Does anyone have or know of a recipe for making surfboard wax? I’d like to incorporate surfing into my 8th grade general science class by showing how We modify things for a specific need. I try to incorporate surfing into many of my lessons. I think it would really catch their attention to learn how to make wax. Anyone? -john
Search the archives. It’s in there. Rob Olliges
I blend the wax for my surf mats’ rotary valves… working with wax is a very gentle, pleasant process, especially when compared to other workshop activities connected to surfboards, i.e. noise, dust, fumes, etc. It would be an excellent subject for classroom discussion because of its extremely wide range of useage. Specially blended waxes are involved in all kinds of things, from increasing traction and adhesion, to decreasing friction and increasing lubrication, from anti-itch dreadlock coatings, to the creation of fine jewelry and mortician`s cosmetics. The fun is in the journey… http://www.stickmansurf.com/images/wax.gif
That is a cool story Dale. Calcium Carbonate did not come about until the advent of Sticky Bumps and Quick Humps. Prior to Sticky Bumps and Quick Humps you could eat or chew the wax without grinding off your teeth. With Sex Wax we used to spray the molds with silicone mold release so that there was that to ingest as well as each and every bar was handled at least twice before getting sealed in the plastic wrapper. Very labor intensive. Fortunately for the guys still working at Sex Wax Zog has made molds that are able to get the wax out mechanically without the hands on approach. I still wouldn’t recommend eating it though. Note to the science teacher: just take some parafin, mineral oil, petrolatum, color, micro and some cc and heat it up. You will get something usable.
Thanks Ex. Where can i find and what is pertrolatum, and also what is the cc?
Petro is another word for vaseline. Go to the drug store and by the whole lot of the vaseline.
Calcium carbonate…read dale’s story…above
cc= calcium carbonate
Let me know if any of you science guys manage to duplicate purple Waxmate.Just the smell of the stuff melting in my van would be a nostalgic odyssey. R.B.
Purple Waxmate------MMMMMMMM!
Sex Wax still makes the original formula purple wax with grape scent, you have to go to a convenience store to get it though as all the surf shops generally buy only coconut.
i have some bars of it. austin
Where can one find the ratio or find a recipe