Wax deposition is a relevant flow assurance issue for the petroleum industry. Besides the well-known prevention and mitigation techniques for wax deposition, non-stick internal coatings have been proposed as an alternative solution to this problem. A literature review has been carried out and revealed that the available results, based on either field experience and laboratory experiments, are often contradictory. The present work aims at developing a laboratory apparatus to evaluate the influence of coated surfaces on wax deposition. The experiments were carried out at constant heat flux conditions to eliminate the insulation effects that are associated with the different coating. The tests conducted were aimed at establishing a relationship between wax deposition thickness,, surface roughness and surface energy. The experiments consisted of a closed loop circuit for the wax solution, employing a transparent test section where plates with different surface coatings were tested. Continuous monitoring of the heat flux removed and fluid and plate temperatures allowed total control of the deposition process. Wax layer thicknesses were measured optically with the aid of a digital camera. Five different surfaces were tested, namely, 316L stainless steel (rough and polished), Teflon, Nylon 11 and amorphous carbon. A key finding of these experiments is that the lower the surface energy or the smoother the surface, the lower the wax deposit thickness. However, the wax deposit reduction was seen to be highly dependent on flow conditions. As a side result of the experiments, the indirect determination of wax thickness based on heat flux measurements was shown to be a viable technique. Although the thermal conductivity of the wax deposit, a necessary information for the implementation of the technique, seemed to depend on the flow Reynolds number.