A Little Love for Rex Universal

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Re: A Little Love for Rex Universal

Post by Lhartley » Thu Jan 25, 2024 12:22 pm

Can something like this be replicated with a combination of swix products? I imagine it's a completely unique blend

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Re: A Little Love for Rex Universal

Post by CwmRaider » Thu Jan 25, 2024 12:36 pm

@Lhartley Rex universal is based on pine tar, and i don't know of any Swix products which are... There are other brands though. Vauhti for ex.



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Re: A Little Love for Rex Universal

Post by mca80 » Thu Jan 25, 2024 1:16 pm

Start has a long line of pine tar waxes. Fisheater has said he was disappointed with the terva yellow though. I have only used terva blue and the oslo purple. None of these will have anywhere near the temp range of Rex Universal.



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Re: A Little Love for Rex Universal

Post by Lhartley » Thu Jan 25, 2024 1:25 pm

CwmRaider wrote:
Thu Jan 25, 2024 12:36 pm
@Lhartley Rex universal is based on pine tar, and i don't know of any Swix products which are... There are other brands though. Vauhti for ex.
Thanks, yes I read it was based on pine tar. Just thought id ask if before I make additions to me waxing system, I like the idea of staying in one system but this wide ranging temperature sure is attractive. Will pick some up from Norsemans hopefully



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Re: A Little Love for Rex Universal

Post by lilcliffy » Fri Jan 26, 2024 5:52 pm

Note-
I used a kicker skin over the Finnish King's universal wax today at then end of my tur this afternoon-

it seems to behave the same as a spectrum of grip wax across the temperature grade...
It is harder at colder temperatures, and therefore less likely to get pulled by skin adhesive- and softer at warmer temperatures and gets pulled by skin adhesive, just like a soft kick wax.
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