Waxing Guide For Your Snowboard Iron

Waxing your snowboard is a necessity. With waxing, your board will run faster down the slopes, will glide better, and will give you more control as well. There is more fun and enjoyment riding down the slopes if you don’t have to exert all your effort in controlling it. Besides, waxing also increases its durability by preserving the base. In order to make it last longer, you need to have it waxed regularly.

Waxing is accomplished with the use of a quality snowboard iron. The old iron that is already of no use just resting at the back of your house will do, as long as it doesn’t have holes in its bottom. It is best to get a snowboard waxing iron though, if you can really afford to purchase one. These irons have calibrations where you can easily mark down the appropriate heat to use especially that you have to take note of the various types of waxes needed. You will end up spending no more than $25 when you buy a waxing iron but when you choose to purchase a used iron instead; chances are, it is less likely that you will spend more.

The use of the proper snowboard iron will reduce the chances of making the wax smoke, stop the risk of overheating, and lessen the chances of ruining your newly-waxed snowboard. Actually, there are two ways of applying wax to a snowboard. The first way is done by holding the wax near the heated iron and allow it to drip on the base making sure to get an even and thorough coverage. The second way is to rub the wax directly against the board, hold it to the iron to melt it a bit, and then rub a second coating of the wax. More people prefer the second way because they believe there is less wax wasted and damage of the base is also lessened. Other people heat the surface slightly to make it more absorptive as the wax fill in the crevices and tiny pores within the base easily.

Afterwards, the excess wax is removed to make the surface smooth. With a uniform stroke from back to front; hold your scraper with both hands and scrape away all the excess wax. After scraping, use a hard brush to scrape again from back to front for further smoothing. Use a soft brush and give it a fine finish. Finally, polish by using either a high density cork block which functions as a polishing tool or use a Scotch Brite pad.