Sintered base not absorbing wax

Any of you guys ever run into this? Just picked up a board, and mervins sintered bases usually eat wax. When I tried waxing, wax basically would not go onto certain areas. Any suggestions? I'm thinking stone grind or something, but if there is anythign else I can try I'm down for it.

Used board, its seen a lot of use before it got to me. Possibly a little base burn?

riders choice.

did you base clean it before you started waxing?

Maybe the original owner burnt the base when waxing it and that caused the pores to close.

someone might have used an arctic hardener? I can imagine ironing enough of that into a base would almost permanently fill the pours. I'd use a copper brush with thet sinter then wrap it in a heating blanket for a good half hour and  try again. I don't use rub on or paste waxes but I wonder if they could cause this. also get a really sharp scraper I purchased a stationary belt sander recently just for scrapers and light base work.

A lot of base cleaners are actually bad for a sintered base, you can also overheat the base waxing and close the pores. If that is the case your best bet is base grind.

Originally posted by SnowSurfr A lot of base cleaners are actually bad for a sintered base, you can also overheat the base waxing and close the pores. If that is the case your best bet is base grind.