Spray on Surf Wax

Spray on surf wax is an idea that surfer and entrepreneur Rasmus Backman Sørensen has come up with. We were initially contacted by Rasmus back in 2012 when we recieved the Surf Jimmy to review, and we were interested in how the surf wax would perform..

It's a novel idea, but is it one that surfers would be interested in? On a cold morning in early October we gave it a try. It's documented in the video, apologies for the poor quality.

Here's an amateur hour video of the wax application, apologies for the poor footage.

The wax is sprayed straight out of a can. We tested it out on an existing wax coat and also on the unwaxed deck. It was sprayed over the logo to make it easier to see the wax in photos and video.

Drying wax seen over the board logo

A fine wax spray is produced, but the wax was runny and thin straight out of the can. The video above and image below both show the wax running across the deck. The board was not lying flat when sprayed, and if we'd left it as it was the liquid wax would have run off. Not knowing what to expect it was assumed that time for drying was needed.

Spray on Wax on the deck

As mentioned, it was a cold day but the wax was still tacky after more than two hours. It eventually hardened later on that day. The layer on the clean deck was mostly very thin, and not an effective coating for providing a good grip. The spray on wax worked better on the existing wax. This was probably down to the liquid spray being able to pool in the exising wax and not run and thin out.

Freshly sprayed wax running across the existing wax layer

Pooled wax on the existing layer of surf wax

All in all the spray on wax is a bit of a bust. It's not practical to use it to wax your board if you need to surf on it immediately. The coverage was not sufficient for a good grip. Also there is the environmental aspect - replacing wax and a wrapper with an aerosol can? not sure if that's a great idea.

You can also forget about the nice smell of surf wax in your car, it'll be replaced by a strong solvent smell.

Unfortunately, this one gets a thumbs down - stick with a traction pad.

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