I'm flying from Vancouver down to Cabo. My boards have cold water wax on them as I normally surf Tofino. Do I need to remove the wax before I pack it up? Anyone experience wax melting while on flights? My board bag is brand new... It would be nice if it stayed clean looking for a bit. 🤷🏻
Posted Jan 9, 2022, 10:40 PM UTC · edited
Usually the board bags are lined on the inside so they don’t absorb wax etc. But if you’re going to strip it off anyway it makes sense to do it now.
Will feel like the right call when you get to the break, it’s pumping and you don’t have to spend the additional 5-10 minutes scraping wax before you get out in the water.
My flight lands at 2:30, it's about an hour to the break and the sun sets around 5:00... every minute is going to count! Haha
Strip it then put a light layer of basecoat on so you'll only need a little wax when you get there
I’d go ahead and strip them, you’re going to have to do it anyway once you get there. They’ll probably be fine for the flight, but you run the risk of it melting once you get to Cabo. Especially if you have to pack them on the roof of a vehicle while traveling from the airport. Just my opinion. Either way I hope you have a great trip!
This is what I suspected would be the case, thanks for confirming!
Appreciate the well wishes, I'll do my best to get on kookslams!
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