new base prep of a 4807

[Yard Sale]

I've got a new O'Sin 4807 in my hands and hot wax supplies on the way. (I bought Dominator wax because they sponsored SES.)

How do you deal with waxing/scraping the boat hull shape?

[bobdea]

but just the same as any other board, if you want to spend the time I guess you could cut a peice of plexi with a curve to it to ease scraping

[RJ-PS]

Maybe I'll get flack for this....but I don't really worry about it. I wax it best I can and scrape it best I can, but it doesn't come out pretty like the rest of the board.
I figure that the hull is really only gonna push the snow one way or another, so I'm not so concerned about the friction. However I did find that the type of wax I used made a noticeable difference.
I used warm weather wax at the end of last to slather up the boards for storage then we got a crazy dump so I yanked out the 4807. When I was riding the backcountry I was surprised at how slow it was going through the dry new pow.
jus my thoughts.

[Randy S.]

Be very careful if you give it to a shop. Even if they know it has a boat nose, there's a good chance they'll mess it up grinding it.

As to your question, mine never looks really pretty up front there. I just try not to put too much wax on and then scrape and buff it with a brush.

[Jim Callen]

Instead of scraping the nose to death, I use a brass brush to dewaxify it.

[Yard Sale]

OK I know I said "base" in the topic title, but what do you think of the edges on new 4807s? Mine seem kinda dull, but I know precisely jack shjt about edges.

[Randy S.]

OK I know I said "base" in the topic title, but what do you think of the edges on new 4807s? Mine seem kinda dull, but I know precisely jack shjt about edges.

Its a powder board. What do you need edges for? Just get a gummi stone and get rid of burrs.

Seriously, if you are riding that thing in hard pack, you need to buy another board.