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    Just thought I'd add to this thread.
    I'm trying to get away from using chemicals to clean my boards up so I picked up one of those Wax Pickle things. Works real well. I hear you can make your own out of a stocking or tights, pantyhose or whatever you US folks call them and some PU foam dust from your local shaper or even some flour. I think the Pickle is probably a bit safer to be using than fine PU dust but that's your call.

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    Well I guess its clear most of us have different ideas about wax, waxing & the removal thereoff!

    But like grego I was also wondering how to get rid of unwanted wax & wax marks, mainly found on the bottom of my firewires (think its transfered from the board bags or else there a fondler sneaking around putting their dirty little mits all over my boards while I'm not looking)!

    Is kero or metho ok or will it damage the top coating of RF & FST? Is white spirits metho? If not what is it?

    Anyway, look forward to your answers & more stories about the boardscapers out there!
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    White Spirit and Mentholated Spirit are pretty similar but I think the Metho is stronger. Neither will harm your board unless you have open dings, but if your board is nanotuned I reckon it'd strip that off. The wax pickle is ideal for cleaning the grubby prints off the bottom without using any chemicals though. Precisely what I bought it for.
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    before swapping the thick MB for the thin one i cleaned it back to new....first time in over 30 years and zillions of boards i ever bothered to remove every trace...FAR OUT...took hours with damp cloth and kitchen roll and SO MUCH elbow grease...sweated out kilos..!!.........NEVER AGAIN......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    ha! a rag with a splash of white spirit and you're done in seconds Dave.
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    i'm anti chemicals mate...only things in the house for cleaning are bi-carb and vinegar....back to the way us "normal" mammals do it....rip the bulk off with the scraper and re-wax........who care about the marks....i scuff my bright white sneakers up before walking out in em too..!!
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    VANGUARD -------- WRF -- 5'6 ------------------------- fins futures ea blackstix..may test something a little bigger and stiffer
    HELLFIRE ----------- R/F -- 5'10 ------------------------ fins futures SA3,SA4 honeycomb
    FLEXFIRE ----------- R/F -- 6'2 x 18 3/4 x 2 1/2 ------ fins futures JC honeycomb
    MICHEL BOUREZ------------6'2 --thick then thin ------- fins futures JC honeycomb, AM2 techflex heavy chop, ea b/stix at 84kg, now testing AM2 hex
    ALTERNATOR ------ R/F -- 6'4--for bad back days---- fins futures JC honeycomb

    and countless others (mostly nev's)

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    yeah only reason i have the white spirit is for washing out paint brushes.

    good on ya though, i agree a lot of the stuff people use is unnecessary and harmful. the pickle or home made alternative seems like a better option for those of us who like to keep boards clean though.
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    how do you clean it afterwards?? doesn't it clog up like a towel would???
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    SWEET POTATO--- R/F -- 5'4 -------------------------- fins controllers
    VANGUARD -------- WRF -- 5'6 ------------------------- fins futures ea blackstix..may test something a little bigger and stiffer
    HELLFIRE ----------- R/F -- 5'10 ------------------------ fins futures SA3,SA4 honeycomb
    FLEXFIRE ----------- R/F -- 6'2 x 18 3/4 x 2 1/2 ------ fins futures JC honeycomb
    MICHEL BOUREZ------------6'2 --thick then thin ------- fins futures JC honeycomb, AM2 techflex heavy chop, ea b/stix at 84kg, now testing AM2 hex
    ALTERNATOR ------ R/F -- 6'4--for bad back days---- fins futures JC honeycomb

    and countless others (mostly nev's)

    youngest grommet 45kgs throws my hellfire around with SA3's or in mush uses EA (techflex "cuz they look da bomb") and deviant

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    Nah it says the dirtier the better. It seems to lose a little of its dusty contents as you use it which clings to the wax so it wipes away.
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    cool....
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    IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED,
    IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED,
    IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT,
    IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE,
    IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE, IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE, IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE, IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE, IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE

    SWEET POTATO--- R/F -- 5'4 -------------------------- fins controllers
    VANGUARD -------- WRF -- 5'6 ------------------------- fins futures ea blackstix..may test something a little bigger and stiffer
    HELLFIRE ----------- R/F -- 5'10 ------------------------ fins futures SA3,SA4 honeycomb
    FLEXFIRE ----------- R/F -- 6'2 x 18 3/4 x 2 1/2 ------ fins futures JC honeycomb
    MICHEL BOUREZ------------6'2 --thick then thin ------- fins futures JC honeycomb, AM2 techflex heavy chop, ea b/stix at 84kg, now testing AM2 hex
    ALTERNATOR ------ R/F -- 6'4--for bad back days---- fins futures JC honeycomb

    and countless others (mostly nev's)

    youngest grommet 45kgs throws my hellfire around with SA3's or in mush uses EA (techflex "cuz they look da bomb") and deviant

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