Double Waxing

[mak]

I was just wondering if it would benefit my skis bases if I waxed them, scraped off some of the wax (but not all of it), then re-iron the remaining wax, possibly to soak in more wax. I really have no idea, so what are your ideas on it NS?

 

[chazz.]

One purpose of waxing is to clean your bases, impurities rise to the surface and then are scraped off after a good hot wax. However, that is usually for race skis, so if this is for rail or park skis, I personally have done it many times and it saves me wax...I'll be there will be a few who say don't do it though.

 

[Silence]

If they haven't been waxed in a while then a few definitely help with speed etc - you'll be able to tell when your bases stop taking in any more.

 

[mak]

Thanks a lot. Yeah my skis haven't been waxed in a ridiculously long time, about a year.

 

[Sklar]

i wax my race skis 2 or 3 times for every time i ski them. If i'm doing 3 i do one wax with ok wax and scrape that quick to clean it, then another time with ok wax, but let it sit for a while, then scrape it. And finally put on my real nice wax and let that set then scrape.

 

[MrLarsen]

I usually do this at the start of the season (or if the skis have dried out a bit). Although I add some more wax for the second (and maybe third) round.

 

[PhuzzyWuzzy]

To answer your question, you probably won't really notice any difference.

Some people mentioned doing a hot scrape so here's some instructions if you are interested: (click here)

You don't need to do a hot scrape every time you wax btw.