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''The base cleaner is used to get any bits of crud and old wax thats on the surface of the base. You put it on some cloth, and clean your base.''
Another good trick to get your base crud free and super clean before waxing is, once you have given it an initial clean down with base cleaner run a wire buffer brush over the base, nose to tail to pull out any excess crud that is buried deep and then rub over with some more base cleaner on a peice of cloth and voila that base is ready for waxing.
Oh and if you need to edge your board, make sure you do so before waxing so's to avoid getting any metal scrapings in your base, hence ruining your wax job. If you do edge your board give it a quick run over with some base cleaner before waxing. |
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| #7 Re: Waxing for virgins 05/05/2008 @ 21:42:53 |
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| #6 Re: Waxing for virgins 04/05/2008 @ 14:03:17 |
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Hello there,
The basics you'll need are:
Base cleaner
Wax
Iron
Scraper
Base brush
The base cleaner is used to get any bits of crud and old wax thats on the surface of the base. You put it on some cloth, and clean your base.
For wax, just get a basic all temperature wax. You can get specialist waxes if the snow is going to be very cold or very warm (e.g. an indoor snowdome), but the all temps should do unless you're going to be racing. Just make sure it's a block of wax designed to iron on. You can get some rub in pastes and liquids to use when you're on the slopes, but that's not what you want for a proper wax job.
For the iron, I'd recommend getting something as cheap as possible. It's probably better to get one without steam holes, but that's near impossible these days, so a regular iron should be okay if you don't put any water in it and switch the steam off. It might get clogged up and need replacing, but then it doesn't matter if you only paid a fiver for it. On the other hand, if you've got money to spare and you want to give a swanky present, you could spend 40 quid on a proper waxing iron. That will do the job fine, but isn't necessary if you're not a professional maintenance outfit.
I'd recommend getting a plastic scraper. You use it to get off all the excess wax when you've ironed it in, and a plastic one will mean you can scrape as hard as you like without worrying about damaging your base. You can also get metal ones that can be used for scraping away excess ptex (the hard stuff you use for filling in holes and gauges in your base), but I wouldn't worry about that for now.
Finally there's the base brush. You just want a standard one (I think they're nylon). You use that the buff the wax right into the grain of your board.
I found a really good how-to here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDRoKCAFtX8. It's worth watching that before you buy anything because then you'll have a better idea of what you'll be using everything for.
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| #5 Re: Waxing for virgins 03/05/2008 @ 21:28:09 |
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| Recommended by quite a few on here are www.datawax.com. You can get wax, scrapers and edge tool kits from them. The all temp wax is probably best to get in terms of wax. |
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| #4 Re: Waxing for virgins 03/05/2008 @ 13:26:29 |
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i've got the Demon boy scout tool kit, it doesn't come with wax or an iron, but is only about £25. you can pick up universal wax pretty cheap and get a travel iron from argos for under £10 
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| #3 Re: Waxing for virgins 03/05/2008 @ 13:22:52 |
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Don't bother with the £80 kit, you'll never use half of the contents.
Dakine Mini Tune-up kit is about £30 and a travel iron from Argos etc will set you back anywhere from £3 - £8 |
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| #2 Re: Waxing for virgins 03/05/2008 @ 13:05:37 |
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| I have seen a nice kit made by Dakine that contains the works, iron, wax, brushes, scrapers etc. About £80 from snow and rock. The irons themselves start at the 30-40 quid mark so it's sort of not that bad a price. |
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| #1 Waxing for virgins 03/05/2008 @ 10:30:09 |
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We have been boarding for a few years now, but last season got our own boards. It my other half's birthday next week and he wants some stuff to wax/maintain our boards, but I havent a clue where to start!! 
This question has probably been asked a million times, but as I am quite new to this I am hoping that someone might give me some step by step instructions and an idea of what I need to buy!!!
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