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Wax Tips

Tuning Tips:

Casey Capper pouring wax at the Purl Factory

Seth Morrison waxing up at the Purl shop.

EDGES:
It is important to keep your edges sharp. Your local tune shop will give you a professional sharpening for about $10.

BASE WORK:
Want a smooth ride? Keep your base waxed! Bases should be room temperature before any repair work is done. Look for gouges. If there is a tear in the base, run a razor blade across it tip to tail. No hangers. Gouges will slow you down so take your time.

If the gouge goes to the core, time for a p-tex repair. The fastest way to ruin your board is to ride it with the inner material exposed. Light the p-tex stick with a lighter while rotating to gain the desired consistency. The p-tex will acquire a flame of its own origin. Keep spinning. Think welding with honey. Allow gravity to pull the p-tex deep into the pores of the core. No bubbles. Slightly over fill. Allow the p-tex to dry for approximately 20 minutes. Use a razor or Metal Scraper to make the weld flush with the base. Slice tip to tail. A quality effort will increase speed.

DRIP ON THE WAX:

The goal here is to fill the pores of your board with wax giving you a smooth ride, better performance, and of course, SPEED. Place your board on a stable surface. Adjust your iron to just below smoking.

Hold the iron so the hot surface is up with the point towards you. Hover the iron tip two inches over the board and apply the wax to the hot surface of the iron. Move the iron lengthwise smoothly dripping a line down the rail 1/4 inch inside the edge, around the tip, back up the other rail, around the tail, and back up the center of the board.

IRON THE WAX INTO YOUR BASE:

Flip the iron so the hot surface is flat on your base. KEEP THE IRON MOVING. Remember if you leave a hot iron on your base for more than a few seconds you are looking at a $300 hole. Now Move the iron from tip to tail, tail to tip. This will produce one thin film of evenly saturated wax over the base. If one spot dries faster, drip a little more wax. Pay attention to your contact points. These are the areas that allow glide. They dry out faster thus needing more wax. One board should take two minutes from first drip to pristine butter smooth.

SCRAPE OFF EXCESS WAX:

Allow the wax to cool. The longer you wait, the better the wax will bond to your base. Use the indented edge of your Plastic Scraper to remove the wax from your edges. Run Scraper at ten degree angle from vertical from tip to tail. You are done scraping when the base has no excess wax. If you dripped correctly, this should take five good strength passes along the entire base.

BRUSH OUT EXCESS WAX:

Buff to perfection. Photography Nick Hamilton.

Here is a video we put together at the 2010 Transworld Good Wood Test on how to wax for slushy conditions.

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