Anyone know how to make your own surf wax?

Question

Anyone know how to make your own surf wax?

Answer 1

oh i see are you trying to make a little $$$$ from wax. well make a mold of the design and then mix  paraffin wax pallets, Calcium carbonate, Petroleum jelly  and maybe go a a surf shop Get a 10 pound brick of wax and mix that in there two(cheap wax)

Answer 2

My son-in-law made some great wax a couple of years back. It is not very complicated, and I will try to get his formula. It worked pretty well, but I still use Zog's as a base coat and Sticky bumps on top. Of you male it in bulk, it's pretty cheap, only  few cents a bar, otherwise, except for the fun of being 'creative' you're better off with the stuff from the store. Although we did kick around the idea of marketing it.

He was able to make the formulas temperature specific, but I'm not sure where he got the formulas.The base ingredient is good old paraffin wax. That's what we used before there was surf wax.

Anna - No candle wax won't work, because they are too chemically dissimilar. same thing for ski wax. I tried it once, 40 years ago, I had to strip down my board, and I lost a whole session.

Answer 3

would candle wax work?

haha

Answer 4

You could probably find directions somewhere on the internet. Then again, its not really worth it. Wax companies have been making the stuff for years, so they obviously know what they're doing pretty well, and to think someone in their garage can compete is pretty silly. I know that surf wax is a mixture of parrafin and beeswax, usually with some scent added in. But it would probably be cheaper and work better if you just bought commercial wax; I reccomend Mrs. Palmers or Five Daughters, they're the best. s*x Wax, however, sucks in my opinion. What would be really cool is if you made an environmentally-friendly wax. I've used a couple, and they're ok but still not as good as the regular stuff.

Answer 5

why would you want to make it? it wouldnt make sense because it would cost more to buy all the chemicals than it would to buy the ONE DOLLAR surf wax at your local surf shop

Answer 6

you can actually

you need paraffin wax pallets...

Calcium carbonate

Petroleum jelly

Large pot

Metal spoon

create a formula 70 percent wax pellets and 30 % calcium carbonate - use just enough p. jelly to apply easily to the board.  stir and gradually heeat the mixture on stove but not too quickly as wax is very flammable!

hope this helps

Answer 7

You can't surfboard wax is filled with chemicals you have to buy in bulk, it cost $1, just go and buy some.

Answer 8

Why? was is cheap and you can usually find it on the beach if you our so cheap you don't want to pay the 50 cents for it