 Poster: A snowHead
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Megamum, ....just two things born of long experience....
First, actually learning to fill holes with ptex candles is very important. If you get a big divot near an edge, another ding can rip out the edge so it's best to fill the hole the moment it occurs. Light ptex candle using a gas ligher, hold metal scraper under it until you get drips, then hold over hole, move away metal scraper and drip hot ptex into hole until filled. Use a very sharp 1 inch chisel to take off excess and then wax over. Done.
Second, Perspex scrapers do indeed blunt fast. but don't use the toko re-sharpener-this can cause the scraper to get bowed and that will wreck your bases. Use the bench mounting holmenkol sharpener (45gbp) - worth it's weight in gold.
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don't use the toko re-sharpener-this can cause the scraper to get bowed and that will wreck your bases. Use the bench mounting holmenkol sharpener (45gbp) - worth it's weight in gold.
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very good point (from a guy who bought a toko sharpener not long ago) hadnt thought of the toko messing up the flatness of the scraper....
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spyderjon, that looks a good investment - I think the current scraper will last for the first three sets of skis, then I might have one of those from you.
Thanks for all the tips folks 
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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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I must have done 15 waxings with my perspex scraper. Seems fine at the minute. How fast does this bluntness occur? Another £16.... mmmm...
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Layne, another way to sharpen scrapers is to clamp a file to a bench to get a right angle... I find mine go blunt pretty quick..
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I use a metal scraper, cos I can't be bothered sharpening placcie ones 
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Me too, haven't used a plastic one for years. Never damaged a base with a metal one.
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One note on masking tape (OK, it's 25 posts back, but I only got to this thread now). Agree entirely that when doing edges it's not necessary - a paint brush (or a vacuum cleaner) work fine. Where I find it saves me time is after waxing, because I don't end up with wax drops and dribs all over the place and the ski bindings are clean. Use 2 inch stuff, at least around the bindings area.
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Mosha Marc, I just "aquire" perspex "scrapers" of any size from the school technology rooms, there has to be some advantages to being a school caretaker
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