| Believe it or not, there’s an art to this. | | | | cover ¾ of the deck from the tail up. |
| Wax is the only thing connecting your feet to your | | | | Don’t wax the side rails, but do rub a little where |
| board so it pays to get it right. | | | | your hands grip to pop and duck dive. |
| 1. Score Some Wax. | | | | Use about ¼ of the bar and you should have |
| 1 bar basecoat. | | | | lot’s of sweet little bumps. |
| 1 bar wax. It’s important the temperature rating | | | | Do one final layer rubbing rail to rail, then tip to tail. |
| suits your break or the wax won’t do it’s thing. | | | | 3. Apply Wax. |
| Get a wax comb too. | | | | Now gently apply wax, again with the bar on an angle |
| 2. Remove Old Wax. | | | | rubbing in small-ish circles. |
| Leave your deck in the sun for 20 minutes till wax is | | | | You want to end up with nice small round bumps. |
| soft, but not runny. Use the flat scraper on the comb | | | | 4. Future Care. |
| to remove it. | | | | Use a wax comb with diagonal cross-hatching strokes |
| You can also use a Wax Pickle or special surf wax | | | | to revitalise traction from time to time. |
| solvent to get it all off if you’re keen (now is not | | | | Keep your wax in a plastic snaplock bag so it doesn't |
| the time to get DIY with funky chemicals or you may | | | | get covered in crap and melt all over your pimp ride. |
| melt your board). | | | | Always put your board in your bag the same way up |
| 2. Apply Basecoat. | | | | or you’ll get wax on both sides of the bag, which |
| Hold the bar at a 45 degree angle so you rub with the | | | | means wax on both sides of your board. That’ll |
| edge. | | | | slow you down. |
| Rub basecoat on lightly in a circular motion - roughly | | | | When your wax gets flat start again from Step 1. |
| 25cm (10”) circles. | | | | I just wish it tasted as good as it smells. |
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