A multi-layer wax bar for waxing a surf board, that includes both a higher melting point base coat wax and a second topcoat wax in the same bar. The two waxes are bonded together so that the surfer can carry a single bar of wax into the water and use it to apply both the base coat and the topcoat of wax.

A method is described for providing a protective finish to a vinyl substrate by applying to the vinyl substrate a vinyl protectant composition. In one embodiment the composition is an abrasive free mixture of a film forming polysiloxane; a diluent; and a wax in the form of micronized particles having an average diameter of 3-12 microns. In another embodiment, the composition is a hydrocarbon solvent free mixture of a film forming polysiloxane; water; and an amorphous silica in the form of fumed silica particles having an average diameter of 7-30 nanometers.