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Waxing concrete

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Easy-E
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Im trying urban out for the first time, and most of the places I am going to hit are concrete. Shold I buy a bunch of cheap candles and use them for wax? or dose freezing water over it work better?
Oct 6 2013 9:53PM
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telecolo_
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i am also really interested in this.
Oct 6 2013 10:06PM
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Saga.
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Either buy those big white emergency candles or just get paraffin wax. It works pretty good unless the concrete is super chunky, In which case just hope for the best. Having something to melt the wax on to the ledge helps too.
Oct 6 2013 10:06PM
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-WZ-
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Saga to the rescue!
Oct 6 2013 10:39PM
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Randy_Quench
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if you wanna go all out, spray it down with instant dry clear lacquer. Wait a couple minutes and then wax over that.
Oct 6 2013 10:39PM
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Dorf.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0KTVsYKFtM

this was on concrete, I filled up a few water bottles and it worked great.
Oct 6 2013 11:22PM
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Yaraelpoof.png
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threads for how the urban goes op
Oct 7 2013 8:33AM
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fillup
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gulf wax is money
Oct 7 2013 8:37AM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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i've always waxed concrete with candles and it's turned out ok....more so for skateboarding than skiing, but whatever.
Oct 7 2013 10:06AM
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BigScaryLarry
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def clear coat it with something then put the wax on. also it would help if the skis you used had no edges where you would be grinding. but a big candle would probably work but put a layer of skate wax on top to make it extra slidy
Oct 7 2013 10:29AM
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BLADEE
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Totally Trevor did it
Oct 7 2013 11:57AM
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Elan_Team
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if it is really rough buy a "rub brick" from Lowes and smooth it out a little. if u want it real slick use spray lacquer like mentioned above, and then wax. those jesus candles work good if u break em outa the glass.
Oct 7 2013 1:05PM
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Mr.Sloth
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How have I not heard of Rub Bricks before?
How well do they work?
If they do the job.... No ledge is safe
Oct 7 2013 1:54PM
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Randy_Quench
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if you rub brick > lacquer > wax it will be glassy.
Oct 7 2013 2:00PM
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brov1
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go to an arts and crafts store and you can buy a huge ass chunk of wax and chisl it into little pieces

Oct 7 2013 4:53PM
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Fitz_
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I usually just make skate wax but it works for skiing .. take a candle break it up, put it in a tin can (like a used sauce can or something) boil soome water in a pot and put the tin can full of wax in it, but don't let the top of the tin can go underwater, then stir it with a Popsicle stick until the wax is mealted, after that take WD-40 and put it in the melted wax (the more WD-40 the more slippery the way will be), stir for about 2 minutes and then take the tin can out of the pot of boiling water and put the entire can of melted wax( with the WD-40 mixed inside) into your fridge to harden. Then once it's solid again take it out of the fridge and bread open the sides of the tin can and you will have a nice little block of wax ski/skate wax that works great for waxing concrete!
Oct 7 2013 5:11PM
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littlelyonsman
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either melt a TON of wax (surf wax, candles, snow wax, paraffin wax) over the area you wanna slide or use a few refilled gallon jugs of water and that'll do it. just make sure to get a lot of water frozen then try and level it out a little bit. paint scrapers work for that.
Oct 7 2013 6:06PM
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theabortionator
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WUT?
Oct 7 2013 6:13PM
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littlelyonsman
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you can melt surf wax just like any other wax
Oct 7 2013 8:13PM
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theabortionator
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You could melt chewing gum as well but I don't see how that will help you session concrete.
Oct 7 2013 8:33PM
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.squirrely.
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wax dat ass
Oct 7 2013 8:36PM
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Randy_Quench
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wd40 is a water displacer, common to popular belief its really not a lubricant. I dont think it will help you much waxing a frozen concrete ledge. The only use for wd40 I could find in this situation would be to break up the ice frozen to the ledge before rub bricking it.
Oct 7 2013 9:41PM
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Fitz_
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Oh yeah sorry guys I didn't think about the tempeture being so much lower than while skating ...but I grantee it would still work if you used a lubricant that works well in cold weather
Oct 7 2013 9:49PM
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Easy-E
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Thanks! this really helps!
Oct 7 2013 10:20PM
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telecolo_
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i am a bit unsure about the use of surf wax. surf wax always has a little bit of give to it which helps with the grip.. and would be very unhelpful when trying to slide it on skis. but if you did go for it, definitely get the cold california low temperature stuff, or else you'll be scraping wax off the bottom of your skis for days.
Oct 9 2013 1:30PM
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Alpacka
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i would go to the spot now and wax it ALOT and let it melt in the sun. I skateboard alot too i know if you let the wax naturally melt onto the hubba or ledge it will slide for days.
Oct 9 2013 4:33PM
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Easy-E
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I'm not planning to hit it for a month or two, i dont get much natural snow near lake michgan, so this isnt even an option until early january, thanks for the Idea
Oct 13 2013 10:30PM
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