Candle Wax To Wax Skis?

J-Dubb

J-Dubb

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Can I use some candle wax to wax my skis. They are in really bad condition and I don't have the time or money to take them to REI or Sports Authority before I head up to Sun Peaks? Will Candle wax work?
 
I did it and it worked fine, use an oil based candle, they are usually softer looking candles, they work, just make sure you scrape and brush, and since it's a cheap candle... LATHER DAT ISHT ON
 
thats how you are supposed to wax. If you have any other type of wax it would be better... but if worse comes to worse you can always try candle wax.
 
I actually just asked my buddy, and he said it worked. However, he used an iron instead of just greasing it on like some other people have done.. I suppose if it's a soft candle then both options could work.
 
no, candle wax wont work. its not the wax that makes skis fast, it the compounds in them like moly, florocarbon, graphite, just to name a few. wax is just a medium of appling it to the ski. wax will help it stay in the base but not make it go faster. so please, use legit ski wax.
 
to be honest, it will probably slow you down, because ski wax usually has flurocarbon or graphite to make it faster and candle wax is probably to soft also...
 
Candle wax is very soft and very low grade wax. It'll wear off in about 30 seconds. Your best bet is to go buy a brick of the cheapest non fluorinated universal temperature wax your local shop has and iron it in, followed by a proper scrape so it doesn't chip off. If your bases are really beat to shit you might also want to use a ptex drip candle to fill the deep gouges before you wax.

I know it sounds like money and effort, and it sort of is but if you spend the extra $5 and 20 minutes your skis will feel awesome.
 
Alright, thanks for the help. ya I just gotta make these skis last out the rest of this season and then hopefully i'll get some ar7s or something.
 
you can get wax really cheap... why use candles?and what the other people said, its not the wax that makes the skis fast. various chemicals in the wax make the ski fast, even though in reality unless your dealing with a really dry base it wont make that much of a difference.
 
As long as its yankee candle name brand, the hydrocarbons involved in the manufacturing process will really help you excel in the icy conmditions.
 
Wow. The biggest display of uninformed, ignorant, ego-driven crap I have seen in a long time. NO ONE did even the first iota of research, instead most people just regurgitated marketing-driven psudo-science (read "bull shit".) Here, you bunch of sheep:

 
Haha never take your skis anywhere to wax them. You dont have enough money to take it to REI and such because they drastically overcharge you for a service. Buy an iron and some actual ski wax and learn how to do it yourself. Its super easy and youll save yourself a shitload of money in the long run
 
Wax is not what makes a ski go fast. The ingriendients in the wax that is absorbed into the bases is what makes you go faster.

$12 for a half pound (226 g) brick of wax which should get you about 10-14 hot waxes. If you wax your skis every 4 times of going to the mountain, you will get 40-56 days out of one brick of wax.

The best part about ski wax is that it will work in repelling the water from your bases and reducing friction, making you go fast which is usually the goal... Who really wants to go slow?

Check it out:
http://boardsidedown.com/bsd/product-category/ski/

 
A lot of times the factory wax the skis come with is just paraffin (candle wax) to protect the base from drying out, it's not optimal, but it will help protect your base, just melt on and scrape like any other wax
 
no it will just fuck your bases more.ski wax is designed for skis and there is a lot of science and shit that goes into it.
 
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