Homemade snowboard wax? good idea?

Some people use candlewax and have no problem with it and believe it performs better than some "high end" waxes. However, if you're a person that doesn't have the luxury of experimenting and possibly ruining a board, I would just recommend buying a brick of real wax for snowboards. It's not too expensive and doesn't really leave a margin for questioning it. And Kevin, wax is supposed to create friction. Just enough to melt the snow under the base. This layer of water is what your board slides on top of.

DO NOT USE CANDLE WAX !!!! Hayden said to use candle wax but do NOT do that !!! That will actually make it worse, as it creates friction. You need to do a hot wax, heres a good video on it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDRoKCAFtX8 You need to buy special snowboard/ski wax for this. You'll also need an old iron, a clothes iron will be fine but you cant use it for clothes again after so make sure its an old one you dont use for clothes !!