removing surfboard wax

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » October 10, 2007 9:22 am

Longboardn' ASEL&S wrote:You wax your board for one reason and one reason only:

To gain traction for wet bare feet on a now glass but formerly wood board.

A deck should have good traction for wet bare feet as well.

Just call your homeowner's insurance agent and ask for a discount now that your deck is so much safer!

hehehe. Maybe I could patent the idea and send my sons, their friends, and their surfboard racks to all of my neighbors' decks.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » October 10, 2007 11:37 am

popcornjack wrote:
CaptainP wrote:Set the entire deck on fire. The wax will melt.
So how would suggets getting a cat out of a tree?

Shotgun. Serves 'im right for getting stuck.

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » October 10, 2007 11:48 am

popcornjack wrote:
CaptainP wrote:Set the entire deck on fire. The wax will melt.
So how would suggets getting a cat out of a tree?

send the kids of the local Peking Palace's owner up after them. They are probably adept at working with cat.

Moonie · Post by **Moonie** » October 10, 2007 8:18 pm

OceanCityGirl wrote:na hairdryer won't work. They use that on their surfboards though. It's kinda like ten year old gum on a city sidewalk, all hard and black. I'll have them try the heatgun. Don't want to go the sander route unless there's no choice at all. I share a deck with my neighbor and we're not due to retreat them for another year. I don't even know if I could buy the stuff that's on there. It's a gray sort of pebbled and almost rubbery deck coating that's pretty popular over here.

WD-40 or something like that, something that's oil based....it'll remove gum from plastic, then all you have to do is use hot soapy water to remove the WD-40

Desdamona · Post by **Desdamona** » October 11, 2007 3:07 am

OceanCityGirl wrote:
Longboardn' ASEL&S wrote:Just call your homeowner's insurance agent and ask for a discount now that your deck is so much safer!
hehehe. Maybe I could patent the idea and send my sons, their friends, and their surfboard racks to all of my neighbors' decks.

There's nothing like a nice waxy deck, huh?

Floridaze · Post by **Floridaze** » October 11, 2007 7:36 am

try some turpentine...my kids and friends are always leaving boards around and most of the time this takes it off......

PIA · Post by **PIA** » October 11, 2007 7:39 am

try a MR. CLEAN MAGIC ERASER....

ive cleaned some crazy sh*t with it....

Longboardn' ASEL&S · Post by **Longboardn' ASEL&S** » October 11, 2007 7:58 am

Surf shops sell wax remover in tiny bottles for stripping a board of it's wax. Just like regular surfers buy bulk polyester resin for ding repairs from the auto shop instead of overpriced ding repair kits from the surf shop, I'm sure they know of a bulk chemical solvent that they buy from a hardware store for their wax removal chores.
Try a quick search in a surfer discussion group, or Yahoo answers.

LaTda! · Post by **LaTda!** » October 12, 2007 1:09 am

easy

wax on - wax off

my work here's done

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » October 12, 2007 10:35 am

LaTda! wrote:easy

wax on - wax off

my work here's done

No... you still need to paint the fence, paint the house and stand on one leg with your arms in the air.