Wax help ( not hot wax)

shintastic48

shintastic48

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Yeah i'm kinda new to the whole waxing thing and i was just wondering on some pointers for waxxing. i don't have hot wax i have some wax thats in a circle case and its blue. any help would be awesome and +K will be given
 
wax is like 12 bucks for 180 gramsiron- go to walmart if you are trying to save money and get an iron, otherwise, swix has a good one for about 60scraper- maybe 2 bucksbrush- 7 buckscork- 2 bucks
 
Get a iron from a thrift store then you just need a scraper, you can use a steel ruler i have before but it might scratch your bases a little. Scrapers are cheap though, that's all you really need
 
Iron from the salvation army.

Wax, you'll want to get some universal and maybe something cold, though it sounds like you already have the cold wax.

Scraper (I have a sharpener too, it's quite nice to have a sharp scraper all the time).

Scotchbrite pad (look under the sink, you may already have one).

I would say that you could pick it all up for about $50. Which shouldn't be too bad.
 
sounds like you have fluoropaste wax.

you just rub in on to the entire base of the ski.

let it sit

then wipe off with a rag or somthing.
 
Using a standard household iron isnt the best thing for your skis. It can fluctuate so much in temperature, that it can actually cause your ski to delaminate or your edges to pull out.
 
So you now know what you need to do hot wax. Now you set up one ski on 2 chairs, one the sitting part, and make sure that they are shitty chairs. Then put newsparers all over the ground so if you miss it woon't be a problem. Now you heat up the iron and then hold the iron at a 45 degree angle to the ski, 5 or 6 inches away. Then you touch the bar of wax to the iron and have it melt slowly and drip down the iron and then onto the ski. Do this all the way up and down the ski. Next you take the iron and rub it in a circular motion on ever part of the base of the ski, to melt the wax and set it in the base. finally you can put the wax and iron down and then pick up the scraper (make sure that the wax is cold.) You sit on the ski and pull the scraper towards you at a 45 degree angle to scrap as much of the wax off as you can. Do this all the way up and down the ski. Make sure that all of the wax is off because all that you need is the wax that has been put into the base. Finally you rub the cork on it to smoothe everything out. Now you are done. Good luck.
 
I h ave a Dakine waxing iron that i got for $20. If you use an iron from Walmart, then you risk getting wax in the holes of the iron and fucking it up. If you buy a waxing iron, then it has no holes in the base of it.
 
I wouldn't sweat corking or polishing on just a pair of rec skis. That's mostly for waxing when you're racing and worried about speed. The type of waxing you're going to be doing is mostly to protect your bases. When you get your skis waxed at a shop, they're just going to wax and scrape and maybe give it a quick run over with pantyhose but they don't spend too much time on a wax. After a few runs, there really won't be a noticeable difference in speed anyway. I guess it's probably a good idea to learn how to wax properly but I wouldn't worry about it if you're just learning to wax.
 
haha. at pns you have to start up in the trees, sit on the tips the entire way down, and pop off the kicker just so you won't case it big time. I need speed
 
The wax will help for a few runs, but after that, it's not going to make a big difference.

Sorry to hear about your flat hill.
 
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when i wax a pair of skis at my shop, i swax, scrape, cork, stone, and buff it.

i give it the full deal. maybe at your cheapo shop.
 
I guess I should have said most shops. That's my experience anyway. Undoubtedly true with the big boxes and chains like SportCheck. Most shops usually just brush, wax, scrape and give a quick buff. I think it probably depends on whom the shop is catering. The average rec skier doesn't really care if their wax job is corked or not. The average racer does, but they're waxing their own skis anyway.

It's great your shop is giving extra care to the work their doing, I don't think that's the norm. I don't really feel the need to cork my skis, the bases are usually so thrashed after a week or two of riding that I can't see it actually making any sort of difference.
 
wax, scrape, wax, scrape, wax, scrape, and on and on. Shit will get FAST if you do it right, and if you're using the appropriate wax.
 
get an iron from the salvation army or something but make sure it's not a newer iron with holes in the bottom, it has to be solid metal or else you're fucked. then get some toko all around wax, it's white, cheap, big, and works for all snow temps. get a big scraper and a nylon brush and in order just:
-heat your iron-rub the wax on your skis without heating-hold the iron over your skis and melt the wax on the iron and let it drip onto your skis, don't put too much wax on, keep a steady line- go from tip to tail-starting from the tip put the iron down and slowly move it towards the tail. DO NOT go too slow or leave the iron not moving on your ski, it will burn your base-after you've spread out the wax then wait at least an hour-after an hour scrape from tip to tail and try to get as much wax off as you can-then brush, take like 5 strokes with a hard nylon brush tip to tail again-scrape again after you brush to get all the wax off-if you invested in a horsehair brush as well, do that as much as you can and scrape after you're done
those are simple steps, if you're doing race skis you want to use a copper brush before you do anything and you need a hard brush and a soft brush for the final brushing. you also want temperature specific wax. everyone has different methods for doing it, that's pretty much what i do
 
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