Waxing Up

[southwestsurfer]

Is it easier to wax up at home, say a day or two before you surf, or will the wax loose its grip?
Cheers,
Will.

[dougirwin13]

Get your base coat good at home.

Then top off with some sticky stuff before you go in.

Gives you a good excuse to watch the surf for a while before you go in... makes for a nice ritual.

-doug

[southwestsurfer]

Is the base coat just normal wax?

[dougirwin13]

It varies, depending on your water temperature. But it's typically a coat of wax for a warmer water temperature.

-doug

[southwestsurfer]

Yeah, Ive got some Mrs Palmers Warm water wax. For this time of year I think cool water wax would be the top layer. So should I use the warm water wax for an all over basecoat?

[GowerCharger]

you want to get either tropical wax, or proper basecoat wax. Putting the basecoat on is a pain as its really hard wax and can take a while, so i always do that at home, then top it of with a thin layer of whatever wax im using to make sure its grippy enough. Then i can just put some more normal wax on at the beach quickly before i go in.

Once thats all done i just leave the board in the bag at home and just whack a bit more on each time before i go in, until the next de-waxing-re-waxing time comes.