Finally some tutorial use wax rubbing and not driping. I use it years and years, I found that you use less wax so the scraping is much easier (less wax to scrape, less time, less waste). As other mentioned, iron was too hot, but nice and precize tutorial !!!
Awesome in depth video!!! Thank you so much for this information. It's much needed as a refresher course. I took a break from snowboarding for over 10 years due to personal issues but now I'm back and stoked for the upcoming season!!! 🤘🤘🤘
Never wax your board with bindings on. The High heat will lead the screw holds to delimitate the layers under high stress. Good way to ruin the board and having it snap randomly. also if iron is to hot you end up burning the wax which can ruin the wax’s ability to hold. And the copper brush is for removing old wax! Hard nylon brush first then soft nylon, then horse hair. Metal brushes are for grain restoration and cleaning out old wax between the grain.
Rest the board on it's edge at around 45° with the base down and look for the points where it touches the table. Or you could let it rest on its edge, look for the point where the nose and tail no longer touch the table.
Any difference the soft brush makes will be gone after you come down the hill once. Maybe if you are racing in super high temps (soft wax), it may give you a few hundredths in a race run.
@@Jasonlimitless drag the flat surface of a fingernail across your edge, If the edge scrapes away some fingernail it's sharp enough, it's also a way to know if it's time to sharpen your edges
@@Coconut_54 mine always takes the nail off but I do wonder is sharper better or if it takes the nail off is it simply good enough? Sometimes it will really scrape the nail off other times have to apply a bit more pressure
Nice Video, next time i try rubbing the wax. The Iron is little to hot, the wax should not smoke. You can use old nylon stockings from your wife/girlfriend/mum for polishing. At last remove the wax from the egde. Thanks
Depends on what kind you get. I just picked up solid brushed and got all three I needed for $60 but I’m sure they are cheaper on Amazon. And get a quality iron
Copper brush (softer ones like Toko or One offers) first to clean the base structure, wipe clean with a towel, repeat a few times. Wax, scrape, then hit it with the copper brush again for one pass to clean out excess wax from the structure after scraping, then hit it with a more stiff horsehair brush for a few times, wipe down. Finish polish with a fine nylon brush for a few times. Easy and your board will be faster than your homies!
Also, if you appreciate your lungs, use a ventilated place and a mask. Old fluor waxes particles get stuck on your alveolar, and it is for life, body is not eliminating them.
As a new snowboarder I’m so confused lol. It feels like you’re just grinding all of the wax off of it, wouldn’t you want to keep more of it? Or is the purpose to find like the sweet spot of the amount of wax. Good video though!
The reason is that your snowboard also has little groves in it. Since you essential melt snow under your board when snowboarding, that water needs to escape through those channels. If you put your board full of wax the channels are also full and the water can't escape that easily. Which is also why you end with the brushing, opening up the channels again a bit.
The base material of snowboards (and ski's) have micropores, when you hotwax you fill those pores with the wax. When you start scraping you only scrape the extra wax from the surface, and with brushing you clean the structure of the base. Hope that makes it a bit better to understand😊
Wax can get pretty hot, however it's better to just take off the bindings when waxing, but for a different reason. Leaving them on creates a slightly uneven surface at the bottom of your board, because the screws pull at the board. This can cause excess wax to remain where the bindings are fixed.
I gave up watching this video, your camera man should be fired. Why is the camera zooming in and moving around defocusing. There's so many parts of the video where it just has the guy in frame and you can't even see the board wtf!
Finally some tutorial use wax rubbing and not driping. I use it years and years, I found that you use less wax so the scraping is much easier (less wax to scrape, less time, less waste). As other mentioned, iron was too hot, but nice and precize tutorial !!!
Best base wax tutorial! Love it
The Bob Roth of snowboard tuning. ❤
Awesome in depth video!!! Thank you so much for this information. It's much needed as a refresher course. I took a break from snowboarding for over 10 years due to personal issues but now I'm back and stoked for the upcoming season!!! 🤘🤘🤘
Never wax your board with bindings on. The High heat will lead the screw holds to delimitate the layers under high stress. Good way to ruin the board and having it snap randomly. also if iron is to hot you end up burning the wax which can ruin the wax’s ability to hold. And the copper brush is for removing old wax! Hard nylon brush first then soft nylon, then horse hair. Metal brushes are for grain restoration and cleaning out old wax between the grain.
Good Tip! Pro Tip
How about just to loosen screws a bit?
After scraping, the best tool to make your base shine is you grandmams or mothers knitted wool socks...
@@JohnDoe-hs7mlI use a horse hair brush to buff it and make it look nice.
this man show great love for snowboard, learned a lot thx for the demo
This is a fantastic video thank you , happy turns yall
Did anybody else almost die when he said listen to this elevator music or am I the only one? 😂😂
Nice video! A list of materials would be helpful.
yes please. 😊
The marks on the edges work for a camber, but how about a rocker?
Rest the board on it's edge at around 45° with the base down and look for the points where it touches the table. Or you could let it rest on its edge, look for the point where the nose and tail no longer touch the table.
Question for the horsebrush: what if I am riding both directions, switching from time to time on a twin board..
Any difference the soft brush makes will be gone after you come down the hill once. Maybe if you are racing in super high temps (soft wax), it may give you a few hundredths in a race run.
Question: I have the nitro team 2024, what is the side angle to adjust to for sharpening the edges?
how often should you do this whole process?
Please, where did you get those orange stands? Thx
Called snowboard or ski vices
Can anyone enlighten me on how to know if you've done a good wax job by eye/touch? Obviously without riding it
You should see no extra dry wax on the board, it should look wet and clean.
@@NitroSnowboardsOfficial thank you! How about a correctly sharpened edge?
@@Jasonlimitless drag the flat surface of a fingernail across your edge, If the edge scrapes away some fingernail it's sharp enough, it's also a way to know if it's time to sharpen your edges
@@Coconut_54 mine always takes the nail off but I do wonder is sharper better or if it takes the nail off is it simply good enough? Sometimes it will really scrape the nail off other times have to apply a bit more pressure
@@Coconut_54 I've also wondered about using brasso or a paste polish to really polish the edges?
Nice Video, next time i try rubbing the wax.
The Iron is little to hot, the wax should not smoke.
You can use old nylon stockings from your wife/girlfriend/mum for polishing.
At last remove the wax from the egde.
Thanks
What do you do with PTex?
What’s cost on the iron and the brushes? Just curious
Depends on what kind you get. I just picked up solid brushed and got all three I needed for $60 but I’m sure they are cheaper on Amazon. And get a quality iron
you should take your bindings off the board when you wax! better to have no tension on the binding insterts when its heated up.
Can u use nylon brush instead of copper
Copper brush (softer ones like Toko or One offers) first to clean the base structure, wipe clean with a towel, repeat a few times. Wax, scrape, then hit it with the copper brush again for one pass to clean out excess wax from the structure after scraping, then hit it with a more stiff horsehair brush for a few times, wipe down. Finish polish with a fine nylon brush for a few times. Easy and your board will be faster than your homies!
Should i do this with a brand new board? I just got my first snowboard and i dont have that tool
You can do this, but you do not have to at all... but it is a good way to get ready for the season.
Why not also sharpen the contact points?
Also, if you appreciate your lungs, use a ventilated place and a mask. Old fluor waxes particles get stuck on your alveolar, and it is for life, body is not eliminating them.
100% thank you
As a new snowboarder I’m so confused lol. It feels like you’re just grinding all of the wax off of it, wouldn’t you want to keep more of it? Or is the purpose to find like the sweet spot of the amount of wax. Good video though!
The reason is that your snowboard also has little groves in it. Since you essential melt snow under your board when snowboarding, that water needs to escape through those channels. If you put your board full of wax the channels are also full and the water can't escape that easily. Which is also why you end with the brushing, opening up the channels again a bit.
The base material of snowboards (and ski's) have micropores, when you hotwax you fill those pores with the wax. When you start scraping you only scrape the extra wax from the surface, and with brushing you clean the structure of the base.
Hope that makes it a bit better to understand😊
Iron is way too hot
I thought you were supposed to leave the wax on 8rs or so? Here you are scrapping off when it’s still warm.
There are definitely different strategies to the amount of time you leave the wax on.
Iron is too hot. Your burning the wax. If it's smoking turn down the iron.
how in the hell can wax destroy a binding? im calling bs on that. Prove me wrong.
maybe because the wax is hot and can melt the plastics on the bindings?
Why don’t you prove yourself right, pour a bucket of wax on your bindings and see what happens. 😂
@@johanmalmer4876 because I didn’t make the video making some silly claim
Thank you for the video
Wax can get pretty hot, however it's better to just take off the bindings when waxing, but for a different reason.
Leaving them on creates a slightly uneven surface at the bottom of your board, because the screws pull at the board. This can cause excess wax to remain where the bindings are fixed.
The girl from Ipanema 🙃
Therapeutic. Makes the voices stop.
ASMR
brass brush***
I gave up watching this video, your camera man should be fired. Why is the camera zooming in and moving around defocusing. There's so many parts of the video where it just has the guy in frame and you can't even see the board wtf!
thank you for the feedback - we will take this into consideration when making the next waxing video.
your iron was too hot. should not be smoking
100%
I think you got a very bad photographer.