How Do You Remove Wax From A Surfboard?
• Soften the wax to make it easy to remove. You can soften using any one of several techniques: • Put your board in direct sunlight for a few minutes. On a warm day the wax will be turn shiny and slightly gooey within a few minutes, making it easy to scrape off. • Pouring hot water to soften the wax. If sunny weather won’t abide, pour some hot water onto the board. • Point the hot air from a hair dryer set on low to a spot right before you scrape. • Do nothing. If you don’t have the time or tools to soften the wax, you can still get rid of the old wax. It will make the scraping that much more difficult and slightly less effective. • Start scraping Start scraping the board with non-serrated side of a wax comb, old credit card or any other similar implement. • Keep scraping Continue scraping till all wax has been removed from the board. • There are some products available (e.g. “Pickle Wax Remover” by Team Chow) which you rub over the board after removing most of the wax by scraping. Thi
