty minutes) you can start finishing the base. This basically involves buffing the base down with a clean cloth until it gives off a good shine. Then finally brush over it with a hard-bristled brush and remove and built up areas of wax, before buffing again. Now your ready for some extreme sports
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