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If you have the pleasure of owning your own snowboard, you’ll want to make sure it gets the best treatment. part of the care responsibilities is waxing the base frequently. The reason you wax the board is not to increase grip like waxing surfboards, it’s 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 how to wax your board properly

Take off old wax. You need to make sure the board is clean and the base is exposed before you apply new wax. 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. Avoid using anything metal to do this job however as you risk doing permanent damage to the underside of the board.

Applying the wax. Take an iron and set the temperature so that it just melts the new wax slowly. More often than not this is the same heat you need to a piece of cotton clothing. When the temperature has been achieved hold the bar of wax and iron above the board and drip it along the length and around the edges. Now iron the board directly and move it all around so that every inch has a thin wax coating.

Finishing. After the wax has cooled down (usually take around thirty minutes) you can start finishing the base. This means you need to buff the wax with a rag until you get a shine from it. Finally, take a hard-bristled brush to the wax and take off any thick wax areas, then buff one last time.

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