Candle Wax on skis

[scratchproteen]

So last night i waxed my skis with some wax from joes ski shop...and its not like its a huge cost in money at all..but i was just curious is there anything different between ski wax and candle wax? or could you just melt a candle onto your ski and it would work just as good?

 

[*monsterskier*]

never tried it...lol

 

[Smed193]

ski wax is totally different, theres addives, like flurocarbons and graphite. even cheap wax has traces of them

 

[scratchproteen]

hah i don't expect that to many have...it just popped into my head while i was melting it on

 

[skiminnesota]

idk if there is a difference but i do the same thing... i use candle wax most of the year and use REAL wax when i go out west and for a summer coat...

here is a free tip since you are from MN, go to ikea and buy the little candles there and melt them down into blocks... i payed like 5$$ for 200 of those little tea light candles..

 

[scratchproteen]

so you've used candle wax on your skis and it rides just fine? doesn't slow you down or anything?

 

[Capurnicus]

I've been told that this is not a good idea, and I don't really think I'd ever do it.

 

[skiminnesota]

dont get me wrong its not as good as a 20$ block of wax... but it does the job for me, and im able to wax as often as i want because it doesnt cost me 10-20$ a wax....

I figured it out last year that it cost about 50 cents to wax one pair of skis for me

 

[FUUUCK]

apparently it makes your skis very very sticky

 

[TheQuailman]

No it won't work. But I use surf wax (its twice as cheap as ski wax) and it makes your skis go so much faster. Just by a bar and rub it on the bases.

 

[scratchproteen]

^^ interesting tip...now another question...after applying wax (hot wax) how long before it wears away?

and how often do you all wax?

 

[EClay46]

^im pretty sure that was a joke

surf wax is made to make your feet stick on a surf board, it will not help you go faster

 

[TheQuailman]

haha

 

[Love_Wins.]

Haha, nicely played.

seriously though, the candle wax is just about the worst idea ever, don't do it.

 

[ryan.c]

worst idea after surf wax lol

and when you hot wax, you're supposed to scrape the wax off, itl get rid of all the excess. then dependin on what kinda wax you use and how waxy you like your skis, you can tell from there. no matter what you do, rewaxing your skis can only do better then worse(with the right wax and procedure) so just wax wenever you want. also, at the end of the season put a thick layer on and leave it, scrape it next season and ur ready to go (if you used the wax that you want to start the season with that is)

 

[TechnoPotamus]

as somebody said above, ski wax has chemical additives in it. Case in point, certain ski waxes are meant for warmer or colder or freezing temperatures. the special chemicals they add into the wax allows it to still perform well at those really cold/hot/etc temperatures

 

[ginty]

haha got em

 

[Rocceral]

although the candle wax may smell better while melting it on..i wouldn't recommend it

 

[shrEddie]

i would never. i imagine its similar to putting th wrong type of oil into a motor.

 

[B.Snow]

doesn't sound like a good idea to me 

 

[Elijah.]

No. Please don't ruin your base's.

 

[Pippin]

thats one sticky mess

 

[.jc.]

how do u guys think curb wax would work

just wonderin cause i have a lot

 

[shanny.]

If you want to ruin your skis really quickly. do it. that's the worst fucking idea i've ever heard of. It is entirely different. Hence the reason they even make it. They range in prices and fluro levels and temps. Horrible idea. haha i'm disgusted by the lack of care of equiptment in such a sick sport.

 

[.jc.]

k thx

 

[liftedresearcher]

just spit on the bottom every couple hundred feet. you'll look like a true vet, cause only true veterans do that.

 

[mackinnon]

why would you be so cheap as to put candle wax on skis that cost hundreds of dollars? that makes no sense.

 

[freezed]

candle wax? seriously? please don't.

 

[djty111]

just sack up and get some cheap hydrocarbin wax....its like 6 bucks for 60g

 

[Caveman.]

i hope that is a joke

 

[popNfresh44]

ski wax is made of some fluoro type shit. candle wax is parraffin usually. just use ski wax

 

[BrownEyeIn]

i dunno if its bad for your bases.. we use candle wax at water ramps , definilty speeds you up

 

[scratchproteen]

what an interesting thread ...

just wanted to let you all know i never intended to put candle wax on my skis...it was just and idea that popped into my head while waxing my skis yesterday

 

[GatoGordo]

If you are spending $20 per wax job thats way too much. Just get your own stuff to wax it. It's basically free if you just get an old iron, and it uses very little wax. One big bar will last me 2 years, and thats waxing once a week.

 

[chickenwang]

one of my friends did a sci. project on what type of wax would work best

1st was regular ski wax

2nd CRAYOLA CRAYONS!

3rd candles

4th a pam type spray

i prefer the crayons, they make pretty colors.

 

[JTL]

i just get free ski wax from the school. they buy it in bulk for the ski team

 

[DynastarriderGP]

threads like this are a large part of the reason i hate NS and a large portion of people who ski and the industry

 

[SkierX]

I spray my topsheets with pam a few times a season. Keeps the snow from sticking to the tops.

But using anything other than real wax on bases is absurd.

 

[mike_e]

i drip candle wax on my skis then take an iron and press it on the skis. im not sure if that worked cause those skis sucked anyways

 

[ParkE]

i did it to my friends skis when he had a rather large gash and it seemed to work fine

 

[reggyboy]

candle wax is dryer, ski wax is intented to soak into your base, cadle eax would be too heavy and glugy wouldnt do much. i rubed on surf board wax once, didnt melt it an it seemed to work a lil but not worth the cleaning i had to do on my base afterwards

 

[Maximumsushi]

Actually, naturally ear wax is the best ski wax to use. It is not sold commercially because it cannot be reproduced synthetically. It's got to do with protein chains breaking down under high temperatures. It's just science, really.

 

[scratchproteen]

ha!...now that was an interesting fact to hear =) you learn something new everyday

 

[RussellK141]

hahaha what a great thread

 

[shrEddie]

no

 

[troublemaker3]

na dude candle wax works fine, i get the stuff that smells like vanilla. then i use a torch to melt the wax and burn it into my base. got some black bubbley burn marks but its like 3 dollars cheaper so it works out

 

[Caveman.]

You're comparing something as complex as an engine to a peice of plasitic? haha

 

[Hctiws_iks]

dont use candle wax please

at least just buy cheap wax from a ski shop

ns needs a mandentory equipment care thing

 

[JIB_NISSE]

it will make them slower......but they work for waxing rails and ledges etc.

 

[-Kieran-]

i doubt that would work but just get some wax from a store and do it ur self 

 

[skiP.E.I.]

when I bought an iron, they gave me a massive bar of shop wax free and it lasted all season for my skis as well as my two brothers' skis.