Any of my regular readers know I try to keep the vibe positive in my writing, and don’t like to bash brands in my blog too often.

But as someone who writes regularly about surf happenings and products, I feel a sense of responsibility when I come across something that – to put it bluntly – sucks.

I first want to say that I’m a fan of Sex Wax as a whole – they’ve got that old school smell that always takes me straight to the beach, I’m generally satisfied with their wax, I enjoy their fun advertisements over the years, and realize their significance as one of the original brands out there.

So I was quick to pick up some of the new “Dream Cream” Gold Label that hit the market recently when I saw it in a store. When I glided it over my board this morning, it felt sticky, kind of like it had melted a bit, and I figured it would harden up when I hit the cold water in Newport.

It didn’t. It stayed gooey and gross, and rubbed residue off all over my fairly new black wetsuit – leaving white streaks across my arm, chest, knees, and my butt that is tough to get off.  A layer of waxy film stayed on my hands after I got out of the water, and it was just kind of gross.

To be fair, I looked up the wax and there was a warning with the product announcement release (which was not on the wax packaging itself):

“Sexwax is pleased to announce the release of it’s Dream Cream Gold Label topcoat formula for cold and cool water. Dream Cream Gold is incredibly soft with a level of stickiness that can be best described as ‘Obscene’. Dream Cream Gold is well suited for competitive or high performance surfing, and may be too sticky for some users.… some sticky residue will adhere to wetsuits and other objects upon contact.”

Obviously everyone has their own opinions on the best wax out there – but I just felt a responsibility to give a head’s up about this particular product – if anything to save a few wetsuits out there.

Anyone have tips on how to remove wax from a suit?

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