Hold the wax bar in one hand and the iron in the other. Hold both above the ski/snowboard. Press the wax bar against the hot metal base of the iron so that the wax drips onto the ski/snowboard gliding surface. After dripping wax onto the entire ski/snowboard base, melt in the wax by moving the iron evenly over the base from the tip of the ski/snowboard to the end without exerting pressure. Repeat this process 2 or 3 times – without exerting pressure from the tip to tail of the ski/snowboard as the speed of approx. 3cm/second.