im getting a new Pieter with mad art on the deck. Wavey cheques on the back and a red to yellow fade on the rest. Have seen some products on e-bay to use instead of wax. Some say they dont damage you wet suit but does anyone use this stuff?

I'd recommend good old wax mate. Easy to use & easily adaptable to different temperatures & does not damage your wetsuit.

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Steve... said..
im getting a new Pieter with mad art on the deck. Wavey cheques on the back and a red to yellow fade on the rest. Have seen some products on e-bay to use instead of wax. Some say they dont damage you wet suit but does anyone use this stuff?

I re purchased my sunset board and the guy who sold it back to me applied this on the board, it was clear and fine however it didn't appear to be too grippy, I took it off within 5 minutes of ownership. It looked like he waxed it to add grip.

Yeah stupid idea unless u got a 666. Got to keep reminding myself just to maintain a very thin layer of wax. Dont need huge gobs of the stuff

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Steve... said..
Yeah stupid idea unless u got a 666. Got to keep reminding myself just to maintain a very thin layer of wax. Dont need huge gobs of the stuff

So how far away is your board, started yet?
Its going to be nice I recall the one he posted.

Yes mate the shaping is on the Pieter web site home page. Named Stephen. Painted and bottom glassed today deck and filler tomorrow, pick up on weekend. Its his SBB short board bottom HP board. 9'1"
concave nose to double concave with vee out the back. Hard shortboard rails, will ride as quad
www.pieter.com.au/
this is the artwork with a bit deeper red on nose
www.instagram.com/p/BRNAYKhBpIk/

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Steve... said..
Yeah stupid idea unless u got a 666. Got to keep reminding myself just to maintain a very thin layer of wax. Dont need huge gobs of the stuff

What? There are alternatives? I specialise in huge gobs of wax. It's a statement on my ... something or other.

I tried the clear hex pads (hexa traction?) on one of my shortboards. Persisted for maybe 3 surfs and then ripped them off. I would love a wax alternative but for me, it was definitely a viable one.

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Warnsey said..
I tried the clear hex pads (hexa traction?) on one of my shortboards. Persisted for maybe 3 surfs and then ripped them off. I would love a wax alternative but for me, it was definitely a viable one.

Thanks for the feedback bro

Another great thing about wax is rubbing your hands over the deck before surfing so you get a better grip when duck diving or eskimo roll'n