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Wax for street rails

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AndImOut
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Over the weekend I’m supposed to get a decent bit of snow in my area, and Im planning on going out to a street rail I have been eyeing up for a while. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what wax I should use. I’ve even seen that people say don’t use any at all.
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weastcoat
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Slide it first and see if it needs cooking spray or something. I don’t think wax is real effective on certain types of steel.

**This post was edited on Jan 4th 2024 at 7:08:14pm
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AndImOut
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That’s prolly what I’ll do, I might be fine without anything considering the skis I’ll be using no longer have functional edges
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Kyguyy
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Yes cooking spray would be pretty fast
weastcoatSlide it first and see if it needs cooking spray or something. I don’t think wax is real effective on certain types of steel.

**This post was edited on Jan 4th 2024 at 7:08:14pm
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GMAN_
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hi_vis360
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I’ve never needed to wax a rail in the streets, most are made of much nicer metal than most park rails
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Farmville420
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Pam or wd-40 but I have only had to do that for one rail
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Not_Good
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skiP.E.I.
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hi_vis360I’ve never needed to wax a rail in the streets, most are made of much nicer metal than most park rails


I think it's the same metal, or even better metal for park features made by companies like arena or coastal jibs in like the last 10 years- They use HSS usually. The main issue with park features is just the amount of traffic and temperature changes throughout the day. If you're in a park with some home made features made from random metal it might be more variable though. A lot of newer street rails are stainless steel or aluminum which doesn't work too well with metal edges, or if it's primarily a barrier it's often galvanized steel which slides nicely.
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steez_apprentice
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Farmville420Pam or wd-40 but I have only had to do that for one rail


WD-40 eats away at the metal which is kind of a dick move so I would go cooking spray
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Farmville420
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steez_apprenticeWD-40 eats away at the metal which is kind of a dick move so I would go cooking spray

Only aluminum
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KilaTsunami
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Do you have to removed the paint off the rail first? I imagine it would slow you down, but I’ve never hit a street rail before..
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Christian_Bale
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Never had to wax a street rail before. Usually if it’s the right type of metal you won’t need to
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