warm snow, wax and glue goop

straykat · **Joined:** Mon Mar 25, 2013 8:42 am **Posts:** 4

Lovely sunny hot day in the PacNW, and I took the splitboard to Snoqulamie and skinned up Silver Fir.
This was a late afternoon exercise run, first outing after a surgery break since Easter. On the way down, the board was sooooooo slow - turns out there was a layer of goop on the base. The board had been stored without the skins, and it had been machine-waxed when last used.

So what's that? Wax-failure due to temp? too much wax left? glue failure due to temp? WTF?

Glad this happened today during a chill single run, and not during a serious outing, .. but what happened, and what do YOU do to avoid this/deal with it?

Thanks!

nickstayner · **Posted:** Mon May 06, 2013 5:40 am

Yellow Swix to rub on.

straykat · **Joined:** Mon Mar 25, 2013 8:42 am **Posts:** 4

Thanks, but ... why did the mess happen? What do you do in the wild to clean up the bases? Yellow Swix - you said rub-on. What do you iron in? Also Yellow swix? Thanks

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