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Old January 2nd 04, 09:32 PM
Scott Lindner
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I'm going to start waxing my own boards. Yesterday I was at Home Depot and
saw these cheap plastic putty knifes. The large one (4 inches wide) looked
like it would be perfect for scraping boards. What do you all think? Would
there be a problem using them instead of paying the high price for an
official scraper at a board shop?

Cheers,
Scott


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Old January 2nd 04, 10:06 PM
TomTom
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Those will work for softer waxes, I use them, but harder waxes will require
a good plexiglass scraper which you can get for under $10 and will last a
long time as plexi is pretty durable and you can cut or sand a new edge on a
plexi scraper if it gets dull.

Visit Tognar Toolworks for a huge selection of board & ski tools, etc.

http://www.tognar.com/

-Tom

"Scott Lindner" wrote in message
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I'm going to start waxing my own boards. Yesterday I was at Home Depot

and
saw these cheap plastic putty knifes. The large one (4 inches wide)

looked
like it would be perfect for scraping boards. What do you all think?

Would
there be a problem using them instead of paying the high price for an
official scraper at a board shop?

Cheers,
Scott




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Old January 3rd 04, 12:27 AM
robbie
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On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 21:32:49 GMT, "Scott Lindner"
wrote:

I'm going to start waxing my own boards. Yesterday I was at Home Depot and
saw these cheap plastic putty knifes. The large one (4 inches wide) looked
like it would be perfect for scraping boards. What do you all think? Would
there be a problem using them instead of paying the high price for an
official scraper at a board shop?

Cheers,
Scott



Go to REI or some other place. I got a scraper 3 years ago at rei for
$2-$3.

Or, find an industrial plastics company in your area and check to see
if they have any 1/4" scrap pieces with a straight edge. This is for
the extremely budget wary boarders



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Old January 7th 04, 01:41 AM
skategoat25
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I got a sheet of plexiglas out of a neighbour's garbage and have been using
pieces of that for 5 years. In a pinch, you can also use a CD case.

"Scott Lindner" wrote in message
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I'm going to start waxing my own boards. Yesterday I was at Home Depot

and
saw these cheap plastic putty knifes. The large one (4 inches wide)

looked
like it would be perfect for scraping boards. What do you all think?

Would
there be a problem using them instead of paying the high price for an
official scraper at a board shop?

Cheers,
Scott




 




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