What is the best curb grind wax I can purchase?

[gsp1179]

I bought some from a local sports store, and it doesn't really seem to work all that well...I've used World Industry "Wet Willy" wax before, and it worked alright I guess.

Any specific brand I should be looking for?

 

[Mike Montgomery]

use any skate wax.
curbs dont grind that well anyway.

 

[gsp1179]

Painted ones do. You don't really need to wax them, but I like to to get more distance.

 

[Mike Montgomery]

yeah they do but rails are better. =]

 

[gsp1179]

The only skatepark near me closed down, and I don't have a rail yet =/

 

[Mike Montgomery]

oh dude that really sucks. you really dont have a skatepark?

 

[Alex.Peasley]

just take candles from your house.. wax is wax

 

[gsp1179]

Northern Indiana. As far as I know, the closest park is somewhere in Michigan, an hour drive away.

 

[Hep Greg]

just buy candles.... you dont need special wax. as long as you wax the shit out of something, it'l slide. hell, even melting crayons into a giant block will work.

 

[Mike Montgomery]

i used to use crayons for wax all the time
=]

 

[JackDillon]

Yeah pretty much what every one els said, Crayons and candle wax.

 

[Hep Greg]

easiest way to make wax:

fill a pot 1/4 with water, then put a smaller pot in it.
fill the smaller pot with candles, and crayons without the wrappers.

put the whole thing on your stove, and boil the bottom pot with the smaller pot inside of it. once the wax is all liquefied and melted, turn the stove off. let it sit until the wax is solidified. knock the bottom of the smaller pot to get the wax out. stick the wax in the freezer for a few minutes.

BAM! big ass chunk of cheap wax.

 

[mat]

go to any hardware store and buy a box of general purpose paraffin wax. its super cheap and works super well. cheaper than candles. also, if you really need to make the ledge slide like a rail, put a little oil/grease on there

 

[Brian Boston]

I just goto the dollar store and get a big ass candle for a dollar. I wouldn't grind curbs though, even if their painted. It just eats your deck apart.

 

[Dylan Kasson]

get a masonite sanding block and sand down the ledge before you wax it so its perfectly smooth
then wax it up and it should slide real nice

 

[Mike Montgomery]

i used to grind curbs but that was when i couldnt grind rails.
lol

 

[russian serjey]

wtf??..why would you wanna grind a curb?..if you want to so bad then go to the local store or something and they have painted curbs and they grind easily

 

[volcom32388]

get a bigass damn candle

 

[Steezeman]

Yeah I always just use candles from my friend's house. Then if you get bored you can let the wax drip on your hand and make yourself into Johnny Tremain

 

[Jordan Jasa]

its not so much curbs, but ledges that i grind. i rode my bike to a few of the ledges i rode before it snowed, looks like i'll have to do some serious waxing

i think i might do the pot of crayons thing, but first i need crayons haha.