Official Ski/Binding Maintenance Thread

Yeah for sure you should think about getting em waxed, shoudnt cost more than 25 bucks. wiping your skis is a big step in keeping your edges pristine, but it doesnt do much for your bases. i mean if you wax like every 5 or 6 ski-days, you'll be amazed by how good they stay.

yeah, its a little steep to get an iron, scraper, waxes, brushes, but if you get a basic start-up kit you should be able to do it for under 100...and at $25 for a wax at the store, you can see how much it'll save you.

you don't need to go crazy, just like one warm and one cold wax, a double-sided brush, and a $35 iron. look on reliableracing.com for a starter kit, and if you want i can ask around with my buddies for some used gear if they've got anything

and enjoy the afterbangs, you're a lucky man
 
i would highly recommend you start waxing if you have afterbangs, as the bases on them are, well, to put it bluntly, total shit. they just dont hold wax well at all so you are gonna want to wax them as much as possible
 
Has anyone had experience with burton wax?
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Will the same Jig that works for these

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work for a pair of griffons or jesters?
 
After every season put your binding din down to 0 it will increase the life of your binding. Also i see this alot when your done skiing do up the buckles on your frickin boots its wats keeping yall in the ski so do em up itll keep them tight to prevent shin bang and you toes jamming into the front of the boot. Tune and wax your skis regularly keeps them fast and sharp
 
im not so sure about the binding one...every time you turn the screw you're torquing/de-torquing the binding springs, which fatigues the metal.
 
A. show me 1 binding that goes to 0

B. dont turn them all the way down, just a bit lower

c.most kids on here have no need to sharpen their skis since they are hitting rails or skiing pow. not many bomb groomers
 
So i have all the basic waxing tools and such and have been waxing my skis for a few years (learned tons from this thread) but i have just been waxing them on some old stools. Where do you guys get the vices to clamp your skis onto the table? And what is the difference between a blue nylon and a white nylon brush( i have always just used the white nylon)? Thanks!
 
blue nylon is softer, and you'd use it if you wanted to use a longer brush cycle. unless you really want to go fucking fast, you don't need to worry about it.

vises are expensive, theres no way around it, but you can pick a good one up at for fair price ($125) at reliable racing:http://www.reliableracing.com/detail.cfm?edp=11086295

...sorry, links still arent working for me
 
not sure if it was answered already but what would happen if i used a shitty iron from walmart?
 
you'll have no control over the temperature of the iron, and will probably melt the base structure, destroying your ski's ability to absorb wax. get a swix econo iron from reliableracing.com for like 30 bucks, its just worth it
 
I just checked the website, they used to be 35, bumped up to 40...but I'd still highly recommend it. I've had my swix iron since 7th grade (now freshman at college), and its still kickin' 6 years later
 
Most people stick the wax on the iron above the ski and then let it drip on to it. Then you iron it evenly throughout the ski. The iron never really actually comes into contact with the base.
 
My shop (sports authority) doesn't have a Head mojo 15 template. They don't have very high customer sevice but they've never messed up a mount. I don't think they will order a template, so what do I do? Take them to a different shop or try and get a template myself?

 
Yeah I really should. The problem is, the only legit shop around me closed (jibij). I have a variety of crappy box stores to take my pick of. I do cringe whenever I hand over my skis to the techs at sports authority
 
I have those goode composite poles and some bike grips that seem like they would work well on them. The only foreseeable problem is the diameter of the bike grip's hole is larger than the shaft, it looks like almost twice as wide or maybe 1.75 times as wide. I can't find a ruler right now so whatever. What would I fill the gap with, or is this just not gonna work with these dimensions?

I was thinking of cutting the grip and wrapping it around, but then it would be very thin, like holding the pole by the shaft only.

Also, if it took the normal grip off to see if the bike grips would feel better before i glue stuff, and didn't like them, would I have any trouble reattaching the stock grips? I don't think so, but these are my only poles and I don't want to ruin them. Thanks for help and karma will more than likely be given out for good answers.

 
Depending on the diameter of the shaft, 1/2" PVC, normal or thinwall. Thinwall fits perfectly on my aluminum Scott poles.
 
I was thinking something along the lines of that during school today, but mine involved a custom cut wood tube, which is probably much harder to get than pvc. If only I had a ruler, I seriously think I have no rulers in this house. Maybe a broken in half one but that's it. +k to both.
 
We got our first snow I want to sesh so bad and i have everything i need but my skis have never been waxed. How bad will i hurt them on pvc box?
 
all skis come with factory wax and are technically ready to ride...that being said you'll get more out of them if you wax a bunch of times before using them
 
So I waxed my skis twice the other day, went skiing for a day and my bases were really dry?Am I not heating the ski enough?
 
These skis are one season old. They have been waxed 4 times already this season, 3 of them by me.I think I am just being to paronoid about burning my ski, so I don't heat the ski up enough.Does anyone know just how hard it is really to burn your base?
 
depends on what type of bases you have, but like i said in my video, dont push down on the iron just go very slowly
 
If it solidifies too quickly it doesn't sink into the pores of the base. in other words it is better to do it somewhere warmer. Or you could make a wax box, but that is a pain in the ass.
 
How about waxing line afterbangs, they doesnt have a core does they need waxing to keep skis flexable and poppy?
 
wax them like with any other skis, wax them. you wax the base not the core so it doesn't directly affect the core or structure of the ski only the base, and as the base is the same as any other ski you wax them for all your worth. oh yea did i mention you should wax them.
 
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