I have been using Stick It bubblegum wax and it is great stuff. Just wondering if there is something better?

palmers is good, so is far-king

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doggie said...

palmers is good

I agree but these days its owned by BB which leaves me a little concerned - I have been trying ween myself off it but have struggled to find a replacement thats as reliable.

I find the stick it stuff is very good - but it comes off and leaves a mess everywhere! I have even thought of making my own but have not yet got round to it has anyone had a crack before?

Yep i agree, palmers 5 daughters, was always the favourite but as ted said now owned by BB.

I've been using Far King, somoene told that the Far King wax is made by the people who used to own palmers, seems pretty similar. Pretty reasonably priced to, unlike the ridiculous price that Palmers is now

I used sticky bumps for a fair while and it was good 2.

And also Alex some are Chemical based, sex wax etc and some are natural, palmers etc.
If you put one over the other they just turn into a big mess.

I'm no wax connoisseur. I buy off a mob on ebay called Sanctum. Equates to $2.80 a block now (used to be under $2 a block) delivered to my door and I've had no issues with it.

I use Sticky Feet - but ended up with a tonne of Sex Wax as part of a Chrissy pressie.

I am currently using a hard/firm/soft layering of SW at the moment and it seems OK.

Having said that, I use a wax comb every second surf or so, so as long as the base coat is good I'm happy.

Mate of mine rubs beach sand into his wax - but he always wears a wettie...

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Ted the Kiwi said...

doggie said...

palmers is good

I agree but these days its owned by BB which leaves me a little concerned -

and the Palmer's guy who sold to BB started Farking,love his work

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62mac said...

Ted the Kiwi said...

doggie said...

palmers is good

I agree but these days its owned by BB which leaves me a little concerned -

and the Palmer's guy who sold to BB started Farking,love his work

Thought you would use mct wax?

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surferstu said...

62mac said...

Ted the Kiwi said...

doggie said...

palmers is good

I agree but these days its owned by BB which leaves me a little concerned -

and the Palmer's guy who sold to BB started Farking,love his work

Thought you would use mct wax?

For his groin

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surferstu said...

Thought you would use mct wax?

Only when its free otherwise palmers or sexwax which my son has kicking around.

Bubblegum GU wax

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GPA said...



Mate of mine rubs beach sand into his wax - but he always wears a wettie...

the sand works a treat but looks like SH!T
years ago my brother put a heap on his board
it worked all right like 40 grit sandpaper
and Feck the knees of a new wetsuit

farking

farking

hell

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doggie said...

palmers is good, so is far-king

Also like both of these, and now the water is starting to chill down palmers cold water rocks.

I tried this stuff in Hawaii called Sharkbait, the stuff was so hard it took me half an hour to wax up, by the time I was finished my arms were so stuffed I couldn't paddle out.

I just bought a new board and decided to put down deck pads for both feet. I always smash up my decks really quickly with my heavy feet so hopefully the pads will help.

These days I don't wax up much at all. I used to always wax boards but these days I find I just hit a board with a shell on the way down. Criss cross with with a shell. Get any old wax onto the bloody thing usually if the shell just isn't doing its thing anymore.

But if it's a good surf and you don't want to leave anything to chance... I like farking or sticky feet.

Im using sw hard wax as my base wax and stick it as my soft I fined it really good. But dad used the sw hard wax with the sw soft dream cream and he said it's just to sticky and when you are carrying the board to and from the beach the wax sticks to your arm and stays on it making your arm sticky as crap and not being able to get it Off for days which becomes extremely annoying...

I just ran out of the stick it wax might give the far-king wax a shot.

I haven't used wax for over a decade, except for on my mini-mal. It's such a waste of time and effort.

I have been using Ransom wax, super sticky and has been awesome in the coldwaters of France over the summer. I also use palmers when the shops sold out of Ransom

I have been using predominantly SW but want to try something more environmentally friendly. Palmers is good and sticky. Recently got a couple of yellowed old blocks local surfshop made ones with a longboard I bought. Going to try leaving it out in the sun and hopefully re use them!

Got my hands on some "MAD" wax and iM OFF TO hAWII !!

I've been using STicky feet. Mostly as when ever i buy a board they give you a heap of it for free

I still have heaps to go so either i don't wax enough or need to slow down on spending

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jbshack said...

I've been using STicky feet. Mostly as when ever i buy a board they give you a heap of it for free

I still have heaps to go so either i don't wax enough or need to slow down on spending

There is a reson they give that stuff away, its garbage imo but JB you mite like it, its all a matter of opinion

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crusher said...

Got my hands on some "MAD" wax and iM OFF TO hAWII !!

Does anyone have this on dvd? I'll pay good money for it!

Sex Wax. All others are slippery in comparison.

Remember the old strawberry fields wax, you would always see people sniffing the stuff

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weiry said...

Remember the old strawberry fields wax, you would always see people sniffing the stuff

Smell it? one of my mates used to pick it off and chew it like chewing gum. Can't remeber what wax it was but either way it was a freaking weird habit.

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SP said...

weiry said...

Remember the old strawberry fields wax, you would always see people sniffing the stuff

Smell it? one of my mates used to pick it off and chew it like chewing gum. Can't remeber what wax it was but either way it was a freaking weird habit.

My mate liked to eat sex wax! Yuck!!

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doggie said...

SP said...

weiry said...

Remember the old strawberry fields wax, you would always see people sniffing the stuff

Smell it? one of my mates used to pick it off and chew it like chewing gum. Can't remeber what wax it was but either way it was a freaking weird habit.

My mate liked to eat sex wax! Yuck!!

My mate stopped when we showed him the list of chemicals in that stuff, it's petro chemical based I think.

Edit...

Here is a summary... I ain't putting that in my mouth..
And then there's the wax. A typical surfboard wax recipe consists of about 70% Paraffin Wax which is one of the first by-products of crude oil. The next ingredient is Petroleum Jelly and then Microcrystalline Wax. Both are derivatives of crude oil. Then, depending on the brand, comes a mix of synthetic rubbers, glues and resins followed by some synthetic dyes and chemical scents. All of this is usually wrapped in plastic - another petroleum product.

If you want to make our own.

surfing-waves.com/howto/make_surf_wax.htm