Sand in the hot sun works great for patches of wax, but I've never tried it for a whole boart. Sounds too gooey.
It gets really runny and gooey but you literally can just fling the soupy wax off the boart and then the towels clean it up easy. Point was already made about leaving board out too long and is very GOOD point lol
Flour. After you remove the bulk of the wax (i use the sunshine method mentioned earlier) sprinkle flour on board which will stick to wax leftovers/residue. Wipe off with paper towel. Will look brand new. Note: apply flour outside or in area you dont mind looking like a cartel kitchen
Sounds good in theory. I like a more controlled environment. It’s like a ritual. What do you do with wax on the beach? I guess either way we “dispose of it”. A house I lived in for a few years had a ledge/trim design around family room. We had a perpetual wax art barrel that metamorphosed into various sections set up on ledge!!! #waxfax
Barry would call you all morons. It works.do it quick. Makes big ugly wax ball. No soup. People pay me. I have it down to a science. Hot sun to soften wax but not totally melt it. Takes 5 minutes to do an entire board, tops.
The most totally controlled environment imaginable. Been doing it for over 40 years. I can do 2 or 3 boards spotless, cooled and stored in a 1/2 hour. The hot sun and sand part is like 5 minutes of the process. The key is to scrape the bulk as soon as it starts to soften.
My system has the board all done and in the a/c before it gets that hot, so, no, no goo, no soup. Work fast.
Putting my board in the sun is the only way I've ever removed wax. Surfing 101, up there with learning to tie leash knots
Yes to "leaves a residue"... No to "hard to remove"... After removing the adhesive with WD40, wash the boart with dish detergent and warm water. But the devil is in the details: I'm doing a restoration job on a prone paddleboard for a guy now. The original builder glued 1/2" sponge neoprene to the deck for padding. I used a wide, metal spackle blade to mechanically remove as much of the foam as possible, then took an orbital sander to the rest of the foam using a 40 grit disk. I went at it carefully, and got it down to just a thin, spotty layer of adhesive so I didn't sand through to the actual deck of the board. With the adhesive only exposed, I sprayed with WD40 and let it sit for a few minutes. Then I went at it with a steel wool pot scrubber... again, going carefully so as to not damage the board. When I went as far as I could with the steel wool, I wiped down the surface and sprayed again with WD40, and again let it sit for a few minutes. Then I removed whatever was left with a rag, just working at it hard until it all came off. Then I filled a bucket with hot water and dish detergent and scrubbed it down with a Scotch Bright pad, rinsed it off, then washed it down again with a sponge. Squeaky clean for repair work. Before and after pictures below. I then cut out all of the rot (it's EPS/Epoxy), filled with epoxy/microballoon filler, patched all the dings, and sanded the whole thing. Next I'll spray it with high quality acrylic latex paint (aquamarine color), then hotcoat over that. Final step... install a drink holder!
I know i'll get some flack for this but, I use a comb, then a hair dryer to soften, then paper towels to wipe the excess. Then I use 50 grit sandpaper to get the remaining wax off. Works like a charm! Okay, don't really use 50 grit. Ha But seriously, I have been using the hair dryer for years and boards have been fine. I keep it moving so I am not cooking 1 spot.
I had no idea a whole thread was needed to discuss removing wax. Place boart in sun for 5 minutes, use black komb thing to remove dirty old wax then rub new yummy smelling wax on
I don't change wax in the wintertime. I just put the soft sticky stuff right over the hard summer wax, and change wax in the spring.
im the same...I use the wax comb to rough it up in winter and put the winter wax over. some boards get more love than others. sometimes I will just use comb while the wax is hard and comb it out real good...dust off the crumbs and add new wax...fresh'n it up!
