Why does wax turn white?

The whiteness is your base drying out. Though the bottom of your board is
black, it's the graphics below, not the P-tex itself
What are the pros and cons of using a citrus cleaner versus a hot scrape
to clean? (Hot scrape = wax and then scrape while still tacky - much
like waxing one's legs / face / etc, it pulls dirt from the pores in a
base

You can scrape all you want but you will never get it all out by hot waxing
and scraping over and over. You're just opening up the pores the more you
heat it, letting in the liquid wax. You would be better off cooling the
base to below freezing thereby shrinking the pores and forcing the last bit
of excess wax.
Now, with a citrus cleaner you're breaking up the wax and easily wiping it
off. It's sooooo much easier and it will not ruin your base if you use an
approved product. Plus it cleans off the dirt and grime that accumulates on
your base and a clean base=fast.
What I do is this:
1. Remove wax and grime with citrus cleaner and a rag
2. Texture with a stiff brush making edge to edge "X"s down the entire base
(this allows water to be forced away from the base reducing speed eating
suction)
3. Hotwax, let cool, (put outside to cool if below freezing)and scrape off
excess wax when it's ready
4. Buff with clean rag, texture remaning wax as per step 2
5. Gently clean off excess wax "dandruff" with rag
With this method I can cruise the flat spots while the rest of my buddies
are hopping or skating

What's a good citrus cleaner?

Scott

I try to avoid as many nasty chemicals as I can. Citrusol (sp?) known as
Goo Gone at your local grocery store runs a couple dollars and dissolves wax
just fine. It's made from Orange oil and is relatively benign. It comes in

I tried using "orange clean", which claims to be orange oil based,
tonight and had little luck disolving old wax with it. Is there some
special technique? I sprayed a bunch on, let it sit, and came back...
brushing or scraping it really just seamed the same as if I'd sprayed
water on... no impact on the wax.

Scotchbrite on the other hand, appears to works wonders for that final
picky polish. I've been using a nylon brush after scraping, and I'm
starting to wonder if the brush is stiff enough to restructure the
ptex... I can't tell if it's just texturing what little wax I can't
get off more than the scraper does, or if it's actually pushing around
ptex. I kindof like the idea of setting structure with a good grind,
and then leaving it alone all season... not putting whatever random
structure I happen to brush into it when I'm waxing at 11pm at the
cabin in god knows what mental state . So I've been a little worried
about my nylon brush as well.

"Stephen" wrote in message
...
Just out of curiosity, I'm debating whether or not I should bother
re-waxing
the board. Basically I freshly waxed it at the end of the season, and now
after several months the wax has turned white in patches. My board has a
black base which makes this phenomena quite visible. Anyone know what's
actually going on when the wax ages, how it will affect the purpose of the
wax?

Steve

Actually that's not wax, it's lack of wax that makes your board turn white.
You should wax your board at least once every riding week (5 full days of
riding). I myself wax my board about every 3 days.

greetz,
Cornelis