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Softcarver
March 22nd, 2010, 02:52 PM
I know it's spring but I am in the middle of waxing the boards for my Utah trip next week. I use Dominator wax and was using their Bullet after applying the base prep so as to have a harder coat to protect the board from burn. I am using their zoom on top of that followed by a high flourinate from racewax. I will not be bringing my tuning equipment so I wanted the wax job to last through my stay. It just seems that the Bullet is so hard to apply. It doesn't melt on that well and I find myself doing extra passes to get it to melt in. If I do my first pass any slower I am worried about overheating the base. Then the scraping is difficult as well. Is this typical for most hard/cold weather waxes? Is there something that I'm missing or are there any other waxes that may be easier to apply with as good performance?
ibrussell
March 22nd, 2010, 07:45 PM
Look like Utah is going to be spring like early next week. Park City lows 23/25 Highs45/55. Hard in the morning soft by noon to one. Hoping to get a strom by thur/fri. I'll be there tue- fri hoping to ride Snowbird and snowbasin. Charlie
BobD
March 22nd, 2010, 08:31 PM
Cold waxes suck to work with. They don't crayon on like softer waxes. Try wiping the wax block quickly across the iron, and then crayoning the block on the board. You definitely don't want any more on the base to scrape/brush, than you have to. Scrape/brush while the base is still warm.

As a day to day maintenance while you are there, you could crayon a warmer wax on, and then use a scourer pad. This often last for a days riding. It's not a lot to pack, but will keep the base burn at bay.
Softcarver
March 23rd, 2010, 11:43 AM
Look like Utah is going to be spring like early next week. Park City lows 23/25 Highs45/55. Hard in the morning soft by noon to one. Hoping to get a strom by thur/fri. I'll be there tue- fri hoping to ride Snowbird and snowbasin. Charlie

I've been very dissapointed checking the weather reports. The whole reasone we wanted to go to snowbird was due to their epic POW. Looks like were s.o.l. on that one. Let's keep our fingers crossed for that storm later in the week. If not at least I can sleep in.