Has any one got a magic method of getting old wax off boards.
cheers Lucky Mac

wax remover from Bunnings

leave it in the sun for a while, or hot soapy water with a wax comb.

You could always find one of ya young punk nephews or cousins, who use the stuff as hair product and give it too em for free if they peel it off!!! Found out xmas my nephew heats it up and puts it in his hair ...WTF's with that ????

Fact - you can throw that ball of brown old wax in the washing machine and it is almost white again.!

You can but its not very sticky

KEARNSY said...

^^^ ok I supose I had better warn you guys from experience.

Rule 1- Dont tell the Mrs that you doing this!

Rule 2- DONT have it on warm or hot wash

Rule 3- Deny everything

WTF!! Why did you do it anyway? Rule 3 is best

Thanks fellow wax heads for the secrets of wax removal.I used the sun/plastic scraper/Bunnings wax remover/metho method.Worked a treat and the new Sqid grip stuck like an abalone when you missed it the first time and went back for another go.
cheers

If you want it perfect then finish it off with some turps or acetone on a rag

I recently cleaned a board up that i was going to trade in with acetone as i have done in the past, unfortunately i left the board sitting on top of the rag i had used with acetone over night and when i picked it up in the morning it had eaten a hole through the resin, made it go all crystalised, had to sand it back which only half fixed it, cost me $50 bucks off the trade in price i reckon! From now on i will wash my boards down with water after using acetone. Live and learn!

reminds me of my first surfboard...,folks bought me a coolite for a xmas pressy, after a bit of hunting around the house on xmas eve i found it stashed on top of the cupboard so i snuck it down and painted it.....it dissolved before my very eyes