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Duncan Thompson

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Dec 29, 2002, 4:45:11 PM12/29/02
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Hi There i used zardoz not wax on my new board (just factory waxed) - it
helped on the flat stuff where you sometimes have to loose one binding!
However - does anyone know if i should do a hot wax on my board to help
protect it longterm...?

cheers Duncan


Jack Splat

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Dec 30, 2002, 3:12:04 AM12/30/02
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just find an old clothes iron as you won't be able to use it on clothes
after you use it for waxing. Get the wax and hold it to the hot iron and
drip a little bit over each part of the board and then take the iron and
smooth it out. Then scrape the excess wax off so it is smooth with a credit
or ID card. you can also take a flat file to the edges if they need to be
sharpened up a little. the file needs to be one of the flat rat tail types
so you can keep it totally flat with the ski or snowboard.

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Drug Buddy

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Jan 1, 2003, 2:05:14 PM1/1/03
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> "Duncan Thompson" <duncan....@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:3e0f6ffb$0$871$afc3...@news.ukonline.co.uk...
>> Hi There i used zardoz not wax on my new board (just factory waxed)
>> - it helped on the flat stuff where you sometimes have to loose one
>> binding! However - does anyone know if i should do a hot wax on my
>> board to help protect it longterm...?
>>
>> cheers Duncan

Jack Splat wrote:
> just find an old clothes iron as you won't be able to use it on
> clothes after you use it for waxing. Get the wax and hold it to the
> hot iron and drip a little bit over each part of the board and then
> take the iron and smooth it out. Then scrape the excess wax off so
> it is smooth with a credit or ID card. you can also take a flat file
> to the edges if they need to be sharpened up a little. the file
> needs to be one of the flat rat tail types so you can keep it totally
> flat with the ski or snowboard.

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Yup, like J says, give it a good hot waxing session every now and then, just
bare in mind that waxing fills the base pours - it's not meant to sit on top
of the base (if you can splash out 4 quid(!), get a proper scraper -
plastic, not metal). I've found a good sign to get with the wax is that the
edges of ma board sole are slightly lighter in colour than the rest of the
sole i.e. the pores need filled. I keep Toko Paste wax in ma backpack so if
conditions require I can take a break and make with the paste.

Be happy, DB


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