Marine wax on the bottom of my new Ghost?

[nalu-sup]

After 50 years of surfing, today I came up with a new silly idea today. My new Sunova Ghost has beautiful wood grain on the bottom and the top in front of the deck pad. It looks great anytime, but when it gets wet in the ocean, the wood grain shows up twice as much, which I like. The board does not have a gloss finish, so this cool effect only happens when it's wet. (Check out my earlier post if you want to see a photo of the board.)
I started wondering about putting marine wax on the bottom, rails, and exposed deck area to get that nice sheen all the time (I realize this is kind of silly, but you know most of us are in love with our boards ). I am not concerned with the nose being slippery since I often surf over very shallow coral (12"-18" of water) that is covered with vana (spiky sea urchins), so I always wear booties that keep out the vana spikes if I accidentally kick the bottom, and they give good traction wherever I step on the board.

Any thoughts?

[Bean]

That's a great looking board - with the factory finish. 

Keep in mind that epoxy takes a lot more sanding to get glossy than polyester resins and require grit's well into the 2000's + heavy polishing. Also, there is the dreaded potential for burn through.

If the board came with a gloss finish from the factory, it would come at the expense of an additional epoxy gloss layer (and additional sanding and polishing process). Since that would add some weight and production time, we would probably be looking to special order the sanded finish. Go figure...

[nalu-sup]

Thanks Bean. I had figured out that a factory gloss finish would not make sense to the extra weight and labor. A few of the guys on Seabreeze warned that putting any polish wax on the bottom would cause more drag which is something I have heard a lot about with windsurf boards.
I have decided that the best way to get the gloss finsih is to spend as much time in the water as possible to get that 'wet look'. Sounds like a good plan.