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GrahamS 
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Post subject: Preventing snow from sticking to the board
 Posted: Nov 29, 2009 - 12:49 PM
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Has anyone ever come up with a substance that prevents snow from sticking to the top sheet of the board?
Just did a bit of googling and Teflon (present in some furniture polish), spray-on cooking oil, and car wax were all suggested for similar applications (like shovelling snow).
Anyone tried these on a board or got better ideas? |
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TomR
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Post subject: RE: Preventing snow from sticking to the board
Posted: Nov 29, 2009 - 01:08 PM
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Not used it on my board but after i've waxed my car I have water just sheeting off my car roof and down the windscreen after it's rained so i'd imagine that works well. www.cleanyourcar.co.uk is good for wax etc. Personally wouldn't want greasy oil on my board and furniture polish and other teflon sprays wouldnt last long I don't think.
If I didn't have a matt finish on my hatchet i'd test my poorboys wax on my board and let you know. |
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ROBster
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Post subject: RE: Preventing snow from sticking to the board
Posted: Nov 29, 2009 - 02:25 PM
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does it really matter if there is snow on the top of your board?
i usually find that the snow stick to the top sheet in the first few minutes but after i;ve wiped it off and the board has cooled down then cause the board is the same temperature as the snow this it doesnt stick any more. |
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GrahamS
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Post subject: Re: RE: Preventing snow from sticking to the board
Posted: Nov 29, 2009 - 03:11 PM
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ROBster wrote:
does it really matter if there is snow on the top of your board?
Not really, no.
But there is a definite trend towards lighter boards and bindings. So it might be interesting if a few grams could be cheaply saved by preventing snow sticking, rather than paying a premium for carbon fibre and titanium bits.
Besides, what's the point in having a nice top sheet if no one can see it? |
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MattR
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Preventing snow from sticking to the board
Posted: Nov 29, 2009 - 03:57 PM
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anything without a nasty propellant should be fine (so avoid gt85/wd40).
Tho we spray the (aluminium) snow shovels with aerosol oil as it makes it way easier to clear the snow off the shovel.
I'd probably try something like natural furniture wax. |
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Haydn
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Posted: Nov 29, 2009 - 05:39 PM
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| I reckon good car wax as mentioned would do the trick even speed detailer or similar. Only thing is if you dont use a stomp pad youll be dancing off the lifts with all that wax under your foot. |
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ace_mcgraw
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Posted: Nov 29, 2009 - 06:33 PM
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HOJO
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Posted: Nov 29, 2009 - 07:21 PM
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Posted: Dec 01, 2009 - 05:16 AM
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nickmotture
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Posted: Dec 02, 2009 - 09:37 AM
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| This thread is brilliant, telling me there are actually products made to stop snow sticking to your board?! Ace, maybe i can use some to stop the water sticking to my face while i swim |
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MattR
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Posted: Dec 02, 2009 - 10:16 AM
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| 10 kilos of ice and compacted snow stuck to the top of your board isn't fun. |
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GrahamS
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Posted: Dec 02, 2009 - 10:23 AM
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nickmotture wrote:
This thread is brilliant
Thanks.
nickmotture wrote:
telling me there are actually products made to stop snow sticking to your board?!
Doesn't look like it, no.
(that "Pom Pom's Wacky Tacky" stuff is for making the board sticky, presumably for folk with very slippy boards that don't want a stomp pad. Though he does say in his review: "snow doesn’t stick to the wax, it stays off and doesn’t get in the way." )
nickmotture wrote:
Ace, maybe i can use some to stop the water sticking to my face while i swim
Jeeesh.. always naysaying.. 
All I'm saying is that folk are apparently paying over a thousand quid for a Method or a Vapour, which are maybe 500 grams lighter than a conventional board.
If you can save maybe 200 grams for free, then that sounds like a bargain to me.
I wonder what you would have said when some bright spark came up with the idea of putting wax on the bottom of skis? 
Oh, and by the way, sport swimmers do wear special suits and rubber swim caps precisely because it reduces water sticking to them (i.e. drag).  |
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Posted: Dec 02, 2009 - 10:28 AM
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| but there isn't any snow on your board when you ride it all falls off, the only time its on there is when you stand still, and then you just bang it off? If it bothers you then fair enough but i think you're trying to solve a problem that doesn't really exist..... |
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GrahamS
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Posted: Dec 02, 2009 - 11:09 AM
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nickmotture wrote:
but there isn't any snow on your board when you ride it all falls off
Some boards do seem worse than others.
One of my old boards was like a snow magnet and was always covered in snow and ice (while riding).
My current board seems better, but there is still some snow to scrape off it when leaving the dome. |
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MattR
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Posted: Dec 02, 2009 - 11:14 AM
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nickmotture wrote:
but there isn't any snow on your board when you ride it all falls off,
no it doesn't, depending on conditions the snow can (and does) freeze into a bloody great lump, between bindings.
nickmotture wrote:
the only time its on there is when you stand still, and then you just bang it off?
why not just make the banging off massively easier?
I mean, they are using non-stick treatments on cars so the dirt doesn't stick so well (but you could just go to a car wash), swimmers wear skull caps and body suits to "stop water sticking to them" (massive simplification, but basically true), mountain bikers treat frames with teflon sprays to stop the mud sticking (but they could just knock it off)......... |
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