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 #31 Re: I've just waxed my board….. Posted 11/03/2010 @ 20:52 |
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The last post has turned this whole thread around I am now quite enjoying it. Does anyone want to fight with me? Hey... Steamer... eat sh*t!  |
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| #32 Re: I've just waxed my board….. Posted 12/03/2010 @ 08:25 |
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QUOTE (Ben E C - 11/03/2010 @ 20:52) The last post has turned this whole thread around I am now quite enjoying it. Does anyone want to fight with me? Hey... Steamer... eat sh*t!
I see... pick on the guy with no life... this is just like being back at school... 
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| #33 Re: I've just waxed my board….. Posted 12/03/2010 @ 09:27 |
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Tell me exactly how running a brush or a pan scourer adds structure to your base!? |
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| #34 Re: I've just waxed my board….. Posted 12/03/2010 @ 09:37 |
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It puts lines in the wax - hence "structure". Granted not to the base itself, but the lines in the wax help the board to run. |
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| #35 Re: I've just waxed my board….. Posted 12/03/2010 @ 09:52 |
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Seriously - that's rubbish.
You only use a brush on your board to remove the wax out of the structure already in your base. If you're making pretty patterns in the wax lest on top of the board after you've scraped it - it will do nothing.
If you base has a decent deep structure - use a stiff brush to remove the wax from this. A pan scourer will not do this. |
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| #36 Re: I've just waxed my board….. Posted 12/03/2010 @ 10:06 |
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Totally agree! That's why I use a stiff brush after the pan scourer. The scourer isn't 100% necessary I agree, but I use it first because it puts a nice finish on the base after the scrape. It helps remove any imperfections in the wax after the scrape and helps make the finished product look nice - it helps it shine, which is something I personally like.
Everyone has different opinions about how a board should be serviced. This works well for me. |
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| #37 Re: I've just waxed my board….. Posted 12/03/2010 @ 13:39 |
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Normally after I've waxed and scraped my board i'll leave it at that. I always find there's a voice in my head saying "structuring the base will not help you. Any brushing you do will only be negated after riding the board 100m". Maybe i'm just lazy. Always scrape tip to tail and i find the board's good to go. |
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| #38 Re: I've just waxed my board….. Posted 12/03/2010 @ 15:47 |
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Brushing "opens up" the structure that is already present in the base of your board (A base grind imparts this structure).....
When you wax you fill in all the little grooves, scraping removes the wax down to the top of these grooves..... This situation is fine 88.8% of the time and the borard will be fine to go riding with.
However if the snow is particularly wet (springtime slush, fresh manmade, etc) or you have a lot of cat-tracks to negotiate brushing/polishing WILL make a noticable difference as it helps move the water away from the base of your board.
I have proved this, much to my annoyance, when waxing Boardgirl's board.... then watching her fly past me the next day on the cat-tracks at Sunshine!! |
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| #39 Re: I've just waxed my board….. Posted 12/03/2010 @ 16:17 |
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yes - removing the wax from the structure of your board WILL make a difference.
Using a structure brush will do this for you perfectly. However buffing with a kitchen scourer WILL NOT do this.
Not all boards much of a structure to the base - doing anything to these boards will make zero difference.
People seem to perpetrate the myth that rubbing a kitchen scouring pad on your board will somehow structure their base and make a difference. |
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| #40 Re: I've just waxed my board….. Posted 12/03/2010 @ 16:24 |
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QUOTE (teapea - 12/03/2010 @ 16:17) However buffing with a kitchen scourer WILL NOT do this.
Ha! You've really got something against scotch pads! Again, for the record, I do not use a scotch pad to structure the base - maybe take another look! You'll see in the picture that I'm using a base finishing brush and have described that in the text... not sure how writing about something that you actually agree with has got your knickers in such a twist! |
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| #41 Re: I've just waxed my board….. Posted 12/03/2010 @ 16:50 |
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QUOTE (teapea - 12/03/2010 @ 16:17) yes - removing the wax from the structure of your board WILL make a difference. Using a structure brush will do this for you perfectly. However buffing with a kitchen scourer WILL NOT do this.
Really? Why not?..... 
If there is structure already present in the base, a kitchen pad (also sold by the wax companies as Fiber-tex, Tex-pad, etc) can be used prior to waxing to clean-out the old wax structure along with base cleaner.
A clean pad can be used to clean out the structure after waxing too.... Usually after a stiff brush, but some people just use a pad, some use fifteen brushes first....
To say that a scotch-brite pad cannot do this is an incorrect statement.
A scotch-brite pad cannot impart new structure into a base.... a base grind or specalised tool would be required for this. |
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| #42 Re: I've just waxed my board….. Posted 12/03/2010 @ 17:00 |
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After some experimenting I actually use the pad first then a brush (in one direction only) - works fine for me. |
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| #43 Re: I've just waxed my board….. Posted 12/03/2010 @ 18:38 |
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To the clever guy who corrected my spelling:
Im 17. Your lucky Im not talking in text speak, and mugging grannies. You will also find I got an A for gcse english, but due to to the fact Im a teenager, I shall wave my right to act illiterate in yo' face.
Also, you missed the joke about bud stripping wax like a base cleaner. Thats called selective arguing. You purposfully missed my self depreciating humour in order to pull the grammer one on me.
On the subject of bases, if you want you can use a copper (i think) brush, to leave a good finish and leavy tiny parts of copper which helps reduce friction or some bob like that. Funnily enough, I was drinking a lot of beer whilst waxing my board whilst this was getting explained to me, so Its not suprising I remember it not to good. |
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| #44 Re: I've just waxed my board….. Posted 12/03/2010 @ 18:44 |
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| #45 Re: I've just waxed my board….. Posted 12/03/2010 @ 18:52 |
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QUOTE (Rogue_Skier - 12/03/2010 @ 18:44) It's grammar  GCSE standard must be slipping!! 
Go away... |
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