Snowboard waxing

[Marshall]

What's the best way to hold / secure a snowboard while waxing it, either at home or while travelling away over seas???

[ 28.04.2007, 01:39 PM: Message edited by: Marshall ]

[SA]

Nail it to the bench! tongue.gif

Seriously, I would have thought it depends on what surface(s) you have to wax the board on. Some possibilities:

- prop the far edge against a wall
- use the back of your binding against the edge of a bench.
- put one end into where the wall meets the floor, and have the length of the board resting on your thigh, or held by one hand.

[John Deere]

What are you doing to the board that it need to be secured??

For a snowboard if you choose to scrape I suggest using trestles near the bindings, that should be secure enough. If not scraping you wont need to secure it.

[Marshall]

Originally posted by John Deere:
trestles near the bindings, that should be secure enough. That's what I was thinking of smile.gif

[Fresheez]

Tune in pairs. Get your mate to hold it while you scrape it back.If you are flying solo srape in small proportions with one hand and hold with the other.

Return the favour to your mate too. Too easy.

[Azz]

get some of that anti slip stuff used in caravan cupboards or when you are using a router (wood) to stick to your trestles.

[Tobi]

I now have a shiny new Bodoka waxing iron. (Thanks Dr Al!)

I want to wax my snowboard now even though it's already got a summer wax on it.

[Princess]

I put mine between 2 outdoor chairs and have the chairbacks hard up against the bindings. Works well enough for me, and I use the kitchen chairs in my accom when travelling.

[Paul Oberin]

I hope the chairs don't have cloth seats, wax is hard to remove. :D

[Princess]

Nah, the outdoor chairs are just a couple of hard plastic ones that are rarely used anymore, and the kitchen chairs in accom while travelling... I just use rub-on stuff.

[Fresheez]

Shame on you Princess. Thats not waxing that tying you over while you are at the snow and tuning faclities are limited. ;) smile.gif

[BLB]

check this vid out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDRoKCAFtX8&mode=related&search=

Paul, what are your thoughts on this?

I use a adjustable workbench at home and wind the clampy things at the top out to hold tight against the bindings. I have thought of getting a piece of timber and putting some holes in to match binding screw holes and putting some longer screws through and then clamping that into the clamps of the work bench.

One of these guys http://www.haggul.com/ProdImage/1%5C44424.jpg and run the board across it and jam the clamps on to the binding - very gently though.

Might do the timber option this year and then run the board length wise.

As for travelling, across the arms of an arm chair will work too - pays to throw somethng over it, just in case ;)

[ 01.05.2007, 05:07 PM: Message edited by: Brad Lomond Ben ]

[Paul Oberin]

I did watch that Video a while back, it is not bad, he places too much emphasis on direction scraping from memory.
If you do a search you will find it on here a month or two back.

[BLB]

maybe that's where I found it ;)

[Caboose]

i have made a couple of wooden chocks to support

just wack em on a bench plonk board on top

for edging just wack board in vice with rubber strips on either side

[loc]

hey guys
just to drag this up again

i found a dakine tuning kit which looked pretty nice

it had scotch brite pads in there for brushing after scrapping

do these work as well as the brushes?

[Paul Oberin]

The scotch brite is really meant to be used to slightly detune your edges to remove very minute burrs after filing them.
Some people do also use it instead of a brush and it appears to work well.

[snowman]

It works ok instead as a brush... i use it if i forget the brush..... brush is still the best worth the money you spend on it

[dopestyle]

red (burton) snowboard tuning vices. works great.