Hello,
I have been working with a formula 60% pariffin 25% microcystalene with a stiky base then more or less of Vybar, mineral oil, petrulum ,calcium carbonate, I am not real pleased with the end result. Can anyone offer any suggestions to make a more useable wax , Melting points ,clumping etc…
And Yes I Know I can buy it for .50 cents
Iam really interested in makeing homeade wax
Thanks,
Eddie
You could alway go “sans wax” and put on a traction substance - no melting, messing up other stuff, etc. Interested? I’ll give up the goods.
Good work anyway you do it, Taylor
…Try Spray glue.Herb
Paraffin wax
Beeswax
Oil (paraffin oil - vaseline will work, so will other oils)
scent
mix to taste - more paraffin wax for warmer climes.
apply with love and care.
I’ve heard that the spray snow for windows, you know that cheep crap you get in cans from wall mart, well that stuff works as traction. I’ve never used it, just heard about it and am passing it on.
Dont go all traction, that stuff tears up wetsuits and skin.
I’ve noticed that lately (year or so) surfshops are trying to make money on surf wax, .75 or 1.00, did all the shops get together and decide this, or maybe all the surfwax deposites are in iraq. Either way wax should be .50…any more and you’re a jerk! And no complaints about ohhh i got to feed my family…sell a hurley shirt and give me my damn wax at a halfway reasonable cost. (Is this feeding trolls?, if so i’m sorry)
I think we waste wax. I mean, if you are smart you’ll cut it up into smaller pieces. Half the time I break a bar in half, wax my board, and have a three fourths left over. If I do it on the sand then I have to get rid of the extra, so I find a convenient place where I know other surfers can find it, like at Beacons on top of the last fence post, or on a stair post at Swamis (did I say Swamis?).
At Al Merrick’s Shop they have wax poured into ice trays, so you only buy a small amount.
What the heck am I talking about?
Once upon a time I thought I had a great idea for wax so I went to Wax Research in San Marcos (I don’t know if they are still there). I wanted to go into the wax business and was going to see if they contract. They did, and at the time they told me it would be 27 cents per bar, including the shrinkwrap, and I would have to provide the labels which would cost, at best, a few cents each. So I was looking at 30 cents a bar. At the time (early nineties) I was buying my wax for about 20 cents per bar at Encinitas Surfboards, and it was about 45 cents everywhere else.
Of course, if I wanted to go into the business I would also have to buy boxes and somehow distribute my product, so the people at Wax Research told me, “Look, only a manufacturer is going to make a profit off wax and not a retailer or someone like you who contracts through a manufacturer.” “If you want to make money,” they told me, “You have to sell T-Shirts and stuff, like Bubble Gum.” (Remember them?).
So, I kind of gave up the wax idea.
So what was my BIG idea?
I thought it would be cool to have surfwax in the shape of each state. A Golden State Wax Company, a Sunshine State Wax Company, and an Aloha State Wax Company, all under the parent company of Interstate Wax Company.
Lame idea, eh?
Wear booties, spray paint one pink and one green…no one will drop in on you either. If you add a hood and paint it blue you might get the whole peak to yourself
Thats a great idea, but i dont wear botties. Maybe just a neon wetsuit, a diveknife on my ankle, a ww2 german steel helmet,and two leashs. i dont think i could back it up though.
I think we waste wax. I mean, if you are smart you’ll cut it up into smaller pieces. Half the time I break a bar in half, wax my board, and have a three fourths left over. If I do it on the sand then I have to get rid of the extra, so I find a convenient place where I know other surfers can find it, like at Beacons on top of the last fence post, or on a stair post at Swamis (did I say Swamis?).
I thought it would be cool to have surfwax in the shape of each state. A Golden State Wax Company, a Sunshine State Wax Company, and an Aloha State Wax Company, all under the parent company of Interstate Wax Company.
Lame idea, eh?
I think it’s the other way around… whenever I get to the end of a bar you get that little nub that’s too hard to apply and have to toss out (or melt together with a bunch of other nubs is your real green). Making it smaller would only increase the frequency. I keep my wax in a ziplock and usually do most of my waxing at home, maybe at my car… can’t remember the last time I’ve waxed up on the sand.
Sorry man… the state thing is a pretty lame idea, but I’ve always supported functionality and quality over marketing ability. On the plus side, it’s a better idea than the ‘jump to conclusions mat’.
…I suppose you could take some boxes of sticky bumps and go try to market them as “state shaped” in Colorado or Wyoming… do some test marketing. Too bad surfings not much of a sport there. Maybe with some careful knifework you could make an Oregon.
Here in mexico sticky bumps is 2.5 dlls each bar. pretty expensive, but we have no choice, sex wax is almost 3.00. So I think it would be a good idea to make and use my own and sell the rest. at 1.5 dlls each bar, market will be mine. Jack.
I have friends in mexico who own stores where its obligatory to bring them a case of wax every few months. They do make a killing of it i dont mark it up to them since they are friends, so they still make 100 125% on a bar at least.
Some shop grom that hangs around my buddy’s shop has a mom who’s a chemist and she figured out all the ingredients in a number of the big surf wax companies. He started making his own wax and now sells them through the shop. THey are made in his kitchen and in the shape of NJ. He scented them coconut or something, but I told him pork roll would be way more jersey.