Is it ok to wax my snowboard with rub on wax appose to waxing it on witha hot iron?

Question

Is it ok to wax my snowboard with rub on wax appose to waxing it on witha hot iron?

Answer 1

It is OK to use rub on wax - I carry a bar of rub on wax with me in case the snow starts sticking to the base. There is always one student in my class that is having problems on a warm sunny day with snow sticking.

Even though it is OK to use, it won't last very long and is only a last resort - when you can't get your board hot waxed.

Good Luck

Answer 2

ITs ok too but dude ist not worth it use the iron its much better for the board adn some iron on wax protects the layers rub on wax does not protect well

Answer 3

Rub on wax is  okay if you have only small amount of time. because its only a rub on, it will generally ware off in a couple of runs. But if you go hot wax, it will last a lot longer. You can either get it done for you or you can do it yourself which is really easy to do. You just need to have a iron, snowboard wax, and a scraper.( you can use a plastic ruler for last resort) But if you dont have a good iron here is a good way to do things:

Go to your kitchin. Find yourself a good sized pan. Put it on the stove until it gets fairly hot. Then what you can do is touch the wax to the bottom of the pan and drip the wax onto your board. But make sure the pan is not hot enough to were the wax is smoking. *thats bad*. so then once you drip the wax around the board, you can place the pan on the board and move it across the board melting and spreading the wax across the board. Then just get a scrapper and scrape off the wax so its even. and there you go.

you now have a easy wax job tip

Answer 4

Rub on wax is usually a last resort for waxing your board. The way snowboard bases are constructed, well sintered bases, are particles of special plastic and other materials that are compressed together. This creates millions of pores in the base. When you melt the wax in with an iron, it gets into all of the pores and where is dries and holds. This makes it last much longer as opposed to rubbing dry way over the the surface of the base. I hope that makes sense. The bottom line is that iron waxing lasts much longer and definitely gives you a better quality wax. Check out our video for great instructions on how to iron wax your board. http://youtube.com/watch?v=RDRoKCAFtX8