How to wax your snowboard?

How do you wax a snowboard properly?

• Answer:

  Waxing your snowboard provides immediate benefits and is easy to do. With a few tools and an hour anyone can put a fresh coat of Snowboard wax on their snowboard and slide better than ever. Tools you will need Base cleaner or citrus cleaner - to clean the dirt/grime, and old wax off your base. Iron - don't use the one your mother uses on her clothes. Wax - Snowboard or ski specific wax only. Scrapper - a medium ski specific scrapper is preferred over a long snowboard scrapper. Abrasive Pad - for finishing the job. Steps for waxing your snowboard Clean the base of your snowboard with base cleaner, or a citrus cleaner. Drip the wax on your board using an old iron, but make sure to use snowboard/ski specific wax. If the wax smokes the iron is too hot. Smooth the wax out with your iron, spreading it evenly over the surface. Then you need to scrape as much of the wax of as you can using a scraper. Finish the job by using an abrasive pad to smooth out the wax using a tip to tail direction.