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Putting it away for the summer
Hello,
I am putting my board away for the summer. It was ridden a couple of times (about 10) - and I suspect most of the wax is gone. So how should I store it. I have some rub on wax - I was going to put that on, then scrape it off at the beginning of the season. Or does the base need to be treated with something else first? Suggestions? Thanks, Tmuld |
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Putting it away for the summer
On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 17:53:46 GMT, "Tmuld" allegedly
wrote: So how should I store it. I have some rub on wax - I was going to put that on, then scrape it off at the beginning of the season. Or does the base need to be treated with something else first? Suggestions? I do a full hot wax and then leave the wax on, then put it somewhere cool and dry. Scrape before the new season. Job done. - Dave. -- The only powder to get high on, falls from the sky. http://www.vpas.org/ - Snowboarding the worlds pow pow - Securing your e-mail The Snowboard FAQ lives here - http://rssFAQ.org/ |
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Putting it away for the summer
Switters wrote:
On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 17:53:46 GMT, "Tmuld" wrote: So how should I store it. I have some rub on wax - I was going to put that on, then scrape it off at the beginning of the season. Or does the base need to be treated with something else first? I do a full hot wax and then leave the wax on, then put it somewhere cool and dry. Scrape before the new season. Job done. Yep. That's about it. Be sure to cover the metal edges with the wax to help prevent rust. //Walt |
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Putting it away for the summer
I do a full hot wax and then leave the wax on, then put it somewhere cool
and dry. Scrape before the new season. Job done. Yep. That's about it. Be sure to cover the metal edges with the wax to help prevent rust. One of the coaches from one of the camps I attended recommends storing it someplace warm over the summer - like in a hot water heater closet - which he claims will allow the wax to penetrate the base. This would require using a very soft wax for summer storage. I'm skeptical that it would actually help, but I'm also skeptical that "cool" helps much. I guess if you've got boards that warp in warm temps - none of mine do that. The important thing IMHO is to keep it out of humidty and keep the edgesand base protected with wax. On the topic of wax, Mike DeSantis from Precision Tuning Center (http://www.precisiontuningcenter.com/ptc.php?page=ptc) - who is well known among alpine snowboarders for his fantastic tuning work - recommends ONLY hot waxing with soft, warm-weather waxes. He says harder waxes should be applied without an iron because they have a tendency to get brittle and gray the base. I'm going to follow his advicefir a season - I used a lot of cold wax last season (good year!) and my bases grayed more than normal, and didn't hold their wax as well. Mike T ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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Putting it away for the summer
Be sure to store it on a flat surface not leaning against a wall or in
a locker lay the base of the board down J.J PC- Utah Mike T wrote: I do a full hot wax and then leave the wax on, then put it somewhere cool and dry. Scrape before the new season. Job done. Yep. That's about it. Be sure to cover the metal edges with the wax to help prevent rust. One of the coaches from one of the camps I attended recommends storing it someplace warm over the summer - like in a hot water heater closet - which he claims will allow the wax to penetrate the base. This would require using a very soft wax for summer storage. I'm skeptical that it would actually help, but I'm also skeptical that "cool" helps much. I guess if you've got boards that warp in warm temps - none of mine do that. The important thing IMHO is to keep it out of humidty and keep the edgesand base protected with wax. On the topic of wax, Mike DeSantis from Precision Tuning Center (http://www.precisiontuningcenter.com/ptc.php?page=ptc) - who is well known among alpine snowboarders for his fantastic tuning work - recommends ONLY hot waxing with soft, warm-weather waxes. He says harder waxes should be applied without an iron because they have a tendency to get brittle and gray the base. I'm going to follow his advicefir a season - I used a lot of cold wax last season (good year!) and my bases grayed more than normal, and didn't hold their wax as well. Mike T ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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