Dane Reynolds said once that Rasta's cross-hatch is a waste of time, but it gets a cleaner buildup, small bumps instead of blobs and smears. I use a sharp edge and do fine lines close together
Usually it will say on the packaging if it's a basecoat. A "Topcoat" wax will just give you a temp range for the water you'll be surfing in. For Sex Wax, their Tropical wax double as the basecoat too.
Basecoat is a harder wax that is less prone to moving around on your board. Topcoat is softer and more tacky to give you grip. You don't need to use basecoat however, the soft top will move around over time leaving you with wax free spots on your deck.
The top Coat would be based on the Temperature you need. For example Warm, Cool, Cold, Tropical. All the brands will have the appropriate top coats. A warmer top coat is a harder wax wear a cold is softer.
I personally re-wax my board once it gets grimy and ugly. Others here at the shop can't be bothered with it after initial waxing. Someone in the comments below mentioned re-waxing at every seasonal change. I happen to agree with that. As long as you have grip there's no wrong way to go about this.
@@RiderShack thank you so much man. I just bought my first board and wasn’t sure how much wax bars I’m actually gonna need. I’ll just go ahead and remove 10 pieces from my cart then, though I had to do that more often. Thanks again dude! New sub. I’m goin to surf in arctic Norway with killer whales and shait. Base coat indeed. Appreciate the help. No one I know surfs only snowboarders here
@@RiderShack Half a bar ish got it. Much appreciated. If not your video, I would smear it all randomly under the board with a iron melter tool like I do with my snowboards. Really, thanks!
