Poster: A snowHead
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We had our skis waxed as we were leaving resort last year. When we got them back, they told us they had put storage wax on them..... since we were in a hurry, we had no time to argue. Basically there is a whole load of wax on them (mounds of the stuff!). Do we simple need to scrape off the excess wax or do we then need to do something else as well? What sort of a tool would we need to do this? Can it be done with a flat blade or should we be using something special?
Thanks
Adam
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Plastic scraper you can get them from toko for a few pounds or if you can get it a 5mm thick piece of perspex with a nice straight edge can do it, don't use a metal blade as it could damage the bases. Scrape off the excess wax then just ski on them
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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What a ridiculous waste of wax. Presumably this ski shop has a petroleum refinery or something.
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I have no idea why they did it..... we didnt ask for it!
While on the subject, how much does it cost to get bits to do a basic hot wax? It cost $20 per pair for a wax and edge when we got it done.... I presume that if you just wanted an edging, it would cost maybe only $10.... so if a wax iron and bits dont cost too much, maybe that is a better way to go for me.
Adam
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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buns, if you want a dedicated proper waxing iron they're pretty expensive, but the waxes etc are not very expensive, if you can wax your own skis you can also do small base repairs so not a bad idea
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buns, I hot wax skis using a small travel iron and the minimum wax from a block. If you wrap a J-cloth around the iron, having dripped wax blobs along the skis, you can achieve something quite professional - the thin film of wax you need, with no need for scraping. Just one blob every couple of inches is all that's needed. Keep the iron moving to avoid over-heating the base.
Once the J-cloth is impregnated with wax it can be saved for future waxing, which saves further wax because the cloth obviously absords some first time round.
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I have just bought my first pair of skis - wooohoooo!! How often do they need to get waxed and serviced? I'm assuming that I won't need to do anything before going skiing given that they are still new and presumably come waxed already?
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