Comments on: Organic Surf Wax

By: peppino

peppino — Thu, 05 May 2011 12:26:10 +0000

hi there

can I use use LIQUID olive oil or oilseed?

thank you

By: mc

mc — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:22:56 +0000

@reis…thanks

By: reis

reis — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 15:26:59 +0000

@mc…..unfortunately we are not professional surf wax makers so we don’t have the ratios completely dialed in. from my understanding, you are going to want to increase the ratio of beeswax to coconut oil for warmer temps. less coco oil means harder wax…

By: mc

mc — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:49:33 +0000

heading to baja in a few weeks and would love to figure this out. any idea which ratio is preferred for tropical?

By: Francois

Francois — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:35:27 +0000

Roy, have you found a way to make the wax white, without buying ultra expensive white beeswax, or non-organic bleached beeswax?

I got tired of the only surf shop in town not stocking any organic wax, and asking $8 per bar for sex wax. ($8 fucking dollars?!?! WTF?) So I decided to make organic wax and sell it at $3 per bar. (Since I buy the beeswax in bulk I can sustain that, as I get it for about $1.50 per bar. I get a dollar profit for my efforts that way.)
I have encountered a few problems though. One is the resin won’t melt. How to mix it in without tons of sediment? Second, people don’t like the colour… (I like yellow, it looks nicer to me, but people are full of shit.) What can I do to make the wax lighter, or even white, while still keeping it organic?

By: reis

reis — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 03:25:13 +0000

@Johnny, no it is your standard cool temperature wax. you can adjust the ratios of the ingredients for different temps.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 14:17:30 +0000

Is the wax shown in the video basecoat?

By: Devin

Devin — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:12:45 +0000

Just wondering if there are any less labor intensive, time consuming ways to achieve what the pine resin does for the wax, could this be substituted with an emulsifier like soy lecithin or agar-agar? Or a gelatin? If not, is there some kind of wholesale resource for pine sap, as I do not have any available here in Mission Beach, SD.

By: Spandan

Spandan — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:33:26 +0000

I’ve seen this video a few times when I was in Florida and never really considered making my own wax cause I’d buy em for $1.00 !
But I live in India now and I’m left with one bar or hot and half of tropical.
I’ve already Googled bee farmers to get 1kg of wax and will make my first batch in a coupla days !
Just outta curiosity, will a 6:1 ratio of wax and oil do for tropical waters. Also can I add food essence for color and smell ?
Thanks..

By: galen

galen — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 06:53:15 +0000

i’ve seen this video a bunch of times, But i think i’m actually gonna make some.. Up here in oregon the water is pretty cold.. what mixture should I use for 47-52F ?