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will my wax melt
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Thu Aug 09, 2007 2:41 pmby bluesnowcone
i havent surfed my longboard since winter. wen i waxed it up i waxed it up with tropical(red label i think) was and then stuck cold(gren label) water wax over the top. im gunu be surfing it this weekend and i was wondering if the wax is gunu melt of and i shud re wax the whole thing, or wud it be ok if i stuck cool water wax over the top
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Thu Aug 09, 2007 2:51 pmby southwestsurfer
No should be fine, surely? Tropical as a basecoat then cold (in winter) and cool (in summer) on top.
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Thu Aug 09, 2007 2:51 pmby kitesurfer
Tropical wax is rubbish unless your in really warm water. Just keep your board out of direct sunlight and you'll be fine. I took tropical wax with me to costa rica and never used it as it kept coming off the board. So i ended up using cold water all the time and had no probs.
KS
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Thu Aug 09, 2007 2:52 pmby southwestsurfer
Oh actually I see what you mean. I would just scrape all the old wax off and start again with tropical basecoat followed by cool water wax top layer.
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Thu Aug 09, 2007 3:33 pmby northswell
I'd just get the wax of and stick cool on, it's too warm in the north sea for cold at the mo.
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Thu Aug 09, 2007 3:35 pmby southwestsurfer
warm + north sea
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Thu Aug 09, 2007 3:36 pmby bluesnowcone
cheers for the replies guys, now i know what i shud do its if i can be assed to dewax my 9' board lol iv got almost perfect humps on it, what to do....
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Thu Aug 09, 2007 3:59 pmby MrJoe
Wow, I never realised waxing a board could be so complicated!
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Thu Aug 09, 2007 4:27 pmby Milo
Just get your girlfriend to sit on it naked, she gets a free bikini wax, and you get your wax removed
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Thu Aug 09, 2007 4:34 pmby Dr Rev
Milo wrote:Just get your girlfriend to sit on it naked, she gets a free bikini wax, and you get your wax removed
Thats the funniest advice ive seen for ages !!
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Thu Aug 09, 2007 4:35 pmby drowningbitbybit
bluesnowcone wrote: iv got almost perfect humps on it,
Perfect puddles of wax the moment the sun comes out
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Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:17 pmby IDynamite
so warmer water wax is more effective as base coats and cooler water on top?
some dude walked up to me on the beach yesterday and asked for some of my wax. he said he had cool water wax on his board and it would come off in the warm (70 degree) water. was he wrong?
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Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:26 pmby justloafing
IDynamite wrote:so warmer water wax is more effective as base coats and cooler water on top?
some dude walked up to me on the beach yesterday and asked for some of my wax. he said he had cool water wax on his board and it would come off in the warm (70 degree) water. was he wrong?
He should of had warm water wax. If you go by the wax temps whether you have a base coat on or not you should be fine. Stick your board in the sun for 5 min. scrape the old wax off and put on the proper wax (if you want a base coat put that on too). Dude it takes 20 min. out of your day. Why chance a good day with crappy wax that wont work?
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Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:33 pmby justloafing
kitesurfer wrote:Tropical wax is rubbish unless your in really warm water.
KS
Water temp here is 84 F about 28 C
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Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:00 pmby Driftingalong
IDynamite wrote:so warmer water wax is more effective as base coats and cooler water on top?
Yup. The warmer the temp rating the harder the wax.
Where I'm at: I just use warm water wax in the summer and fall and I use the warm water wax as the base coat w/ cool water wax on top for the winter and spring.