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YEah, forgot to mention that the idea here is that by scraping the wax
while it's still hot you get to put some pressure on it so that it'll get into the base pores even better. I have no idea if it actually works, but sure is much quicker to remove excess wax while it's still soft. And much less messy, creates one big pile of wax instead of a bunch of little sticky pieces that are hard to clean. IMHO if you feel it necessary or helpful to do this, you don't need to use quite so much wax. On the other hand a hot scrape - use a good amount of wax, preferably an inexpensive warm-snow wax, and scrape it immediately - is a great way to clean your base, it's similar in principle as waxing body parts in order to remove hair. Mike T |
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okay, I'm still a little confused.
I've seen metal scraper (thin piece of metal, stays sharp, but would probably flex) and I've see plastic scrapers (thick piece of plastic, thick so wouldn't flex, but plastic wouldn't stay sharp) is the metal used for scrapping off hot or warm (liquid-like) wax and plastic for scrapping off cooled (solidified) wax? I just want to know which one to get and what to do with them |
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is the metal used for scrapping off hot or warm (liquid-like) wax
and plastic for scrapping off cooled (solidified) wax? I just want to know which one to get and what to do with them The only time I ever use a metal scraper is after doing a ptex repair. A plastic scraper won't plane off any extra ptex that is above the plane of the base, but a metal one will. I would recommend getting a plastic one for waxing. Mike T |
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thanks -
there should be a tuning section in the FAQ |
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thanks - there should be a tuning section in the FAQ More than you probably need to know at http://www.alpinecarving.com/tuning.html BTW hot scraping is good for cleaning your base, not so good for the waxing - the hot wax is pulling out dirt and old wax. Let your wax cool well before scraping when putting on the riding coat. Neil |
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"Mike T" wrote in news:Zr2wd.4377$Zn6.42
@trnddc08: On the other hand a hot scrape - use a good amount of wax, preferably an inexpensive warm-snow wax, and scrape it immediately is a great way to clean your base, it's similar in principle as waxing body parts in order to remove hair. But does your board yelp when you do that? |
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broady wrote:
Wrote: I want to start waxing my board but never did it before. just wondering if those plastic wax scraper with a square edge is really useful. can't I just use something like a putty knife? At the hardware store, I found a 12inch long paint guide ($4) - it has a 12inch x 4inch metal edge and plastic handle. I would think that would scrape stuff better than a square piece of plastic. please let me know if you've used a plastic scrapper and if it's worth $8 - $10. if u know someone in sheetmetal u need 2.5 r 3.00mm thick steel plate about 125mm wide by 75mm to 100mm height. the thing with metal scrapers are that they can scrape off ptex much easier than plastic scrapers. You don't want to take off PTex. |
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i did,nt know that so i stand to be corrected sorry mate just ignore my statement . im going to change to plastic 2 |
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