Overwaxing

Rub on wax will only last a few runs at best. It sounds like your base needs a good hot waxing. If you are not familiar with how to perform a hot wax yourself on the board most shops charge in the area of $20 for a hot wax. 

well u say you rub on wax everytime, your not rubbing on actual wax and not the rubon wax? (as in rubbing a bar of wax)

Every time I used rub on wax it would be sticky on the first run then perfect for the rest of the day. I stopped using rub on now. Every run counts.

Originally posted by Weymaro Thanks guys, I have a really old, crappy board so I'll probably buy a new board rather than hot wax it.

Well… that is one way to approach the situation. Buy a new board when you need a wax job. LOL! TruSnow will be happy to hear (read) that! Have fun shopping!

Happened to my buddy as well. I dunno why. He applies rub on wax right before we walk up to the slopes. One day on his first run, he was not moving on a slight declining slope. It was hilarious.

^agree. learn how to wax from youtube videos or from these forums. if you just want to wax all you need is an iron ($3 from goodwill) and a scraper ($10 from the ski shop) and wax. if you want to completely tune it will cost maybe $100 max for a kit if you are buying everything. the dakine kit is 60 on TS my friend has it and its pretty good. that's some bases hold wax better than others. I have one ROME board that i wax every day to every other. some people go 4-5. but once a season is tough on the old board.  

^ I mean there is wax that is sold as "rub on" instead of hot wax, like this dakine stuff I used a while back.

If I recall, it definitely wasn't "paste," although it wasn't as hard as most iron on waxes either.  It kind of had the consistency of a harder chapstick, or the non-gel deodorants.  But I agree, it has to basically be the same thing.  I do think they mentioned on the back that it could be used as hot-wax or rub on.  Don't quote me on that though, as I could be completely making that up.

Originally posted by Angry Midget Yo Just carry your rub on wax and keep waxing after a few runs I would think.

or quit wasting your money buying pos rub on wax and go buy an iron from a thrift store and some regular old all temp and do it the right way...

you can just crayon something on if you're in a hurry I crayon hertel on all the time if someones going to take one of my boards or the thrive's I've got out and i haven't waxed it works fine. 

Do yourself a favor and throw out your rubbing wax and buy an iron. The wax that really counts is the wax that gets into the pores of your board, rubbing wax does do this. Hot wax for the win!

"Pores"..."Structure"....whatever you call it, the bottom line is hot wax lasts longer and runs faster because it's adhering to the board more than rub on wax and not leaving extra wax to get all gummed.

Originally posted by LaNieve I think pores and structure are pretty much the same thing here, theyre both microscopic holes in the base that are filled with wax to increase speed.. lets not get too technical, it gets confusing   I heard one guy saying that bases dont have pores and that the base doesnt absorb wax at all, and that hot waxing was just putting a thin layer of 'wax coating' on the base (seriously!?)   so when i see someone saying that bases dont have pores, ^ is just what i get reminded of.. haha

Concur! You're scraping off most of the surface wax when you hot wax anyways, so the wax is clearly not just on the surface.

^^^ I shtooking love science!

I dont think you used the proper scraper... You could go to a shop and get you was done... my shop only costs 10 dollarrs and they use quality waxes

pores have always been a metaphor for structure.  there are just literally not any pores in base material.  it's also a myth that heat "opens" the pores.  the temperature required to expand base material to a point that a wax molecule could get inside it would have melted the base before reaching said temperature.  either way, wax does permeate the base, just not into pores.  this is all just semantics for the sake of semantics but I find it interesting.  the overall point is that yes you do need to hot wax sintered bases for them to work, no matter what the microscopic truth is, haha

Hey Spenser....

That's what I was hoping for, I've just never seen a brown base...

Now that my season is over, should I wax my board before storing it or should I even bother? I usually do but I don't want to do it unless I have to.