Today I finally got around to waxing my board, it's been long overdue and with another boarding holiday imminent I figured it was about time I tried this out.I found a video on YouTube (HERE) which gave some good guidance then got started.
I'd bought a £3 iron from Argos so wasn't worried if that broke, heated it up just until it was hot enough to melt the wax without smoking and I dripped it onto the board - roughly 1 spot per square inch.
I then ran the iron over the board, "ironed" it until the wax was spread across the entire base evenly (ish) & left it for 20 minutes to dry.
Once dried properly I took the scraper and forming a 45 degree angle just scraped away until all of the wax had come off - it took quite a while and I have to say, made quite a mess!
Once it was all off I took a sponge with pan scraper bit and gave the board a rub down (front to back). The end result wasn't immaculate, there were still scratches in it etc. but I think thats the way it's meant to be. Less than 2 weeks & I'll be testing it on the side of a mountain! :-)
