What is the difference between different temperature snowboard wax?
Are the degrees listed designed to help tell what temperature the wax will melt from an iron, or what temperature snow you ride on?
If it is the snow, how am I supposed to know this?
I live in southern New York, we don’t get too much snow and the average winter temperatures when I’m boarding are around 25-40.
I bought a stick of warm temperature wax, and am afraid this wont work.
honestly any wax is better than no wax, and i couldn’t tell you whether the numbers are for the heating or the snow because you didn’t list them (although i doubt they are for either). I’d assume that they are for the outside air temperature (if they are between 10 and 50 degrees F or -5 and 15 degrees C) and that warm weather generally means 35-50 degrees F, although it will still help you if its colder than that. that is just the optimal range for that type of wax
That’s what heat to set your iron at so you don’t burn the chemicals inside the wax, A good rule of thumb is if your wax is smoking when put up against the iron than you have the iron to hot. When the wax smokes you’re burning and ruining all the chemical compounds inside the wax, basically wasting your time and making the wax useless.
All temp wax is one of the more common waxes used, It’s all I use I don’t bother buying the other types of waxes. Racers are known for being pretty picky on the wax they put on depending on the conditions.
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honestly any wax is better than no wax, and i couldn’t tell you whether the numbers are for the heating or the snow because you didn’t list them (although i doubt they are for either). I’d assume that they are for the outside air temperature (if they are between 10 and 50 degrees F or -5 and 15 degrees C) and that warm weather generally means 35-50 degrees F, although it will still help you if its colder than that. that is just the optimal range for that type of wax
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